Quality Comes With Experience
The Mining Engineering Department has been serving the Mining Industry for over 100 years, providing high quality education of mining engineers, impactful research and industry collaboration.
Meet the Department Chair
Dr. Free's offices are located in the William Browning Building, room 313 and 417. You may schedue an appointment with him by phone at 801-581-3893 and 801-585-9798 between the hours of 8AM - 5PM or e-mail him anytime at michael.free@utah.edu
Department Core Values
Strong technical skills to enable effective problem solving and a desire for continued learning
A foundation for safety leadership and risk management
Fundamental business and people management skills
Respect for mitigating environmental impacts associated with resource extraction and utilization
A strong sense of ethical and moral responsibility and cultural awareness, and an understanding of obligations to stakeholders
The ability to work effectively with diverse groups of people
Written and oral presentation skills to effectively communicate projects, ideas and/ concepts
The capability to challenge current practices with intuition to visualize breakout ideas
