Extraction & processing division: Meeting the needs of current and future extractive professionals

Autor: Thomas P. Battle
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: JOM. 62:12-12
ISSN: 1543-1851
1047-4838
Popis: For the past three years I’ve been privileged to be the chair of the Extraction & Processing Division (EPD), one of the five technical divisions in TMS. I am following in the footsteps of several outstanding leaders who chaired the division before me, including Chuck Bounds, Bill Imrie, John Hager, Brajendra Mishra, and Rob Stephens. The EPD represents about 1,000 TMS members from all over the world. Unfortunately, in recent years our membership ranks have declined, while the average age of our members has increased. This coincides with a general decline in the number of extractive metallurgists in the United States, and in North America in general. Having a critical mass of active members, representing all different ages and areas of the field, is critical to keep us a vibrant organization. Many of our efforts in the past few years have been aimed at improving our services to current members, encouraging current members to become more active as volunteers, and enlisting new members. At the grass-roots level, we enthusiastically participate in the TMS Young Leaders (YL) program, and have two fine YLs at present, with hopefully more to join them later this year. This has been a significant avenue for participation in our organization—over half of the current EPD Council members were YLs, and their enthusiasm has been instrumental in our success. We are also actively involved in the student scholarship program, and working hard to encourage Student Poster Session submissions. At a higher level we are also aware that we aren’t the only professional orExtraction & Processing Division: Meeting the Needs of Current and Future Extractive Professionals
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