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Paul Mather

Paul Mather

Undergraduate Research Assistant

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Metals Applications Engineer - Linde Technology Center

  • Education

    • Purdue University

      2016 - 2020
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Materials Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Materials Advantage, TMS, SME Exergy comparisons of copper extraction processes with results based on Bayesian inference

    • University of Arizona

      2012 - 2016
      Bachelor of Science - BS Mining and Mineral Engineering

  • Experience

    • University of Arizona

      May 2012 - May 2016
      Undergraduate Research Assistant

      I worked on several projects with the Mining Engineering Department throughout my undergraduate education. Projects included research on rock-breakage, copper leaching, and byproduct recovery.

    • Freeport-McMoRan

      May 2014 - Aug 2014
      Summer Intern

      I worked at the Tucson Technology Center with the process development team to help evaluate solutions to hydrometallurgical problems. Safety and environmental questions were also investigated in their technical aspects.

    • Freeport-McMoRan

      May 2015 - Aug 2015
      Summer Intern

      I worked at the Tucson Technology Center with the process development team to help evaluate solutions to hydrometallurgical problems. Safety and environmental questions were also investigated in their technical aspects.

    • Freeport-McMoRan

      May 2016 - Jul 2016
      Summer Intern

      I worked at the Tucson Technology Center with the process development team to help evaluate solutions to hydrometallurgical problems. Safety questions were also investigated in their technical aspects. I proposed a novel impurity removal technique that showed remarkable success in the lab and made it out to industrial trials.

    • Purdue Laboratory for Advanced Material Processing

      Aug 2016 - Sept 2020
      Graduate Research Assistant

      On a grant from FMI, I produce transient, reduced order models for some of the main copper extraction unit operations. In particular, these include models of bath smelting, Peirce-Smith converting, and fire refining, all of which have been presented at TMS, Extraction, and Copper conferences. I also have made a population balance model of FMI’s autoclave leaching process. The models are being used to compare the performance of hydro metallurgical and pyrometallurgical routes to copper production from copper sulfide minerals. They also provide insight on possible process improvements and can be used to help show students how the processes behave. Show less

    • Purdue University

      Aug 2016 - Sept 2020
      Graduate Research Assistant

    • Freeport-McMoRan

      Sept 2018 - Dec 2018
      Fall Intern

      I spent 4 months at the Miami Smelter and Acid plant, getting first hand experience with smelter operations and technical issues. Additionally, I carried out an extensive study of minor element flow rates through the plant. I also helped with a couple of environmental studies.

    • American Chemet Corporation

      Sept 2020 - Feb 2023
      Materials Research and Development Engineer

    • Linde

      Feb 2023 - now
      Metals Applications Engineer

  • Licenses & Certifications