• Chair, Management Task Force, University of
Missouri-Rolla, 2005
• Member, Budgetary Affairs Committee, University of Missouri-Rolla,
2004-2005
• Member, Student Conduct Committee, University of Missouri-Rolla,
2004-2005
• Chair, Quenon Endowed Chair of Mining Engineering Search Committee,
2002-03
• Member, Committee of Department Chairs, University of Missouri-Rolla,
2000-present
• Member, Provost’s Advisory Committee, Vice Provost for
UMR Global
• Member, Student Scholastic Appeals Committee, 2002-03
• Chair, Search Committee for Library Director, 2002
• Member, Library and Learning Resources Committee, 2002-03
• Member, Quality Assurance Committee for National Occupational
Research Agenda, NIOSH, 1999-2000.
• Member, NIOSH Secondary Review Committee (programmatic reviewer
of research grant applications), 1999-2000.
• Co-organizer and major sponsor of NIOSH Workshop on Construction,
Agriculture, and Mining Partnerships, 2000.
• Moderator for Keynote Session entitled “Meeting 21st
Century Challenges to Mining” at SME 2000 Annual Meeting, Salt
Lake City, February 28.
• Extensive service to the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and
Exploration, Inc., as outlined earlier.
• Presented Mine Health and Safety Management: Approaches, Issues,
and Tools workshop at the NIOSH Underground Stone Seminar, Cincinnati,
OH, December 9, 1998.
• Co-presenter at University of Missouri-Rolla Longwall Mining
short course for BHP Minerals, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, February,
1998.
• Chair, Underground Mining Session, Coal Division, 1998 SME
Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 9-11.
• Session Chair, 1997 Northwest Mining Association Annual Meeting,
December 15, 1997, Spokane, WA: NIOSH Panel Discussion – Practical
Safety and Health Concerns.
• Member, Chancellor’s Grievance Hearing Panel, UMR, 1996-1998.
• Member, Quenon Professorship Search Committee, UMR Department
of Mining Engineering, 1996.
• Graduate Council Representative, UMR Department of Mining
Engineering, 1997.
• Co-Instructor, MSHA-approved new annual refresher training
format at Mingo Logan Coal Company, Wharncliffe, WV, July, 1996.
• Co-Director and Instructor, Project Evaluation Methods short
course, given to professional engineers at Mingo-Logan Coal Company,
Wharncliffe, WV, July, 1995.
• Peer-reviewed 45 technical articles for USBM, SME, IEEE-IAS,
NIOSH, Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, and Mineral
Resources Engineering.
• Instructor, Professional Engineers Exam Review short course,
West Virginia University, October, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1991, 1990, 1989,
1988, 1987.
• Made 18 public-related presentations at professional organizations,
hearings, community events, educational institutions, and a television
currents events program.
• Chaired, Search Committee for Dean, College of Agriculture
and Forestry, West Virginia University, 1993-94.
• Member, University-wide Health and Safety Committee, 1994.
• Coordinated the first WVU-hosted Pittsburgh Coalbed Methane
Forum, 1993.
• Chaired seven other technical sessions at various conferences.
• Conducted a two-day hearing by the West Virginia Mine Inspectors
Examining Board on the petition for dismissal of an inspector submitted
by the Office of Miners Health, Safety and Training, 1992-93; submitted
decision in form of an order.
• Member, TQM Design/Coordinating Team and TQM Steering Committee,
West Virginia University, 1992-94.
• Member, Service and Academic Rewards Task Force, West Virginia
University, 1992-93.
• Member, Search Committee for Associate Vice President, Finance,
West Virginia University, 1992.
• Participated in the US Bureau of Mines and Oak Ridge Institute
for Science and Education workshop entitled "Health, Safety and
Environmental Regulatory Issues in Mining and Mineral Industries: An
Assessment of the Adequacy of College Curricula," in Washington,
D. C., on May 12, 1992.
• Member, Benedum Economic Development Proposal Committee, West
Virginia University, 1992.
• Member, Search Committee for Dean, College of Engineering,
West Virginia University, 1991-92.
• Member, Search Committee for Director, National Research Center
for Coal and Energy, West Virginia University, 1991-92.
• Chaired the West Virginia University Task Force on Establishing
an Undergraduate Program in Environmental Science/Engineering, West
Virginia University, 1991-92.
• Presented technical overview of respirable dust compliance
sampling procedures on WNPB public television program entitled "Stateline
Friday," April 12, 1991.
• Member, Search Committee for Dean, College of Mineral and
Energy Resources, West Virginia University, 1990-91.
• Member, Search Committee for an Assistant Professor of Petroleum
and Natural Gas Engineering, West Virginia University, 1989-90.
• Senate Bookstore Advisory Board, West Virginia University,
1989-90.
• Director and Instructor, Production and Cost Management Techniques
for Coal Mine Managers short course given West Virginia University:
1989, 1988, 1986.
• Instructor, Surface Subsidence Engineering and WVU's Subsidence
Model, August 1988.
• Instructor, 36th Coal Preparation Short Course, West Virginia
University, August, 1987.
• Demonstrator at Mining Engineering Computer Software Workshop,
WVCMI and CAS-SME Joint Fall Meeting, October 22-24, 1987.
• Instructor,
Longwall Mining Short Course, West Virginia University, August, 1985.