Faculty & Staff

Dr. Courtney Young
Department Head
LEWIS S. PRATER DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
Expertise:
- Surface Chemistry, Electrochemistry & Spectroscopy
- Mineral Processing/Extractive Metallurgical Engineering Mineral Characterization
- Flotation
- Physical Separations
- Leaching
- Cyanide
- Uranium
- Gold Processing
- Absorption & Applications thereof to Recycling and Waste-Water Remediation
Contact Information:
1300 West Park Street
ELC 208
Phone: (406) 496-4158
E-mail: cyoung@mtech.edu
Courses:
- EMET 2320 Processing of Particulate Systems
- EMET 2330 Design of Particulate Systems
- EMET 5040 Fire Assay (Team Taught)
- EMET 5110 Materials Handling Design
- EMET 5260 Thermodynamic Modeling of Aqueous Systems
- EMET 5340 Processing of Primary and Secondary Resources
- EMET 5820 Processing of Energy Resources
- EMET 5830 Processing of Precious Metal Resources

Dr. Jerry Downey
Associate Professor
GOLDCORP DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
Contact Information:
1300 West Park Street
ELC Building #215
Phone: (406) 496-4578
E-mail: jdowney@mtech.edu
Courses:

Dr. William Gleason
Associate Professor
NEWMONT PROFESSOR
Contact Information:
1300 West Park Street
ELC Building #210
Phone: (406) 496-4464
E-mail: wgleason@mtech.edu

Dr. K.V. Sudhakar
Associate Professor
FREEPORT-MCMORAN PROFESSOR
Contact Information:
1300 West Park Street
ELC Building #218
Phone: (406) 496-4267
E-Mail: kvsudhakar@mtech.edu
Courses:
- EMAT 251 Materials Structures and Properties
- EMAT 353 Microstructural Interpretaion Lab
- EMAT 354 Materials and Physical Metallurgy Lab
- EMAT 471 Materials Characterization and Analysis
- EMAT 475 Environmental Degradation of Materials
- EMAT 569 Failure Analysis and Design Life
- EMAT 570 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
- EMAT 595 Biomaterials
- PHSX 237 General Physics 3 Electricity & Magnetism

Dr. Hsin-Hsiung Huang
Associate Professor
ANACONDA DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
Contact Information:
1300 West Park Street
ELC Building #217
Phone: (406) 496-4139
E-mail: hhuang@mtech.edu
Courses:

Dr. Al Meier
Assistant Professor
ASARCO PROFESSOR
Contact Information:
1300 West Park Street
ELC Building #212
Phone: (406) 496-4305
E-Mail: ameier@mtech.edu
Expertise:
- Brazing (Ceramics and Metals) and Joining
- Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy
- Surfaces and Dissimilar Material Interfaces
- Failure Analysis
- Mechanical Testing and Metal Forming
- Processing and Properties of MMC's and Cermets
- Stress Analysis/Design of Lightweight Structures
Courses:
- EMET 194 M & ME Workshop
- EGEN 213 Survey of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- EMAT 351 Materials Processing & Performance
- EMAT 354 Materials & Metallurgy Lab
- EMAT 362 Ceramic Materials
- EMAT 463 Composite Materials (under development)
- EMAT 353 Microstructural Interpretation (Lab Section)
- EMAT 472 Materials Selection and Design
Previous Courses (Recently Taught at Alfred University):

Dr. Larry Twidwell
Professor Emeritus
Contact Information:1300 West Park Street
ELC Building #216
Phone: (406) 496-4208
E-mail: ltwidwell@mtech.edu

Dr. Vernon Griffiths
Professor Emeritus
Contact Information:
1300 West Park Street
ELC Building #211
Phone: (406) 496-4264
E:mail: vgriffiths@mtech.edu

Karen Holland
Administrative Assistant
Contact Information:
1300 West Park Street
ELC Building #208
Phone: (406) 496-4341
E-mail: kholland@mtech.edu

