The Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division of SME brings together non-fuel mining industry professionals from the industrial minerals processing and mining engineering community for the following:
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Help advance the arts and sciences involved in exploration, production, and use of industrial minerals and aggregates;
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Facilitate the presentation, publication and discussion of professional papers;
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Promote the exchange of ideas and information on subjects of mutual interest among division members and with other SME divisions;
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Encourage student interest in industrial minerals as a career opportunity and promote professional development of industrial mineral and aggregate industry practitioners.
The Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals where Geologists from all over the world come together to share the importance of industrial minerals. Learn more at https://smefgim.org/.
Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Annual Luncheon
This event is a fantastic opportunity for division members to network while supporting the Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division scholarships.
Many thanks to our generous sponsors!
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Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Bylaws
Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Brochure
Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Meeting Minutes
2023 Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Annual Meeting Minutes
2022 Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Annual Meeting Minutes
2021 Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Annual Meeting Minutes
2020 Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Annual Meeting Minutes
2019 Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Annual Meeting Minutes
2016 Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Annual Meeting Minutes
2015 Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Annual Meeting Minutes
Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Committees
| Name | Position | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Abani R. Samal, PhD | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2026 |
| Vanessa A. Santos, M.Sc, PG, QP, REM | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2025 |
| Nathan Manser, PHD | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| Mr. Raghav M. Dube | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
The Committee shall have oversight of all activities within the Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division.
| Name | Position | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Manser, PHD | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| Gaurav Soni | Vice Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| Riddhika Jain | Past Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| Mr Tushar Gupta | Secretary-Treasurer | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| Mr Himesh Patel | Program Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| Mr. Raghav M. Dube | Scholarship Committee Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2026 |
| John Sackrider | Technical Committee Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| Steven J. Stokowski, PG | Membership Committee Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2026 |
| Melissa Serdinsky | SME Staff | 02/12/2024 |
The Hal Williams Hardinge Award Committee is responsible for reviewing the nominations for the Hal Williams Hardinge Award and selecting the recipient. The Hardinge Award recognizes outstanding achievements in the field of industrial minerals.
| Name | Position | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar Blanco | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| Dr. Marc A. Herpfer | President | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| Riddhika Jain | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2027 |
| Dr. J. Richard Kyle | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2028 |
| Mr. Raghav M. Dube | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2028 |
| Dr. Bowen Li | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2028 |
| Thomas E. Newman, PG | Member | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2026 |
| Gaurav Soni | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2028 |
There are currently no members to display for this committee.
The Nominating Committee shall be responsible for nominating appropriate candidates to serve on Division and SME Committees as needed.
| Name | Position | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Manser, PHD | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| Riddhika Jain | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2028 |
| Mr. Raghav M. Dube | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2027 |
| Gaurav Soni | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| Kathryn F. Kosloski | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
The Program Committee has the duty of coordinating programming and social events for the Division as needed.
| Name | Position | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Himesh Patel | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| John Sackrider | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| Mr Tushar Gupta | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| Nathan Manser, PHD | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| David W. Bieber | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| Name | Position | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Bowen Li | Chair | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2025 |
| John D. Macfadyen, P.E. | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2025 |
| Dr. Marc A. Herpfer | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2025 |
| David W. Bieber | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2025 |
| William R. Wilson | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2025 |
| Steven J. Stokowski, PG | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2025 |
| Sergio Escudero | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2025 |
| Armando E. Alatorre | Member | 03/01/2021 | 02/28/2025 |
| Mr. Raghav M. Dube | Member | 04/03/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
The Committee shall be responsible for collecting and review articles for industrial minerals and aggregates and publish in July issue of Mining Engineering magazine.
| Name | Position | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Nawab | Agricultural Materials | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
| Rahul Singh | Agricultural Materials | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
| Sachin Urade | Chemical Raw Materials | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
| Ahmad Nawab | Chemical Raw Materials | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
| Kinsley Costner | Chemical Raw Materials | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2025 |
| Brock Langford | Construction Materials | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
| Mr Himesh Patel | Construction Materials | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
| John Sackrider | Fillers & Pigments | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
| Mr Himesh Patel | Sorbents, Filter & Proc Aids | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
| Rudrajit Mitra, PHD | Specialty Minerals | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2025 |
| John Sackrider | Specialty Minerals | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
| James C. Norman | Annual Review Editor | 06/01/2018 | 06/30/2026 |
| Mr Himesh Patel | Chemical Raw Materials | 06/01/2021 | 06/23/3020 |
| John D. Macfadyen, P.E. | Annual Review Editor | 06/01/2020 | 06/30/2025 |
| Mr Venkata Aneesh Kona | Ceramics & Refractories | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2025 |
| Vaibhav K. Srivastava | Ceramics & Refractories | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2025 |
| Dillon Hughes | Chemical Raw Materials | 07/01/2023 | |
| Carolyn A. McCannon | Sorbents, Filter & Proc Aids | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
| Mr Himesh Patel | Chair | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
| John Sackrider | Chair Elect | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
The Young Scientist Award is administered by SME’s Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division (IM&AD) Executive Committee.
| Name | Position | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaurav Soni | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| Nathan Manser, PHD | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2026 |
| Riddhika Jain | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2026 |
| Rudrajit Mitra, PHD | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
| John Sackrider | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
There are currently no members to display for this committee.
Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Awards
A. Frank Alsobrook Distinguished Service Award
The Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Distinguished Service Award, established in 1995, recognizes members who have significantly contributed to the workings of SME and the Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division; and have an outstanding reputation for professionalism and accomplishments. The award consists of an engraved plaque to be presented at the annual Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Luncheon.
Nominations for this award are currently closed.
Hal Williams Hardinge Award
The Hal Williams Hardinge Award, established in 1958 and funded by AIME, recognizes outstanding achievement which has benefited the field of industrial minerals & aggregates. The achievement so recognized may have been accomplished through writing, teaching, research or administration, resulting in new uses, wider markets, improved management, or through wider dissemination of knowledge. The award shall be a plaque, appropriately engraved with the name of the award, the name of the recipient, and the citation of the particular achievement for which the award is being conferred.
There are no limitations regarding nationality or membership in the AIME Member Societies, but preference is given to members. If a committee member is nominated, they will either find a replacement committee member so that they can resign for the year or remove their nomination until their term is up. Candidate must be living or passed away prior to May 1st of the nomination year.
No AIME Major Award winner is eligible to be nominated for another AIME Major Award until 9 years shall have elapsed, and the nomination support package shall conspicuously reference work in a new field or significant new accomplishments in the field for which the original award was made. (The AIME Major Awards are the Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal, Robert Earll McConnell? Award, James Douglas Gold Medal, Hal Williams Hardinge Award, Erskine Ramsay Medal, Robert H. Richards Award, William Lawrence Saunders Gold Medal, Benjamin F. Fairless Award and Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal.)
AIME Board members are exempt from receiving AIME awards.
Nominations for this award are currently closed.
Young Scientist Award
The Young Scientist Award, established by the Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division in 1985, brings recognition of scientific professionalism to young people working in the Industrial Minerals & Aggregates industry. The recipient will be encouraged to submit an article within a year of the award presentation for consideration for publication in "In the Aggregate." The nominee must not reach his or her 40th birthday before the Award is presented at the Annual Meeting. The award may be presented to a non-member of SME with the provision that the Division makes him/her a member by awarding him/her a one-year membership.
Nominations for this award are currently closed.
A. Frank Alsobrook Distinguished Service Award
Nominations for this award are currently closed.
Hal Williams Hardinge Award
Nominations for this award are currently closed.
Young Scientist Award
Nominations for this award are currently closed.
Hal Williams Hardinge Award
Nominations for this award are currently closed.
Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Scholarships
Gerald V. Henderson Memorial Scholarship
The Gerald V. Henderson Memorial Scholarship (Henderson Scholarship) is open to undergraduate or graduate students who are pursuing degrees in geology, mining engineering or mineral economics with special interests in an industrial minerals and aggregates-oriented program.
To submit an anonymous recommendation letter for a student, please email it to scholarships@smenet.org with the student's first and last name and the scholarship name as the file name.
Applications for this scholarship are currently closed.
Gerald V. Henderson Memorial Scholarship
Applications for this scholarship are currently closed.
Gerald V. Henderson Memorial Scholarship
Applications for this scholarship are currently closed.
Gerald V. Henderson Memorial Scholarship
Applications for this scholarship are currently closed.
Gerald V. Henderson Memorial Scholarship
The application period for this scholarship will begin on 09/01/2024