Professional Service

  • North American Extractive Metallurgy Council. TMS appointed member. 03/01/2020 - 03/01/2022
  • REMADE Institute. Strategic Advisory Committee Member. 06/30/2018 - 03/25/2019
  • TMS. EPD Senior Advisor. 07/01/2017 - 03/30/2021
  • TMS. Head Organizer, Hydrometallurgy 2018 International Symposium. 09/01/2016 - 08/31/2018
  • TMS. 2017 Ramana Reddy International Symposium. 02/15/2016 - 03/15/2017
  • TMS/CIM. Role: co-organizer. Electrometallurgy 2016 Symposium. 02/16/2015 - 09/22/2016
  • TMS. Programming Representative (Extraction and Processing Division). 03/2011 - 03/2014
  • TMS. Co-Organizer, T. T. Chen Symposium. 03/2011 - 03/2012
  • SME. Education and Publications Committee Member. 02/2010 - 02/2013
  • SME. Chair, Taggart Award Committee . 01/01/2010 - 01/01/2011
  • SME. Chair, Taggart Award Committee. 01/01/2010 - 01/01/2010
  • TMS. Member, Public Affairs Committee. 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2011
  • Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials. Ediorial Board Member. 01/01/2005 - 12/31/2011

Honors & Awards

  • EPD Distinguished Service Award. TMS, 02/2020
  • University of Utah Career Services Faculty Recognition Award. University of Utah, 04/2017
  • Gaosong Yi, a member of Michael L. Free's research group, was awarded a 2017 NACE Graduate Student Book Award . 02/2017
  • Joshua Werner, a member of Michael L. Free's research group, was selected as a Henry Krumb Lecturer for 2017. 10/2016
  • Keynote Speaker – Electrometallurgy 2016 International Conference. 09/2016
  • Joshua Werner, a member of Michael L. Free's research group, received an SME Graduate Fellowship (the only one in his area of research). SME, 07/2015
  • Yakun Zhu, a member of Michael L. Free's research group, was awarded 2015 NACE Graduate Student Book Award. NACE, 03/2015
  • Keynote Speaker. International Society of Electrochemistry, 09/2013
  • Top 20 paper download Physica Status Solidi B 2011. Physica Status Solidi B (Journal), 12/2011
  • Keynote Speaker. Fray International Symposium, 11/2011

Internal Service

  • Chair, Faculty Relations Committee. 09/01/2013 - 08/31/2014. College service.
  • Salaries and Annuities Committee Member. 07/2011 - 07/2012. University service.
  • Undergraduate Student Advisor. 07/01/1997 - 07/01/2012. Department service.

Outreach

  • Multiple sessions of orientation events, Science Day, Major Day, Department Open House, and other campus events. 01/2010 - 12/2010