Jack Walsh

Jack Walsh

Vacation Student - Chemical Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Project Metallurgist

  • Education

    • University of Adelaide

      2018 - 2022
      Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Chemical) with Bachelor of Finance

      My honours year, in addition to coursework, comprised of two major projects: plant design and research.In my plant design project, I lead a small team which aims to re-design Mount Isa's operation with a focus on ๐—†๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐—†๐—‚๐—Œ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐–พ๐—‡๐—๐—‚๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—†๐–พ๐—‡๐—๐–บ๐—… ๐—‚๐—†๐—‰๐–บ๐–ผ๐— through ๐—‚๐—‡๐—๐–พ๐—…๐—…๐—‚๐—€๐–พ๐—‡๐— ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—‚๐—‡๐—‡๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—๐–พ ๐—‰๐—‹๐—ˆ๐–ผ๐–พ๐—Œ๐—Œ ๐—Œ๐–พ๐—…๐–พ๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ and design. This project has given me the opportunity to gain ๐—…๐–พ๐–บ๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ๐—๐—‚๐—‰ ๐–พ๐—‘๐—‰๐–พ๐—‹๐—‚๐–พ๐—‡๐–ผ๐–พ over a longer timeframe,โ€ฆ Show more My honours year, in addition to coursework, comprised of two major projects: plant design and research.In my plant design project, I lead a small team which aims to re-design Mount Isa's operation with a focus on ๐—†๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐—†๐—‚๐—Œ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐–พ๐—‡๐—๐—‚๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—†๐–พ๐—‡๐—๐–บ๐—… ๐—‚๐—†๐—‰๐–บ๐–ผ๐— through ๐—‚๐—‡๐—๐–พ๐—…๐—…๐—‚๐—€๐–พ๐—‡๐— ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—‚๐—‡๐—‡๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—๐–พ ๐—‰๐—‹๐—ˆ๐–ผ๐–พ๐—Œ๐—Œ ๐—Œ๐–พ๐—…๐–พ๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ and design. This project has given me the opportunity to gain ๐—…๐–พ๐–บ๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ๐—๐—‚๐—‰ ๐–พ๐—‘๐—‰๐–พ๐—‹๐—‚๐–พ๐—‡๐–ผ๐–พ over a longer timeframe, and provided exposure to hydrometallurgy concepts.In my research project, I am honoured to have the opportunity to work under Dr Chris Greet, who helped me develop my ๐—Ž๐—‡๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ๐—๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—ˆ๐–ฟ ๐–ฟ๐—…๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐–ผ๐—๐–พ๐—†๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐—‹๐—’ and how to analyse performance. My project investigated the effect of an amino acid on pyrite depression in chalcopyrite flotaton. Show less

  • Experience

    • Nyrstar

      Dec 2019 - Feb 2020
      Vacation Student - Chemical Engineer

      ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฅ๐—™ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ - ๐–ค๐—๐–บ๐—…๐—Ž๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ batch size of antimonial lead furnace to ๐—†๐–บ๐—‘๐—‚๐—†๐—‚๐—Œ๐–พ ๐—๐—๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—€๐—๐—‰๐—Ž๐—. Project resulted in ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿซ% ๐—‚๐—‡๐–ผ๐—‹๐–พ๐–บ๐—Œ๐–พ ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—‰๐—‹๐—ˆ๐–ฝ๐—Ž๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡.๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ - ๐–ฒ๐—Ž๐—‹๐—๐–พ๐—’๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ and ๐–ป๐–บ๐—…๐–บ๐—‡๐–ผ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ to determine areas and circumstances of ๐–บ๐–ผ๐–ผ๐—Ž๐—†๐—Ž๐—…๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐—ˆ๐–ฟ ๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—๐–บ๐—†๐—‚๐—‡๐–บ๐—‡๐—๐—Œ in sulphuric acid production. Project resulted in ๐—„๐–พ๐—’ ๐—…๐–พ๐–บ๐—‹๐—‡๐—‚๐—‡๐—€๐—Œ of gas cleaning circuit.๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ - ๐–ค๐—‡๐—€๐–บ๐—€๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ with ๐—ˆ๐—‰๐–พ๐—‹๐–บ๐—๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—†๐–พ๐—๐–บ๐—…๐—…๐—Ž๐—‹๐—€๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐—Œ to create ๐–บ๐—€๐—‹๐–พ๐–พ๐–บ๐–ป๐—…๐–พ ๐—ˆ๐—‰๐–พ๐—‹๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—€๐—Ž๐—‚๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—…๐—‚๐—‡๐–พ๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—๐—‚๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—ˆ๐—๐—Œ for antimonial lead furnace. Project resulted in ๐–พ๐—†๐—‰๐—ˆ๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐—†๐–พ๐—‡๐— ๐—ˆ๐–ฟ ๐—ˆ๐—‰๐–พ๐—‹๐–บ๐—๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—Œ to make ๐—‚๐—‡๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—†๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐—‰๐—‹๐—ˆ๐–ผ๐–พ๐—Œ๐—Œ ๐–ฝ๐–พ๐–ผ๐—‚๐—Œ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—Œ. Show less

