Utah Engineering Experiment Station records, 1974-1987

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Utah Engineering Experiment Station
Title
Utah Engineering Experiment Station records
Dates
1974-1987 (inclusive)
Quantity
3.5 linear feet
Collection Number
Acc0418
Summary
The Utah Engineering Experiment Station (UEES) was established in 1909 by the Utah State Legislature to encourage a close working relationship between the School of Mines and Utah industries. It now reports to the dean of the College of Engineering and the dean of the College of Mines and Earth Science. The Station conducts research, tests products, publishes reports, and sponsors conferences. This collection contains correspondence, project files, reports and grant proposals. Included are files of the Tar Sands Pilot Plant Project.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains correspondence, project files, reports and grant proposals. Included are files of the Tar Sands Pilot Plant Project.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: Utah Engineering Experiment Station records, Acc. 418, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations:Acc. 418.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically by subject heading and by the last name of the principal investigators.

Related Materials

Acc0151; and Acc0210

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Artificial Heart to Reports on Research ConductedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1

(Alphabetical by Subject)

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Artificial Heart - Implantation
1986-1987
2
Artificail Heart - Vacuum Formed Hearts Without Quick Connects
1986-1987
3
Artificial Urinary Tract
1984-1985
4
Design, Testing, and Development for Two-Phase Pumps - Sorenco Corporation
1986
5
Developing and Planning: Utah's Energy Resources - State Science Advisor's Office
1984-1985
6
Energy Extension Service - Utah Energy Office
1984-1985
7
Enviromental and Geologic Hazards Research Center
1984-1985
8
Expenditures for Energy Resources Utah - Consultation by ElRoy Nelson
1980
9
Fossil Energy Research - Department of Energy
1987
10
Implementation of Segements of the Utah Energy Extension Service Plan - Utah Energy Office
1983-1984
11-12
Implenentation of State Energy Conservation Plan - Utah Energy Office
1983-1985
13-14
Institutional Conservation Program - Utah Energy Office
1982-1985
15
Reports of Research Conducted - State Science Advisor's Fund
1978-1980

Tar Sands Pilot ProjectReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2

(Alphabetical by Subject)

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Tar Sands Pilot Plant Project - Request for Proposal
1980
2-5
Tar Sands Pilot Plant Project (Vernal, Utah) - Reports
1981 March-June
6-7
Tar Sands Pilot Plant Project (North Salt Lake City, Utah) - Reports
1981 July-August

Tar Sands Pilot ProjectReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 3

(Alphabetical by Subject)

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-5
Tar Sands Pilot Plant Project (North Salt Lake City, Utah) - Reports
1981 September-December
6
Tar Sands Pilot Plant Project (Rainbow Mine) - Report
1981 November-December
7
Tar Sands Pilot Plant Project - Waste Disposal Plan
1981

Tar Sands Pilot ProjectReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 4

(Alphabetical by Subject)

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Tar Sands Pilot Plant Project - Agreement
1982
2-3
Tar Sands Pilot Plant Project - Final Report and Rental Agreement
1982
4
Tar Sands Pilot Plant Project - Material Balance
1982
5
Tar Sands Pilot Plant Project - Plant Operation
1982
6
Tar Sands Pilot Project - Agreement
1983
7
Tar Sands Pilot Plant Project - Proposal After May 1984
1984

Aiken to IsaacsonReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 5

(Alphabetical by Name)

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Aiken, Richard C. - Dept. of Chemical Engineering: " Liquid Product from Bottom-Burn Shale Report"
undated
2
Bunger, James W. - Dept. of Fuels Engineering & Wells, Howard - Dept. of Mining Engineering: " Economic Evaluation of Tar Sands and Oil Shale"
1979-1980
3
Bunger, James W. - Dept. of Fuels Engineering & Wells, Howard - Dept. of Mining Engineering: " Economic Evaluation of Tar Sands and Oil Shale"
1984
4
Bunger, James W. - Dept. of Fuels Engineering & Wells, Howard - Dept. of Mining Engineering: " Economic Evaluation of Tar Sands and Oil Shale" - Phase II, Year 1
1980-1982
5
Bunger, James W. - Dept. of Fuels Engineering & Wells, Howard - Dept. of Mining Engineering: " Economic Evaluation of Tar Sands and Oil Shale" - Phase II, Year 2
1982-1984
6
Herbst, John A. - Dept. of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering & Bascur, Osvaldo A.: " On-line Thickener Model Development" - Chino Mines Division of Kennecott Minerals Company
1983-1984
7
Herbst, John A. - Dept. of Metallurgy and Metallugical Engineering & Lo, Y.C.: " Wet Ball Milling of Oil Shale - Energy Size Reduction Relations and Liberation Study" - Consulting Report. Southern Pacific Petroleum
1982
8
Herbst, John A. - Dept. of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering & Lo, Y. C.: " Evaluation of Alternatives for the Benefiction of Stuart and Kentucky Oil Shales" - Southern Pacific Petroleum
1983
9
Herbst, John A. - Dept. of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering & Lo, Y.C.: " Oil Shale Grinding Testwork" - Southern Pacific Petroleum
1982-1983
10
Hucka, V. Joseph - Dept. of Mining Engineering: " International Conference on Robotics and Factories of the Future"
1986
11
Hucka, V. Joseph - Dept. of Mining Engineering & Johnson, Steven A. - Dept. of Bioengineering: " Proposal for a Research Project: A New Design of Tunneling Equipment for Drill and Blast Operations"
1986
12
Isaacson, L.K. - Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: " Proposal for Research: Droplet Break-up in Turbulent Shear Flow" - Hercules Incorporated
1983-1984

