Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2025
Recommended Citation
Twidwell, Larry G., "L.G. Twidwell: A Summary of Fifty-Six Years of Research" (2025). Metallurgical & Materials Engineering. 3.
https://digitalcommons.mtech.edu/matr_engr/3
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Brief Bio
Larry G. Twidwell, D.Sc. is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Montana Technological University. He has fifty-six years of experience in teaching and directing research in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Montana Tech. Twidwell and his graduate students and coworkers have conducted research emphasizing extractive metallurgy and the application of extractive metallurgical engineering to the treatment of metallurgical wastes, process waters and byproducts. Four books, seventy-seven M.Sc. theses, one-hundred-thirty refereed publications and one hundred-eight national and international presentations have resulted from their research efforts. Twidwell has received several outstanding teacher/researcher awards during his tenure at Montana Tech, e.g., TMS-EPD Distinguished Lecturer Award, 2011; TMS-EPD Best Technology Paper Award, 2006; AIME Frank Aplan Award, 2004; Montana Tech Lifetime Distinguished Researcher Award, 2002; AIME Mineral Industry National Education Award, 2001; Montana Academy of Sciences Mershon Award as Outstanding Montana Researcher, 1989; Outstanding Scholar Award, Montana Tech, 1985; and Outstanding Educator Awards, Montana Tech, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974.