There was very sad news in from Australia last week of the untimely death of Dr. Samayamutthirian Palaniandy, General Manager at Nippon Eirich, Australia. who I spoke to only 2 months ago at the SME Annual Meeting in Phoenix, where he was with his USA colleague Tyler Rhea.
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| Sam and Tyler in Phoenix |
Sam, as he was known, contributed a great deal to five of MEI's comminution conferences. His first appearance was at Comminution '08 in Falmouth, representing the Universiti Sains Malaysia, where he lectured from 2001 to 2011. He can just be seen on the right on a very wet visit to the Camborne-Redruth mining district.
In November 2011 he moved to Australia for 4 years as a senior researcher in stirred milling technology at the JKMRC in Brisbane and he presented papers on behalf of JKMRC at Comminution '12 and Comminution '14.
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| Sam, 2nd right with JKMRC colleague Malcolm Powell and Metso staff at Comminution '14 |
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| Relaxing with Peter Radziszweski at Comminution '14 |
From JKMRC he moved to Nippon Eirich Australia, where he was General Manager and Global Product Manager for the TowerMill. He would have been in Cape Town next month to present a paper at Mill Circuits '24 on the TowerMill, as he did at Comminution '18 and Comminution '23.
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| With Nick Wilshaw of Grinding Solutions Ltd at Comminution '18 |
Sam will be greatly missed, not only as a great mineral processor but as a very warm and friendly person. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
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Hi Barry,
ReplyDeleteSam is my direct supervisor at Nippon Eirich Australia. I was looking through online photos of Sam and found this lovely blog post. Thank you for writing about him. He will be greatly missed by everyone who has had the privilege of knowing him.
I will share this with his family as well.
Many thanks Dania. Sam will certainly be greatly missed. A lovely man who contributed a great deal to MEI conferences. He was scheduled to present a paper next month in Cape Town at Mill Circuits ‘24
DeleteSam's passing came as a shock. Gone much too early. Beyond the technical expert and leader that he was, Sam a kind man. Thoughtful. And what a smile! My sincere condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. Rest in Peace dear friend.
ReplyDeleteHe was a very good friend of mine and we had multiple discussions on Tower Mill feasibility for one project at Rampura Agucha Mine. He was a very nice person and had a deep knowledge of grinding circuits. It is a great loss to the Mineral Processing society... May his soul rest in peace 🕊️🕊️
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