On October 12, Dr Barry Wills, the founder and editor-in-chief ofMinerals Engineering, the most authoritative journal inmineral processing in the world, was employed as an honorary professor of CSU.
(Group photo of Vice President Zhu Xuehong, Dr Barry Wills (middle) and others)
Barry Wills, since his graduation with a doctor degree from Leeds University, has been working in mineral processing for nearly 50 years. He has been committed to the spread and popularization of knowledge regarding mineral processing around the world, and made outstanding contributions to the international development of the discipline of mineral processing. Presently, he serves as the editor-in-chief ofMinerals Engineering, the most authoritative academic journal in mineral processing in the world and a top journal inSection 1 of CAS. He also acts as the chief adviser of Minerals Engineering International (MEI) conferences and MEI online website. In 2014, he was the winner of the Distinguished Service Award of the International Mineral Processing Council (IMPC), which, so far, has been granted to only four scholars around the globe. In 2017, he received the Medal for Excellence of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3).
Dr Wills said that he was glad to become a member of CSU, and looked forward to more cooperation outcomes in the future. He also expressed his hope that MEI would help CSU internationalize its mineral processing discipline.
At the invitation of Deputy Vice President Hu Yuehua, Dr Barry Wills paid a visit to CSU from October 9 to 12. On the afternoons of October 10 and 11, Dr Wills delivered two special reports, titled “The importance of, the evolution of, and the future of mineral processing” and “How to get your paper published in Minerals Engineering” respectively, at the 301 International Lecture Hall, Biology Building of the School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering. More than 200 teachers and students from the school of minerals process participated in the lectures.
In his reports, Dr Wills expounded on the history, importance and future development of the mineral processing discipline, commended CSU’s international leadership in the theoretical research of flotation chemistry, and stressed that the resource recycling will become an important research direction, in which CSU is already in the forefront worldwide. Dr Wills also shared information regarding the recent contribution and publication of papers inMinerals Engineering, in particular the reasons of rejection. He spoke highly of CSU’s capacity for scientific research in mineral processing. The participating teachers and students agreed that the lectures were mind-blowing and insightful. They said that they were proud of being part of CSU’s mineral processing discipline, and expressed their readiness to make more contributions to its development.
During his visit, Dr Wills had in-depth talks with the ten representatives of teachers and doctoral students in mineral processing, during which he listened to these representatives’ reports on the characteristics and progress of their research efforts and offered valuable advices.
After the visit, Dr Wills will publish the results of his 4-day visit with a long report on MEI Online (http://www.min-eng.com/people/asia/18.html), the most authoritative online website mineral processing in the world, as a commendation of the achievements and international leadership of CSU in the discipline of mineral processing.
Source: School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering
