The SME Foundation supports projects that disseminate mining and mineral information and technology worldwide; encourages professional development; educates children, teachers, and the public about the significant role that the minerals industry plays in their everyday lives; builds consensus for a strong, environmentally sound minerals industry in the United States and the world; and supports college-level students and programs meeting industry demands for engineers and researchers in the future.

Programs ABET, Inc Minerals Education Coalition (MEC)  Ph.D. Fellowship Program Academic Career Development Grant Program Professional Engineers Committee Mining in Society Merit Badge Miners Give Back Award SMEF General Endowment Fund Syd S. Peng and Felicia F. Peng Ground Control in Mining Award Scholarships JH Fletcher & Co Engineering Scholarship  Ernest K. Lehmann Memorial Scholarship Stantec/McIntosh Engineering Scholarship  MMSA/SMEF Presidential Scholarship Syd S. Peng and Felicia F. Peng Ground Control in Mining Scholarship Raja V. and Geetha V. Ramani Graduate Students Award George V. Weisdack Memorial Scholarship Foundation Leadership  Steven C. Holmes  President  Thomas C. Rauch  President-Elect  Mary B. Korpi  SMEF Past President  J. Steven Gardner  Vice President of Finance  William H. Wilkinson  Individual Fundraising Officer  Robert W. Schafer  SME Past President  David L. Kanagy  Secretary

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