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The MGE Department is active in research in the general areas of geomechanics, mine production and information technology, health and safety, sustainable development, mineral processing, extractive metallurgy, and surface and subsurface characterization. UA StrengthsThe University of Arizona is a member of the Association of American Universities which includes the top 36 public and 26 private universities in the U.S. Members include Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Cal Tech, MIT, Berkeley, Michigan, and Penn State. We are one of 59 Research I Universities (designated by the Carnegie Foundation) in the US which is the top-rating based on quantity of research and degrees. The UA is one of the top-ranked research university in the US with not only with strong mining engineering and economic geology programs but also top-ranked colleges of public health, medicine, law, business, social sciences, science, and engineering. Interdiscipinary ResearchThe University is noted for its large graduate interdisciplinary degree programs. In 2007, 14 GIDPs produced 11% of all Ph.D. degrees at the University of Arizona. Currently, 661 faculty from 12 colleges and 108 departments are actively involved in GIDPs at the University of Arizona. SustainabilityThe University of Arizona is unusually well positioned in the broad areas of environmental research and sustainability.
MGE faculty members and the Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources collaborate with many disciplines across campus. Technology Transfer from Faculty ResearchOur faculty are actively engaged in transfering results from their laboratories to the private sector through start up companies and licensing. Three companies MGE faculty helped found are: Solar Technology Research Corp. (STRC)
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