Johnson to MillerReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 6

(Alphabetical by Name)

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Johnson, Steven A. - Dept. of Bioengineering: " Production of Ethanol from Grains through Selected Low Level Energy Sources"
1980
2
Johnson, Steven A. - Dept. of Bioengineering: " Technical and Economic Study of Ethanol Distillation from Low Temperature Source"
1980-1982
3
Johnson, Steven A. - Dept. of Bioengineering & Aiken, Richard C. - Dept. of Chemical Engineering: " Fugitive Emmissions Study of Methanol-Gasoline Blends" - American Methyl Corporation
1983
4
Johnson, Steven A. - Dept. of Bioengineering & Christiansen, E.B. - Dept. of Chemical Engineering: " Ethanol Distillation Using Low Temperature Geothermal Assisted by Carrier Gas"
1983
5
McCarter, Michael K. - Dept. of Mining Engineering: " Reynolds Gulch Monitoring System"
1983-1984
6
McCarter, Michael K. - Dept. of Mining Engineering: " Reynolds Gulch and Rudd Creek - Data Summary"
1983-1984
7
McCarter, Michael K. - Dept. of Mining Engineering: " Rudd Creek Monitoring System"
1983-1985
8
McCarter, Michael K. - Dept. of Mining Engineering: " Slope Monitoring Preliminary Proposal"
1983; 1985
9
Miller, Jan D. - Dept. of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering: " Air-Sparged Hydrocyclone Test Program for Cobalt Recovery" - St. Joe Minerals Corporation
1984
10
Miller, Jan D. - Dept. of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering: " Air-Sparged Hydrocyclone Test Program for Silica Removal from a Magnetite Concentrate" - U.S. Steel Corporation
1984
11
Miller, Jan D. - Dept. of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering: " Air-Sparged Hydrocyclone Test Program for Oil Shale Concentration" - Amoco Oil Company
1983
12
Miller, Jan D. - Dept. of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering: " Air-Sparged Hydrocyclone Test Program for PGM Flotation"
1986
13
Miller, Jan D. - Dept. of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering: " Arizona Gold Ore" - Socorro Reef Associates
1981
14
Miller, Jan D. - Dept. of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering: " Hot Water Processing of Kentucky Tar Sands" - TXG Resources, Inc.
1980-1982
15
Miller, Jan D. - Dept. of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering: " Hot Water Test Program" - Chevron Research Company
1983
16
Miller, Jan D. - Dept. of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering: " Test Program for the Recovery of Silicon Carbide from Petroleum Coke Products" - R.I. Lampus Company
1986

Oblad to WellsReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 7

(Alphabetical by Name)

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Oblad, Alex G. - College of Engineering, University of Utah: " Developing a Technical Base Leading to Rapid Commercialization of Utah's Tar Sands"
1981-1983
2
Turley, Richard E. - Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: " An Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Center (EADC) at the University of Utah - Proposal"
1980
3
Turley, Richard E. - Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: " An Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Center (EADC) at sthe University of Utah - Progress Report"
1981
4
Turley, Richard E. - Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: " A Study of the Utah Uranium Milling Industry"
1974-1979
5a-5c
Turley, Richard E. - Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: " A Study of the Utah Uranium Milling Industry" - Volume 1, Policy Analysis 1980
1980
6
Turley, Richard E. - Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: " A Study of the Utah Uranium Milling Industry" - Volumes I. and II., Executive Summary
1980
7
Wells, Howard - Dept. of Mining Engineering: " Economic Evaluation of Coal Resources on State Lands in Utah - Proposal"
1985-1987
8
Wells, Howard - Dept. of Mining Engineering: " Economic Evaluation of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Located in Utah State - Report"
1981

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Engineering experiment stations--Utah--History--Sources
  • Engineering--Research grants--Utah
  • Engineering--Study and teaching--Utah--History--Sources
  • Mining engineering--Utah
  • Research institutes--Utah--History--Sources
  • Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources

Corporate Names

  • Tar Sands Pilot Plant Project
  • University of Utah--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Applications
  • Correspondence
  • Reports