Public Services

International Level

• Vice Chairman and session chair for 2008 International Conference on Mining, Mine Safety and Mine Environment Protection held at Xian, China, Sept. 12-14, 2008

• Session Co-Chair the 6th International Conference on Mining Science & Technology, Xuzhou, China, Oct. 18-10, 2009

• Evaluated Research Proposals for Georgian National Science Foundation, Tbilisi, Georgia

• Reviewed technical proposal “CryoVent – Low or Zero Carbon Cryogenic Ventilation for Deep Mines” for Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada, 2011

• Reviewed two technical proposal for the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation (SRNSF), Tbilisi, Georgia, 2011

  • Investigation and Control of the Processes of the Dressing of Hard Enriching Ores and Coals with Regard to Additional and Disturbing Values (#FR/539/3-180/11)

  • Working out Computer Program of Projecting Drilling and Blasting Operations on the Surface of Ground (#AR/289/3-180/11)

• Reviewed many technical papers and research reports for

  • Journal of Int’l Association for Mathematical Geology,

  • Journal of Computers & Geosciences

  • IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

  • International Journal of Coal Geology

• Reviewed Ph.D. dissertation “Studies on the Influence of Contact Roof Zone and Worked out Lower Seam on Strata Behavior in Longall Panels in Godavari Valley Coalfields, India”, by Ph.D. candidate M.S. Venkata Ramayya (Reg. No. 03221112ª) for National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India, 336 pp, 2009.

• Presented, as visiting professor, four half-day presentations on topics of Mine Ventilation, Safety and Subsidence at Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, Anhui, China, June 16 - 19, 2008.

• Conducted short courses on topics of Mine Safety and Ventilation to delegations of Chinese Mine Safety and Health Administration

National Level

• Invited reviewer to attend NIOSH Study Section Review Meeting held at Alexandria, VA, October 18-19, 2011. Reviewed the following three proposals

  • Systematic Investigation of Mechanical Behavior of Rock Fractures under Repetitivity (Application #1 R01 OH009993-01A1)

  • Compact, Wearable Monitor for Continuous Detection of Nitrogen Dioxide in Mines (Application #1 R21 OH010116-01A1)

  • Utilization of Calcite for the Reduction of Coal Mine Dust Toxicity (Application #2 R01 OH009771-03A1)

• Member of Special Investigation Team for Upper Big Branch Mine explosion accident appointed by West Virginia Governor, 2010.

• Chair of SME Coal & Energy Division Stefanko Best Paper Award Committee (2008) and evaluated four technical papers for the best paper selection.

• Evaluated Research Proposals U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation, 2006.

• Reviewed technical report “Coal Assessment and Overburden Disturbance Study: Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana” for DOE National Energy Technology Laboratories, 2007.

• Reviewed Research Proposals for National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NOISH)

• Invited speaker to Mine Subsidence Workshop hosted by Office of Surface Mining, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

• Co-Editor of Proceedings of 26th and 27th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining. Member of the organizing commit-tee of the 27th Conference

• Have been frequently contacted by OSM subsidence experts for discussing mining subsidence and its related issues.

• Reviewed many technical papers and research reports for

  • Society for Mining Engineer, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME),

  • National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NOISH),

  • Kluwer Academic Publishers,

  • Organizing Committee of International Conference on Ground Control in Mining.

University Level

• Invited speaker to the Mine Safety and Health Training Program for Chinese Delegation hosted by US-China Energy Center, West Virginia University, Sept. 10-15. Made 2-day presentation on Making Our Mines Safer and More Productive.

• Evaluated technical proposal “Electrical Heating of CBM Reservoirs to Enhance Gas Production” by Y. Cheng for WVU Research Corporation

College Level

• Served as the departmental representative to four CEMR task committees (Computer, Scholarship, Advisor of the Year Award, Teacher of the Year Award) and FE Exam Task Force.

Departmental Level

• Chaired the departmental Scholarship Policy Committee to develop and update the department scholarship award policy, 2004 - present.

• Worked on departmental Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee to develop Ph.D. qualifying exam policy and design examination problems, 2006 - present.

• Developed departmental graduate stipend policy, 2006

• Served on P&T Committees of Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering and Department of Mining Engineering

• Served on two faculty search committees for the Department of Mining Engineering