Mingliang Tang (MinE 2T0, MASc candidate) a CivMin graduate student under the supervision of Prof.Kamran Esmaeili received the Robert Peele Memorial Award from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) for the most outstanding paper published in 2021. A plaque is to be presented in March.
SME’s website provides the following criteria:
The Robert Peele Memorial Award, established in 1953, and funded by AIME, is given for the most outstanding paper published on behalf of The Mining and Exploration Division by an SME member under the age of 35. The award shall consist of a plaque appropriately engraved with the name of the award, the name of the recipient, and the citation referring to the paper for which the award is being conferred. The paper under consideration must have been published in an SME publication within a two-year period ending December 31. Only the first author of a paper must be an SME member not over 35 years of age at the time the paper is submitted. The award is limited to authors of M&E Division papers.
The winning paper:
Tang M, Esmaeili K, 2021. Mapping Surface Moisture of a Gold Heap Leach Pad at the El Gallo Mine Using a UAV and Thermal Imaging. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00332-4