My industrial and government career covers 49 years in mining construction and operations, environmental characterization and remediation, chemical/metallurgical process design and operation, hazardous and radiological materials handling and disposal, project management, mining safety, and industrial research.
Principal accomplishments include:
- Inspector of Mines for the State of New Mexico.
- Subject Matter Expert on radon for New Mexico joint legislative hearings on uranium mining.
- Subject Matter Expert on backfill design and operations and underground facility closure for DOE Yucca Mountain Project.
- Expert witness on radon emissions from surface and underground mines at federal public hearings concerning passage of national air quality emission standards.
- Project manager and engineer for oil shale joint venture projects in the Piceance and Uintah Basins, Colorado, and manager of Asphalt Ridge tar sands, Utah, mining design and process testing.
- Developer of ISO14001 management system.
- Engineering liaison to Sandia National Laboratory and joint national laboratory team for scientific research on long-term degradation and structural stability of man-made and natural materials.
- Supervisor of multiple large diameter shaft drilling projects and engineering liaison in corporate joint venture for development of 20 foot diameter drilled shaft.
- Engineering and management liaison for underground oil shale blasting research program including Paraho joint venture, SAIC, and Los Alamos National Laboratory participants.
- Mine designer and supervision of conventional surface and underground mining methods, in situ’ mining systems, and heap leaching design.
- Experienced mining engineer of coal, gold, molybdenum, nickel, oil shale, phosphate, sand and gravel, tar sands, tungsten, and uranium mineral deposits.
- Experienced mining engineer and supervisor in deep mine shaft construction, tunneling through non-stable (running ground) rock conditions, controlled caving of large rock masses, blasting design, and large volume water inflow and flood control.
Science and Products
U.S. Coal Resources and Reserves Assessment
The U.S. Coal Resources and Reserves Assessment Project, as part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Energy Resources Program, conducts systematic, geology-based, regional assessments of significant coal beds in major coal basins in the United States. These assessments detail the quantity, quality, location, and economic potential of the Nation’s remaining coal resources and reserves and provide...
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U.S. Coal Resources and Reserves Assessment
The U.S. Coal Resources and Reserves Assessment Project, as part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Energy Resources Program, conducts systematic, geology-based, regional assessments of significant coal beds in major coal basins in the United States. These assessments detail the quantity, quality, location, and economic potential of the Nation’s remaining coal resources and reserves and provide... - Publications