XUMING WANG
Research Professor
Metallurgical Engineering
Orcid identifier0000-0002-2266-8816 (opens in a new tab)
- Research ProfessorMetallurgical Engineering
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Current research interests include mineral processing and coal preparation, flotation separations, surface chemistry, particle/particle interaction and particle/bubble interaction, and the flotation chemistry of industrial minerals and fossil energy minerals. Spectroscopic characterization of interfacial water and surfactant adsorptions using SFG spectroscopy, FTIR and AFM. R&D on all-solid-state lithium battery.
GRANTS
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTProducing Clean Steel Directly from Iron Ore ConcentrateDOE, ARPA-E1 Jun 2024 - 14 Jun 2027
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTDIRECT PRINTING OF NA-ION BATTERY WITH A NANOCOMPOSITE PEO/HNT ELECTROLYTEUNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION1 Apr 2023 - 31 Mar 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTCOMMINUTION ENERGY REDUCTION AND IMPROVED CRITICAL MINERAL RECOVERY FROM LOW-GRADE DISSEMINATED SULPHIDE DEPOSITS USING SUPERCRITICAL CO2 SAG AND BALL MILLS31 Jan 2023 - 30 Jul 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTCOMMINUTION ENERGY REDUCTION AND IMPROVED CRITICAL MINERAL RECOVERY FROM LOW-GRADE DISSEMINATED SULPHIDE DEPOSITS USING SUPERCRITICAL CO2 SAG AND BALL MILLS31 Jan 2023 - 30 Jul 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTACCELERATED REACTIVE CARBONATION PROCESS (ARCP) FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT SEPARATION OF RARE EARTH MINERALSUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO1 Dec 2022 - 8 Feb 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTACCELERATED REACTIVE CARBONATION PROCESS (ARCP) FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT SEPARATION OF RARE EARTH MINERALSUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO1 Dec 2022 - 8 Feb 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTACCELERATED REACTIVE CARBONATION PROCESS (ARCP) FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT SEPARATION OF RARE EARTH MINERALSUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO1 Dec 2022 - 8 Feb 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTSIZE-DEPENDENT METRIC ANALYSIS OF RESPIRABLE COAL MINE DUST (RCMD)MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY15 Sep 2022 - 4 Apr 2025