Professional Qualifications & Experience
Kyle M. Bartholomew - Senior Metallurgist

Research Coordinator / Acting Director, Mineral Processing
Coleraine Minerals Research Laboratory; Natural Resources Research Institute
University of Minnesota, Duluth

• Applied, contract research and development for commercial mining clients
• Bench-scale mineral grinding  and concentration
• Pilot-scale mineral grinding  and concentration
• Pilot-scale High Pressure Grinding Roll (HPGR) testing
• Iron ore, copper/nickel/PGM, ilmenite flowsheet development & improvement
• Managed analytical laboratory (size analysis, Bond WI testing, chemical analysis)
• Supervised technicians and engineers

Senior Chemical Engineer
Minnesota Technical Assistance Program; University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

• Attained AEE Certified Energy Manager (CEM) qualification
• Conducted industrial energy audits of paper mills, iron ore concentrators, wastewater treatment facilities, and iron foundries
• Supervised engineering student interns placed at industrial facilities

Staff Engineer
Seagate Technology; Bloomington, Minnesota

• Designed, fabricated, and tested microelectromechanical (MEMS) positioning prototypes for disc drive read-write heads
• Conducted advanced metrology (SEM, surface topography) and analysis for air bearings
• Developed image analysis software to identify production defects

Metallurgical Engineer
Cleveland Cliffs, Ishpeming, Michigan

• Trained in Metcom Technologies (GPD) methods
• Performed grinding circuit simulations using USIMPAC and Finch-McIvor modeling tools
• Conducted plant grinding studies at the Empire Mine, Wabush Mines, Hibbing Taconite, and the Tilden Mine

General
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering; Michigan Tech. Univ. (1998)
Master of Science, Management of Technology; Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities (2012)
Co-inventor of a pending direct reduced iron processing patent
Co-inventor of four issued US Patents for disc drive technologies