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EDUCATION

West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Ph.D. in Engineering, 1986

Major: Engineering of Mines; Minor: Operations Research/Statistics

Dissertation: An Integrated Production and Cost Management System for Underground Coal Mines

M.S. in Engineering of Mines, 1981

(Worked full time in coal industry concurrently)

Thesis: Selection of Mining Machinery Based on Mechanical Delay Statistics: An Application of Goal Programming to Capital Budgeting

B.S. in Engineering of Mines, 1978

(Magna Cum Laude, Old Timers’ Award; worked full time in coal industry concurrently)

California University, California, PA

B.A. in Mathematics, 1974

(Summa Cum Laude, F.E. Atkins Mathematics Award; tutored 30 hours per week)

CERTIFICATIONS

• Registered professional mining engineer in Pennsylvania (No. PE-031071-E; March, 1982), West Virginia (No. 9541; June, 1984; expired) and Missouri (No. E-28427; December, 1996).

• Certified in Pennsylvania as Mine Foreman (No. 966; November, 1979) and as Mine Examiner (No. 1766; March, 1979).

OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Rock Mechanics Short Course, NIOSH Spokane Research Laboratory, 2000, a one-day formal course.

Basic Project Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1999, a four-day formal course.

Management Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Graduate School, 1999, a five-day formal course

• Bleeder and Gob Ventilation Systems, 1995, a three-day short course held at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy (as a critical reviewer and evaluator).

• Total Quality Management, 1992, a one-week short course for West Virginia University TQM Steering Committee members presented by the Director and staff of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Development.

• Managing for Productivity, 1982, a one-week leadership short course for J&L Steel Corporation managers presented by George Labovitz, a Harvard management professor

• Roof Control Specialist, 1978, a four-day short course held at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy.1995, Bleeder and Gob Ventilation Systems, three-day short course at MSHA Academy (as critical reviewer)