Professor Evgueni Jak

Professor

School of Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
e.jak@uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 53666

Overview

Dr Evgueni Jak is Professor in Pyrometallurgy (see UQ U/G Metallurgy program https://my.uq.edu.au/programs-courses/requirements/plan/METAEC2455/2021) at the School of Chemical Engineering. He is co-founder and currently Director of the Pyrometallurgy Innovation Centre (PYROSEARCH-see link https://pyrosearch.chemeng.uq.edu.au/). The Centre currently has major research programs on copper and lead thermochemistry supported by major metallurgical companies including Aurubis, Atlantic Copper, Anglo-Americal Pt, BHP (Olympic Dam), Boliden, Glencore (Kazzinc, PASAR, GT), Outotec, Penoles, RHI-Magnesita, Rio Tinto (Kennecott Smelter) as well as a number of other direct R&D support projects.

He graduated with Master of Engineering (metallurgy) from St Petersburg Polytechnique University, Russia in 1984, then worked in industry for a large-scale steel casting company progressing from shift engineer to an executive management position. In 1995 he completed a PhD in Pyrometallurgy at The University of Queensland, then worked at the Centre for Research in Computational Thermodynamics (CRCT), Ecole Polytechnic de Montreal, Canada – developers of the computer thermodynamic package FactSage. Dr Jak returned in 1996 to take up research and subsequently academic positions at The University of Queensland.

He is an author of over 400 scientific papers.

He is recipient of

  • Prestigious 2002 UQ Foundation Excellence Award,
  • Best paper award from Metallurgical Transactions (2004),
  • Gold Billiton best paper award from Transactions of IMM C, UK (2008),
  • Best paper award from Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly (2009),
  • Best paper award from Metallurgical Transactions (2010)
  • Editor’s choice award from Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion (2017)
  • Best paper award from Metallurgical Transactions (2018)
  • TMS Extraction and Processing Science Award (2018)
  • Gold Billiton best paper award from Transactions of IMM C, UK (2019).
  • Editor’s choice award from Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion for 2019
  • TMS Extraction and Processing Science Award (2020)
  • Editor’s choice award from Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion for 2020

He has a number of invited, key-note and plenary lectures at leading international conferences. Organiser of major international conferences.

Research interests include

  • Pyrometallurgy and high temperature processing,
  • Experimental phase equilibria (including development of an original method to measure high-temperature phase equilibria),
  • Thermodynamic modelling of slag and other high temperature systems (including co-development of the current key FactSage public oxide thermodynamic database for the Al2O3-CaO-FeO-Fe2O3-SiO2-PbO-ZnO) system,
  • Experimental and modelling of viscosities of slags (including development of the original experimental methodology and development of multicomponent slag viscosity models),
  • Freeze linings and slag-refractory interactions,
  • Modelling of industrial pyrometallurgical processes.

He has been Chief Investigator in a number of successful ARC grants including ARC SPIRT (1998-2000), ARC Large (1999-2001), ARC Large (2000-02), ARC Small (2000), ARC Linkage (2002-06)-the largest in this category in 2002 and the 1st 5-year ARC Linkage ever awarded, ARC Linkage (2005-07), ARC Discovery (2004-06), ARC Linkage (2007-11), ARC Discovery (2008-2010), 2 x ARC Discovery grants (2011-2013), ARC Linkage (2014-2016), ARC Linkage (2015-2018), ARC Linkage (2016-2019), ARC Linkage (2017-2020), ARC Linkage (2018-2023), ARC Linkage (2020-25), ARC LIEF 2022, Trailblazer 2023-2026

