Undergrads Rock National Design Competition

A UA student team took second place at the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration/National Sand, Stone and Gravel Association, or SME/NSSGA, student design competition in February.

Seniors who competed included Garrett Anderson, Christopher Deuel, Sean Klasen, Nathan Kraft, Jorge Loya Lopez and Miguel Pugmire.

“The team did an excellent job with the design, as well as the presentation,” said Brad Ross, the team’s mentor and co-director of the Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources. “As the first UA team to compete in the final phase of the competition, they have built a base for future teams to successfully compete in the years to come.”