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Welcome to the homepage for Dr. Aaron Noble's research group. Our mission is to combine state-of-the art research with quality teaching in a manner that produces measurable changes to the way minerals are produced. To support this mission, our team is actively engaged in several areas of research, including process circuit design, mine pollution control, and even asteroid characterization. Use the links above to find out more information.
News and Updates:
2017.07.20 - Website currently under revision. Stay tuned...
2017.07.18 - Cass O'Connell wins second place at SME Mineral Processing Division Poster Contest for work on talc depression. Link here.
2017.07.18 - New paper published in August edition of Minerals and Metallurgical Processing. Link here.
2017.06.01 - Accepted new position at Virginia Tech. Check new contact information.
2017.04.17 - Wesley Edge successfully defends MS thesis. Congratulations.
2017.04.17 - Grant Speer successfully defends MS thesis. Congratulations.
2017.02.02 - New paper published in February edition of Mining Engineering Magazine. Link here (SME account required).
2017.01.10 - Dr. Qingqing Huang selected as the recipient of the Rong Yu Wan Dissertation award. Link here.
2016.12.16 - New Linear Circuit analysis Paper published in Minerals Engineering. Link here.
2016.12.13 - Grant Speer, Wesley Edge, and Chris Vass selected as finalist in the NASA RASC-AL ice drilling competition. Link here.
2016.10.17 - Dr. Noble selected as a 2017 Henry Krumb Lecturer. Link here.
2016.09.28 - New project awarded on sludge REE characterization. Link here.
2016.09.20 - Dr. Noble selected as the 2017 recipient of the SME/AIME Rossiter W. Raymond Award. Link here.
2016.07.28 - Laura Nugent and her Sr. Design group win first place in Carlson competition. Link here.
2016.06.14 - Chris Vass successfully defends MS thesis. Congratulations.
2016.04.19 - Kara Savage successfully defends MS thesis. Congratulations.
2016.04.15 - Marcell Silveira successfully defends MS thesis. Congratulations.
2016.04.12 - Hassan Amini receives 2016 CPSA Scholarship.
2016.04.10 - Two students receive awards at Mining/Petroleum awards banquet. Kara Savage receives Outstanding Graduate Student and Laura Nugent receives Old Timer's Award.
2016.03.22 - Awarded a second project on REE recovery from coal material. Collaboration with UK and VT. Link here.
2016.03.18 - Chris Vass wins James and Betty Hall Doctoral Fellowship. Link here.
2016.02.24 - Laura Nugent wins first place at SME Mineral Processing Division Poster Contest for work on high speed imaging of flotation.
2016.01.08 - Awarded new project on REE recovery from coal mine drainage. Link here.
2015.11.10 - WVU Student SME Chapter has been selected as the first place winner of the SME Outstanding Student Chapter Contest. Link here.
2015.11.09 - New paper on silica-based media for clean coal production posted online. Link here.
2015.10.30 - Two new papers accepted last week. One on partition moment of inertia, one on silica-based media for clean coal production.
2015.07.31 - Dr. Noble is selected for SME Faculty Development Award. Link here.
2015.07.15 - Pictures and bios added.
2015.06.12 - Website launched.