    • Nyrstar

      Dec 2020 - Feb 2021
      Vacation Student - Chemical Engineer

      ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ - ๐–ค๐—‡๐—€๐–บ๐—€๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ with stakeholders and vendors to ๐—Œ๐—ˆ๐—…๐—๐–พ ๐—†๐—Ž๐—…๐—๐—‚๐–ฟ๐–บ๐–ผ๐–พ๐—๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐—‰๐—‹๐—ˆ๐–ป๐—…๐–พ๐—† surrounding abrasive temperature measurement environment.๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป - ๐– ๐—‡๐–บ๐—…๐—’๐—Œ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ the significance of ๐–พ๐—†๐—‚๐—Œ๐—Œ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐—‹๐–พ๐–ฝ๐—Ž๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ and the ๐–พ๐—†๐—‚๐—Œ๐—Œ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐—‹๐–พ๐–ฝ๐—Ž๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ of reactant addition.๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด - ๐–ฑ๐–พ๐—‰๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ and ๐–พ๐—๐–บ๐—…๐—Ž๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—†๐–พ๐—๐–บ๐—…๐—…๐—Ž๐—‹๐—€๐—‚๐–ผ๐–บ๐—… ๐—‰๐–พ๐—‹๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—†๐–บ๐—‡๐–ผ๐–พ of fuming furnaces. Show less

    • Magotteaux

      Nov 2021 - Aug 2023
      Graduate Metallurgist

      Key responsibilities involved designing test work, overseeing laboratory operation, analysing data and writing technical reports.

    • Sibanye-Stillwater

      Aug 2023 - Feb 2024
      Project Metallurgist

      Located at the Century operation in Queensland, Australia. Key responsibilities are to design and execute projects from lab-scale to full implementation with the aim of improving flotation performance and reducing processing cost.

    • BHP

      Mar 2024 - now
      Project Metallurgist
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Jack Walsh
      Education Endowment Fund The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Dec 2019 The Education Endowment Fund rewards students who are passionate about the minerals industry and take an active leadership role within the AusIMM and wider community.
  • Volunteer Experience

    • New Professional Network Ambassador

      Issued by AusIMM on Nov 2023
      AusIMMAssociated with Jack Walsh
    • President

      Issued by University of Adelaide Chemical Engineering & Materials Student Society (CHEMS) on Oct 2020
      University of Adelaide Chemical Engineering & Materials Student Society (CHEMS)Associated with Jack Walsh
    • Chemical Engineering Liaison

      Issued by The AusIMM Adelaide Student Chapter on Nov 2020
      The AusIMM Adelaide Student ChapterAssociated with Jack Walsh
    • Student Liaison

      Issued by JCEC SA on Feb 2019
      JCEC SAAssociated with Jack Walsh
    • Vice President

      Issued by University of Adelaide Chemical Engineering & Materials Student Society (CHEMS) on Oct 2019
      University of Adelaide Chemical Engineering & Materials Student Society (CHEMS)Associated with Jack Walsh