In addition to fundamental research Dr Jak has received, and continues to receive, research funding from a wide range of major Australian and international industrial companies including, Anglo American Pt (South Africa); Altonorte, Glencore (Chile); Atlantic Copper, Freeport (Spain); Aurubis (Germany, Bulgaria); Australian Coal Association Research Program (Australia); Baosteel (China); BHP Billiton Fe Ore (Australia); Boliden (Sweden); Britannia Zinc (UK); Coal in Sustainable Development (CCSD-CRC) (Australia); Codelco (Chile); CMSA (Colombia); CYMG (China); Glencore (Switzerland); Glencore Technology (Australia); Glencore Mt Isa Mines (Australia); Glencore Nordenham (Germany); Gohper (USA) Hachinohe (Japan); Kansanshi First Quantum (Zambia); Kazzinc Gelncore (Kazakhstan); Koniambo Nickel, Glencore (New Caledonia); Metaleurop Noyelles Godault (France); Metallo (Belgium); Metso Outotec (Finland and Australia); MHD (Germany); MRI (Malaysia); Nippon JLX (Saganoseki, Japan); Ni-West, BHP Billiton (Australia); Nyrstar (Australia, Belgium); Olympic Dam, BHP Billiton (Australia); Pan Pacific (Tamano, Japan); PASAR Glencore (Philippines); Penoles (Mexica); Portovesme (Italy); Queensland Nickel (Australia); RHI-Magnesita, (Austria); Sadbury Ni smelter, Glencore (Canada); SWERIM-LKAB-SSB (Sweden) Samancor Manganese (South Africa); Samancor Chromium (South Africa); Sumitomo (Japan); RioTinto Fe Ore (Australia); RioTinto (Kennecott, USA); Teck Cominco (Canada); TEMCO BHP Billiton (Australia); Umicore (Belgium).

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Coursework) of Engineering, Saint Petersburg State University

Publications

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Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

  • Master Philosophy

  • (2024) Doctor Philosophy

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Publications

Book Chapter

  • Hayes, Peter and Jak, Evgueni (2024). Introduction to Metallurgical Processing. Treatise on Process Metallurgy. (pp. 15-35) Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-323-85935-6.00022-2

  • Sineva, Svetlana, Shishin, Denis, Prostakova, Viktoria, Fallah-Mehrjardi, Ata and Jak, Evgueni (2023). Experimental Study and Thermodynamic Analysis of High-Temperature Processing of Mixed Ni-Cu Sulfide Feed. Proceedings of the 62nd Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2023. (pp. 779-787) Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-38141-6_102

  • Jak, E. and Hayes, P. C. (2023). Options for Sustaining Metallurgical Engineering Education. New directions in mineral processing, extractive metallurgy, recycling and waste minimization: an EPD Symposium in honor of Patrick R. Taylor. (pp. 95-105) edited by Ramana G. Reddy, Alexandra Anderson, Corby G. Anderson, Camille Fleuriault, Erik D. Spiller, Mark Strauss, Edgar E. Vidal and Mingming Zhang. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-22765-3_10

  • Wen, Xi Rui, Abdeyazdan, Hamed, Khartcyzov, Georgii, Shevchenko, Maksym, Shishin, Denis, Nekhoroshev, Evgenii, Hayes, Peter C., Azekenov, Turarbek, Ushkov, Leonid and Jak, Evgueni (2023). The Integrated Experimental Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamic Modelling Study of the PbO-ZnO-FeO-FeO1.5-MgO-SiO2 System, and Demonstration of Its Industrial Application. Proceedings of the 62nd Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2023. (pp. 769-778) Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-38141-6_101

  • Jung, In-Ho, Lehmann, Jean and Jak, Evgueni (2014). Applications. Treatise on process metallurgy. (pp. 675-798) edited by Seshadri Seetharaman, Alexander McLean, Roderick Guthrie and Seetharaman Sridhar. Kidlington, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-096984-8.00032-X

  • Hayes, Peter and Jak, Eugene (2013). Introduction to metallurgical processing. Process Fundamentals. (pp. 15-42) edited by Seshadri Seetharaman, Alexander McLean, Roderick Guthrie and Seetharaman Sridhar. Kidlington, Oxford, UK: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-096986-2.00001-1

  • Jung, In-Ho, Jak, Evgueni and Lehmann, Jean (2013). Slag viscosity model. Treatise on process metallurgy. (pp. 643-674) edited by Seshadri Seetharaman . Kidlington, Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-096984-8.00031-8

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Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

  • Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

Completed Supervision