MetSoc - University of Saskatchewan Student Chapter

06/17/2016

Student Participation Encouraged!

Planning to attend and ? We offer a variety of short courses prior to core programming. They're a great way to keep up with current trends and network with your peers.

Register Now: http://bit.ly/1UT4RPs

05/06/2016

Hey everyone!

As MetSoc is coming to an end for this year, we are having upcoming elections. Anyone can run for any position!

Positions:
President
-In charge of managing meetings and distributing tasks to exec members
Secretary
-Takes down meeting minutes and assists the President with communicating with faculty and preparing documents
Treasurer
-In charge of the chapter's finances
Graduate Representative
-Advertises and keeps the graduate students updated on events
Undergraduate Representative
-Advertises and keeps the undergraduate students updated on events

We have two new positions for the upcoming year!

· VP internal
o Emails, etc.
· VP external
o Advertisement, etc.

If you are interested in running for any of these positions please contact us !

A quick overview of this year !

-Valentine’s chocolate covered strawberry fundraiser
-Annual General Meeting
-Com video Challenge
-Guest Distinguished Lecturer
-CMSC Hamilton National MetSoc Conference
-Mining Project Night
-CIM Mineral Processing Night

We are open to new fundraiser and event ideas so feel free to comment below any suggestions!

Please feel free to contact us at [email protected]

Have a great summer and see you in the fall !

03/16/2016

Hey everyone!
Just a reminder our AGM is on Wednesday March 15, 2016 in Room 2C01. Join us for some pizza and learn about our group and available positions for next year.

03/13/2016

03/13/2016

Hey everyone, here are our upcoming events! Hope to see you all there!

Annual General Meeting - Come and enjoy some PIZZA and POP as we discuss our current accomplishments and plans for the upcoming year.

Date: March 16
Time: 5:30pm
Location: 2C01

Distinguished Lecturer – Dr. Roussos-Georgios Dimitrakopoulos
An intriguing presentation you won’t want to miss on “Smart mining complexes and value chains: A technological perspective on risk management and sustainability”. Refreshments will be provided! More info here.

Date: March 22
Time: 6:00pm
Location: 2C02

2016 Video Challenge
We are participating in an annual challenge across Canada to create a video about how metals and materials engineers help change and improve the world. We are currently putting together a team for the challenge, contact us if you are interested!
Info about the video challenge: Chapter Challenge 2016

COMMENT BELOW IF YOU ARE ATTENDING EITHER EVENT OR WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VIDEO CHALLENGE

02/29/2016

TWO FREE DOWNLOADS: Conference of Metallurgists & Aluminium Alloys Proceedings.

Get access to both conference proceedings of the 55th Annual Conference of Metallurgists and the America's Conference on Aluminum Alloys held in Toronto.

Download now: http://bit.ly/1N0icmv

02/03/2016

Hey Everyone! We have our fundraiser running this next couple of weeks! Come and get a sweet gift of an elegant box of chocolate covered strawberries for only 5$! We will have stalls set up in the Engineering building from Feb 2nd - 5th and in the Arts tunnel on Feb 10th - Feb 11th. It is highly encouraged to come purchase during our pre-sell timings. Volunteers would very much be appreciated to come help out in the making of the goods or manning the stalls. Hope to see everyone come out and participate! More details in the poster attached!

11/15/2015

CIM Saskatoon is hosting a Mineral Processing night. There is going to be a technical presentation by University of Saskatchewan's Dr. Shafiq Alam, who will talk about new mining and mineral processing options for students in geological, chemical, and mechanical engineering disciplines.

Where: Sheraton Cavalier (Centre Room)

When: Thursday, November 19th - doors open at 6:15 PM

Price: Tickets are only $10 for students and include a warm buffet-style meal, dessert, and wine at the table prior to the featured presentation.

You can get your tickets at: http://www.cim.org/en/Societies-and-Branches/Branches/Saskatoon/Events/2015/11/CIMSaskatoonMineralProcessingNight.aspx

Hope to see everyone there!

Presentation by Shafiq Alam, PhD, P.Eng., Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan

10/23/2015

Hey everyone!

We're selling hashbrowns for breakfast tomorrow.

2 for $1 in front of 2C01. We can take cash and credit card.

So get your friends out and treat them to breakfast!

02/11/2015

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_processing

In the field of extractive metallurgy, mineral engineering,mineral processing, also known as mineral dressing or ore dressing, is the process of separating commercially valuable minerals from their ores.