| Organizing Committee |  | | Tom Barczak, Co-Chairman, NIOSH, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Gerry Finfinger, Co-Chairman, NIOSH, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Chris Mark, Co-Chairman, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | Steve Tadolini, Co-Chairman, Minova International, Bowerston, OH | | Mike Amick, Member, National Coal of Alabama, Jasper, AL | | Michael Bayerl, Member, Hilti Entwicklungsgesellschaft GmbH, Kaufering, Germany | | David Bigby, Member, Golder Assoicates (UK) Ltd, Burton-on-Trent, United Kingdom | | Tom Blevins, Member, DSI Americas (Fasloc Inc.), Martinsburg, WV | | Al Campoli, Member, Jennmar Corp., Pittsburgh, PA | | Joe Cybulski, Member, USDOL - MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA | | Richard Gray, Member, DiGioia, Gray & Associates, LLC, Greensburg, PA | | Doug Hardman, Member, J.H. Fletcher & Co., Huntington, WV | | Greg Hasenfus, Member, CONSOL Energy Inc., Canonsburg, PA | | Keith Heasley, Member, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV | | Bruce Hebblewhite, Member, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia | | John Hoelle, Member, Anglo Coal Australia Pty. Ltd., Brisbane, Australia | | Anthony Iannacchione, Member, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA | | Mike Jenkins, Member, NIOSH, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Spokane, WA | | Frank Kendorski, Member, Agapito Associates, Inc., Downers Grove, IL | | Yi Luo, Member, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV | | Hamid Maleki, Member, Maleki Technologies, Inc., Spokane, WA | | Mike Mishra, Member, Alpha Natural Resources, Waynesburg, PA | | Hani Mitri, Member, McGill University, Montreal, Canada | | David Newman, Member, Appalachian Mining and Engineering, Inc., Lexington, KY | | Dan Payne, Member, BHP Mitsubishi Alliance, Emerald, Australia | | John Rusnak, Member, Peabody Energy Inc., St. Louis, MO | | Vincent Scovazzo, Member, John T. Boyd Company, Richland, WA | | Daniel Su, Member, CONSOL Energy Inc., Canonsburg, PA | | Holger Witthaus, Member, RAG Mining Solutions GmbH, Herne, Germany | | Joe Zelanko, Member, Rosebud Mining Company, Kittanning, PA | | Syd Peng, WVU, Morgantown, WV |
| Paper Reviewing Committee | | | Tom Barczak, Chief Reviewer, NIOSH, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Syd Peng, Chief Reviewer, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV | | Steve Tadolini, Chief Reviewer, Minova International, Bowerston, OH |
| 1) Pillar Design and Evaluation | | Ted Klemetti, Primary reviewer, NIOSH
Office of Mining Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Al Campoli, Reviewer, Jennmar Corp., Pittsburgh, PA | | Craig Compton, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | John Ellenberger, Reviewer, NIOSH, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Gabriel Esterhuizen, Reviewer, NIOSH-Office of Mining Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Murali Gadde, Reviewer, Peabody Energy Co., St. Louis, MO | | Michael Gauna, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA | | Keith Heasley, Reviewer, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV | | Anthony Iannacchione, Reviewer, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA | | Mark Larson, Reviewer, NIOSH - Spokane Research Lab, Spokane, WA | | Hamid Maleki, Reviewer, Maleki Technologies, Inc., Spokane, WA | | Vincent Scovazzo, Reviewer, John T. Boyd Company, Richland, WA | | Anthony (Sam) Spearing, Reviewer, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL | | Daniel Su, Reviewer, CONSOL Energy Inc., Canonsburg, PA | | Floyd Varley, Reviewer, NIOSH - OMSHR, Spokane, WA | | Jeffrey Whyatt, Reviewer, NIOSH – Spokane Research Lab, Spokane, WA | | Joe Zelanko, Reviewer, Rosebud Mining Company, Kittanning, PA | | Peter Zhang, Reviewer, Foundation Coal, Waynesburg, PA | | Joseph Zirkle, Reviewer, Consol Energy, Eighty-four, PA | | Ted Klemetti, Reviewer, NIOSH
Office of Mining Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Chris Mark, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | David Newman, Reviewer, Appalachian Mining and Engineering, Inc., Lexington, KY | | Tom Barczak, Reviewer, NIOSH, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Michael Trevits, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | 2) Roof Support Design and Evaluation | | Steve Tadolini, Primary reviewer, Minova International, Bowerston, OH | | Jon Braenovich, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Beaver, WV | | Al Campoli, Reviewer, Jennmar Corp., Pittsburgh, PA | | Ismet Canbulat, Reviewer, Anglo American Metallurgical Coal, Brisbane, Australia | | Hanjie Chen, Reviewer, Jennmar Corporation, pittsburgh, PA | | David Conover, Reviewer, Agapito Associates, Inc., Golden, CO | | Dennis Dolinar, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | Murali Gadde, Reviewer, Peabody Energy Co., St. Louis, MO | | Michael Gauna, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA | | Bill Gray, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA | | Syd Peng, Reviewer, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV | | Stephen Signer, Reviewer, NIOSH
Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Spokane, WA | | Roland Walker, Reviewer, DSI Mining Americas, Clearfield, UT | | Peter Zhang, Reviewer, Foundation Coal, Waynesburg, PA | | John McDonnell, Reviewer, Minova USA, Grand Junction, CO | | Naj Aziz, Reviewer, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia | | 3) Dynamic Loading and Bumps | | Al Campoli, Primary reviewer, Jennmar Corp., Pittsburgh, PA | | Keith Heasley, Reviewer, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV | | Vincent Scovazzo, Reviewer, John T. Boyd Company, Richland, WA | | Ben Mirabile, Reviewer, Jennmar Corp., Pittsburgh, PA | | Kot Unrug, Reviewer, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY | | Kot Unrug, Reviewer, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY | | Karl Zipf, Reviewer, NIOSH/CDC, Pittsburgh, PA | | 4) Analytical and Numerical Modeling Studies | | Keith Heasley, Primary reviewer, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV | | Ismet Canbulat, Reviewer, Anglo American Metallurgical Coal, Brisbane, Australia | | Gabriel Esterhuizen, Reviewer, NIOSH-Office of Mining Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Murali Gadde, Reviewer, Peabody Energy Co., St. Louis, MO | | Michael Gauna, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA | | Keith Heasley, Reviewer, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV | | John Hoelle, Reviewer, Anglo Coal Australia Pty. Ltd., Brisbane, Australia | | Ted Klemetti, Reviewer, NIOSH
Office of Mining Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Wendell Koontz, Reviewer, Arch Coal Inc., Somerset | | Mark Larson, Reviewer, NIOSH - Spokane Research Lab, Spokane, WA | | Thomas McKnight, Reviewer, PA Bureau of Mine Safety, Uniontown, PA | | Morgan Sears, Reviewer, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV | | Ross Seedsman, Reviewer, Seedsman Geotechnics P/L, Mt. Kembla, Australia | | Anthony (Sam) Spearing, Reviewer, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL | | Ry Stone, Reviewer, Bowie Resources, LLC, Paonia, CO | | Berk Tulu, Reviewer, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV | | Paul Tyrna, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA | | Phyllip Worley, Reviewer, Patriot Coal, Charleston, WV | | Andre Zingano, Reviewer, University Federal of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil | | Chris Mark, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | 5) Subidence Issues | | Michael Murphy, Primary reviewer, NIOSH - Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh | | T. S. Bajpayee, Reviewer, NIOSH - Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | John Ellenberger, Reviewer, NIOSH, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Greg Hasenfus, Reviewer, CONSOL Energy Inc., Canonsburg, PA | | Michael Hegemann, Reviewer, RAG Deutsche Steinkohle, Herne, Germany | | Frank Kendorski, Reviewer, Agapito Associates, Inc., Downers Grove, IL | | Yi Luo, Reviewer, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV | | Kray Luxbacher, Reviewer, VPI & SU, Blacksburg, VA | | Greg Molinda, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | Axel Preusse, Reviewer, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany | | Daniel Su, Reviewer, CONSOL Energy Inc., Canonsburg, PA | | Erik Westman, Reviewer, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA | | Bill Monaghan, Reviewer, NIOSH - Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | Tim Ross, Reviewer, Agapito Associates, Inc., Grand Junction, CO | | Joseph Zirkle, Reviewer, Consol Energy, Eighty-four, PA | | Michael Trevits, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | 6) Longwall Mining | | Tom Barczak, Primary reviewer, NIOSH, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Michael Alber, Reviewer, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany | | Daniel Su, Reviewer, CONSOL Energy Inc., Canonsburg, PA | | Greg Hasenfus, Reviewer, CONSOL Energy Inc., Canonsburg, PA | | Peter Zhang, Reviewer, Foundation Coal, Waynesburg, PA | | Stephen Signer, Reviewer, NIOSH
Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Spokane, WA | | Mike Mishra, Reviewer, Alpha Natural Resources, Waynesburg, PA | | James Pile, Reviewer, BHP Billiton, Waterflow, NM | | Jurgen Brune, Reviewer, NIOSH - Spokane Research Lab, Spokane | | Michael Gauna, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA | | Dennis Dolinar, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | 7) Hard Rock Mining Issues | | Vincent Scovazzo, Primary reviewer, John T. Boyd Company, Richland, WA | | Ezzeddin Bakhtavar, Reviewer, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran | | Gabriel Esterhuizen, Reviewer, NIOSH-Office of Mining Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Anthony Iannacchione, Reviewer, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA | | Ugur Ozbay, Reviewer, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO | | Nikzad Oraee-Mirzamani, Reviewer, Imperial College London Business School, London, United Kingdom | | Jason Han, Reviewer, John T. Boyd Company, Canonsburg, PA | | 8) Rock Mass Characterization and Geotechnical Assessment | | Anthony Iannacchione, Primary reviewer, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA | | Karl Zipf, Reviewer, NIOSH/CDC, Pittsburgh, PA | | Dave Gearhart, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | Adrienne Carney, Reviewer, CONSOL Energy Inc., Dallas, WV | | Frank Kendorski, Reviewer, Agapito Associates, Inc., Downers Grove, IL | | Kray Luxbacher, Reviewer, VPI & SU, Blacksburg, VA | | Erik Westman, Reviewer, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA | | Megan Witkowski, Reviewer, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA | | Dan Alexander, Reviewer, NIOSH - Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | Gabriel Esterhuizen, Reviewer, NIOSH-Office of Mining Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Murali Gadde, Reviewer, Peabody Energy Co., St. Louis, MO | | Greg Molinda, Reviewer, NIOSH, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Greg Molinda, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | James Madar, Reviewer | | Kewal Kohli, Reviewer, Office of Surface Mining, Pittsburgh, PA | | Lou Prosser, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | Don Puglio, Reviewer | | Michael Trevits, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | Tom Barczak, Reviewer, NIOSH, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | 9) Highwall Mining | | Tom Barczak, Primary reviewer, NIOSH, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Karl Zipf, Reviewer, NIOSH/CDC, Pittsburgh, PA | | Dennis Dolinar, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | Michael Trevits, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | David Newman, Reviewer, Appalachian Mining and Engineering, Inc., Lexington, KY | | 10) Surface Control Issues | | Joe Zelanko, Primary reviewer, Rosebud Mining Company, Kittanning, PA | | Tom Barczak, Reviewer, NIOSH, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Nelson Blake, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Morgantown, WV | | Bob Bolinger, Reviewer, Minova USA, Georgetown, KY | | William Bookshar, Reviewer, Bureau of Mine Safety, Uniontown, PA | | Josh Brady, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Morgantown, WV | | Jon Braenovich, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Beaver, WV | | Tom Breen, Reviewer, DSI Mining, Martinsburg, WV | | Al Campoli, Reviewer, Jennmar Corp., Pittsburgh, PA | | Craig Compton, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | Brian Daniels, Reviewer, Three Rivers Manufacturing, Inc., Cranberry Twp, PA | | Dennis Dolinar, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | Michael Gauna, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA | | Bill Gray, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA | | Robert Kimutis, Reviewer, Foundation Coal, Waynesburg, PA | | John McDonnell, Reviewer, Minova USA, Grand Junction, CO | | Greg Molinda, Reviewer, NIOSH, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA | | Mark Odum, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Vincennes, IN | | Rodney Poland, Reviewer, Jennmar Corp., Pittsburgh, PA | | Terry Sheffield, Reviewer, MSHA, Norton, VA | | Stephen Signer, Reviewer, NIOSH
Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Spokane, WA | | Anthony (Sam) Spearing, Reviewer, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL | | Steve Tadolini, Reviewer, Minova International, Bowerston, OH | | James Pile, Reviewer, BHP Billiton, Waterflow, NM | | Dave Gearhart, Reviewer, NIOSH-Pittsburgh Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA | | 11) Regulatory and Mine Design Issues | | Joe Cybulski, Primary reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA | | Michael Gauna, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA | | Bill Gray, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA | | Paul Tyrna, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA | | James Vadnal, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA | | Sandin Phillipson, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA | | Michele Santos-Cranford, Reviewer, USDOL - MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA |
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