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University of Utah Department of Fuels Engineering records
1968-1989
University of Utah. Dept. of Fuels Engineering.
1 linear foot
The Department of Fuels Engineering is concerned with the extraction, chemical make-up, and processing of fossil fuels. This collection contains agendas, committee records, correspondence, memoranda, minutes, research applications, and research reports pertaining to the administration, organization and research projects of of the department.
English
Historical Note
Fuels Engineering has had a complex history because fuel science combines chemistry, mining, geology and material science. It began in 1948 as the Department of Fuels Technology in the State College of Mining and Mineral Industries, one of four departments within the Materials Science Division of the college. The college's reorganization in 1972 merged several departments to form the Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Fuels Engineering. In 1978 the college was divided into the Department of Mining and Fuels Engineering and the Department of Metallurgy. This was followed four years later with Fuels Engineering returning as an independent department. It was concerned with the extraction, chemical make-up and processing of fossil fuels, especially coal. A significant number of documents in this collection are concerned with the Tar Sands Project, a series of research projects attempting to economically convert Utah's bituminous sands into fuel, particularly through the novel process called "hydropyrolysis." Such research was variously funded by petroleum corporations and the U.S. Department of Energy. Eventually, in 1992, the department was merged with Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering, which continues research in fuels science.
The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, proposals, and reports on coal processing and fuel production, especially the Tar Sands Project. Other significant parts deal with the degree-granting programs in the department and its administration in relation to other departments within the College of Mines and Earth Sciences.
This collection is arranged in two series separating departmental records and research subject files. Within each series, the material is arranged alphabetically and chronologically thereunder.
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.
Initial Citation:
University of Utah Department of Fuels Engineering records, Acc. 522,
Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Following Citations:Acc. 522.
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Colleges and Universities
Mines and Mineral Resources
Correspondence
Reports
Minutes
Agendas
1
Department Records
1
Appointment Committee to Search Committee
1
Appointment Committee - Retention, Promotion, Tenure
1975-1980
(Restricted)
2
Curriculum Committee
1971-1984
3
Degree Program
1978-1983
4
Degree Program Review
1976-1984
5
Department of Chemical Engineering
1979-1984
6
Departmental Organization
1970-1982
7
Facilities Committee
1984-1985
8
Faculty Meetings
1979-1986
9
Faculty Recruitment
1976-1989
(Restricted)
10
Fuels Conservation Scholarship
1975-1983
11
Search Committee - Department Chair
1974-1975
(Restricted)
2
Research and Subject Records
2
Coal/Catalysis Laboratory to Tar Sands Project Reports
1
Coal/Catalysis Laboratory
1973-1985
2
Correspondence - J. W. Bunger
1982-1985
3
Correspondence - F. V. Hanson
1979-1987
4
Correspondence, A. G. Oblad
1978-1986
5
Correspondence - J. S. Shabtai
1979-1983
6
Correspondence - Wendel H. Wiser
1978-1983
7
Flammability Research Center
1979
8
Gordon Research Seminar
1978-1980
9
Institutional Funds
1971-1983
10
Mobil Research Project
1971-1978
11
Rocky Mountain Fuel Society
1983-1984
12
Stanford Research Institute
1978
13
Tar Sands Project - Annual Reports
1983-1987
14
Tar Sands Project - Budget
1980-1987
15
Tar Sands - Project Proposals
1974-1983
16
Tar Sands Project - Reports
1975-1987
3
U.S. Department of Energy to Wright-Patterson Jet Fuel Research Project
1
U.S. Department of Energy - Agendas and Minutes
1979-1980
2-4
U.S. Department of Energy - Coal Gasification/Liquifaction Project Proposals
1974
1976-1987
5
U.S. Department of Energy - Correspondence
1978-1983
6
U.S. Department of Energy - Fossil Energy Projects
1980-1984
7
U.S. Department of Energy - Research Development Agency Agendas
1975-1978
8
Utah State Science Advisor
1979-1980
9
Visiting Faculty
1968-1978
10
Wright-Patterson/Jet Fuel Research Project
1983-1986