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Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Bernhard Schulz
Institute of Mineralogy, Economic Geology and Petrology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Brennhausgasse 14, D-09599 Freiberg, Germany
Kenneth N. Han
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701-3995, USA
Christopher D. Henry
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
Seungyeol Lee
1. Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
2. NASA Johnson Space Center & Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058, USA
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Sylvester
Chairman
Texas Tech University
Winner
Gaston Giuliani
Université Paul Sabatier, GET/IRD et Université de Lorraine, CRPG/CNRS, 15 rue Notre-Dame des Pauvres, BP 20, 54501 Vandœuvre cedex, France
Laura Tusa
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, Chemnitzer Str. 40, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
Yue Zhao
School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Sylvester
Chairman
Texas Tech University
Winner
Shuai Cao
doi:10.3390/min8080352
Johannes Vind
doi:10.3390/min8020077
Yu Zhang
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