Distance and Continuing Education
Missouri University of
Science and Technology
216 Centennial Hall
300 W. 12th St.
Rolla, MO 65409-1560
Phone: (573) 341-6222
Fax: (573) 341-4992
Email: dce@mst.edu

Tentative Technical Program

Schedule is still being finalized and is subject to change.

Tentative Technical Program (download pdf)

Monday, September 9, 2013

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
 SHORT COURSES
  Mine Ground Control Principles and Techniques
Maochen Ge, Associate Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) Monitoring & Control
Stewart Gillies, Professor and Director of RMERC and Jerry Tien, Associate Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology
 

Surface Mine Bench Design for Efficient Fragmentation
Paul Worsey, Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology

  Truck-Shovel Simulation Using Arena ®
Kwame Awuah-Offei, Assistant Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  Mechanical Mining and Rock Excavation
Jamal Rostami, Assistant Professor, Penn State University 
6:00 pm -
9:00 pm
RECEPTION & DINNER
6:00 pm -
6:30 pm
RECEPTION
7:00 pm -
7:10 pm
Greetings and Welcome from Organization Committee
Paul A. Lang, Chief Operating Officer, Arch Coal
7:15 pm -
7:35 pm
Greetings and Campus Strategic Initiatives
Cheryl B. Schrader, Chancellor, Missouri University of Science and Technology (Introduction by Paul Lang)
   

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

8:00 am - 9:45 am BREAKFAST AND OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
8:00 am - 8:45 am Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:45 am

Conference Opening Introduction and Keynote Address
Keynote: Gary Halverson, President, Barrick Gold North America
Title: Challenging Markets in a Changing World

 

9:45 am - 10:00 am Break
10:00 am -  12:00 pm

EXECUTIVE FORUM I: GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Chair: Stephen A. Lang, Board Chairman and Fmr. President and CEO, Centerra Gold, Canada

Jeane Hull, Executive Vice President, Peabody Energy, USA
Title: Building One Peabody - Technical Centers of Excellence

Janpeter Bekkering, General Manager Global Accounts, CAT Global Mining, USA
Title: Challenges and Opportunities of Deploying Technology in Mine Sites Around the World

Len Dimbungu, Group Executive – Mining, Debswana Diamond Company, Botswana
Title: Debswana Jwaneng Cut 8 Mine Design

Rudy J. Matetic, Director of Mining Research Division, CDC-NIOSH, USA
Title: Mine Safety and Health Research Challenges – The NIOSH Mining Research Program

Josh Wagner, Product Marketing Manager, Joy Global Surface Product, USA
Title: Getting Back to the Basics - Operational Efficiency and Flawless Performance

12 pm - 1:00 pm

LUNCH AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm LUNCH
12:30 pm - 12:50 pm KEYNOTE: Rod Schrader, Chairman and CEO, Komatsu America Corp.
Title: Mining in 2014 - Today's Techniques and Tomorrow's Tools

 

Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - Technical Presentations and Company Sessions

1:15 pm -
2:45 pm

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS AND COMPANY SESSIONS

 

COMPANY SESSION I: IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Innovations in Mining Simulations for the Future
Chair: Cory Cook, Vice President North America, Immersive Technologies


Adam Norris, Senior Account Executive, Immersive Technologies
Title: Predicting Operational Improvements with Training Competency Data

Bill Nassauer, Product Manager, Machine Guidance and Safety Systems, Modular Mining Systems, Inc.
Title: Immersive and Modular – a Data Driven Case Study

Chad Johnson, Senior Vice President, Kiewit Mining Group
¿Title: Technology and Data Driving Results—A Kiewit Case Study¿

Greg Karadjian, Senior Product Manager, and Richard Beesley, Underground Coal Business Unit Manager, Immersive Technologies
Title: Innovations in Simulation Developed for the Soft Rock Mining Market

Cory Cook, Vice President North America, Immersive Technologies
Title: Technology’s Role in the Future of Workforce Development Strategies

 

TECHNICAL SESSION I: INVESTMENTS, TECHNOLOGIES AND EDUCATION
Chairs: Dianna Tickner, Vice President Peabody and Grzegorz Galecki, Associate Professor, Missouri S&T

Richard L. Bullock, DEng, PE, QP, Professor and Quenon Chair Emeritus, Missouri S&T
Title: Mine Feasibility Studies Still Need Improvement

S. H. Amini and R. Q. Honaker, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA and M. Osanloo, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Title: The Optimization of Short Term Iron Open-Pit Production Scheduling while Minimizing Stripping Ratio

Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, Professor & Canada Research Chair, McGill University
Title: Mine Planning Optimization with Uncertainty - A Review of Concepts and Applications from Single Mines to Mining Complexes

Lana Z. Alagha, Assistant Professor, Missouri S&T and Lina Guo, Shengqun Wang, Zhenghe Xu and Jacob Masliyah, University of Alberta, Canada
Title: Selective Adsorption of Polyacrylamides on Kaolinite and Bitumen - Implications on Oil Sands Ore Processing

Samuel Frimpong, Professor & Chair, Missouri S&T; Jerry M. Whiting, Professor & Chair Emeritus, University of Alberta and Raymond Suglo, Professor & Head, BIUST
Title: Preparing Graduate Talent for the Mining Industry - A New Metric System based on an Old Traditio


 

COMPANY SESSION II: KOMATSU AMERICA CORP., Exploring the Future of Mining
Chairs: J.D. Wientjes, Manager Application Engineering and Joe Shoemaker, Product Manager – Mining

Joe Shoemaker, Product Manager – Mining, Komatsu America Corp.
Title: State of Autonomous Haulage

Ron Crawford, Senior Technical Advisor – Product Planning and Research, Komatsu America Corp.
Title: KomVision

Chris Pritchard, Natural Gas Product Manager, Cummins, Inc.
Title: Dual Fuel for Mining - Same Power, Substantial Savings

Ken Calvert, Director Product Support Systems, Komatsu America Corp.
Title: Machine Telematics: Where are you on the adoption curve?

Bill Nassauer, Product Manager, Machine Guidance and Safety Systems, Modular Mining Systems, Inc.
Title: MineAlertTM - A Tool for Proactive Fatigue Managment

 

2:50 pm - 4:20 pm  TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS AND COMPANY SESSIONS











TECHNICAL SESSION II: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES I
Chairs: James Katende, Professor and Founding Dean, Botswana International University of Science and Technology and Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, Professor & Canada Research Chair, McGill University

Tony Wickenheiser, Application Engineer - Mining Division, Komatsu America Corp.
Title: Haulage Fleet Definition Tool

Wedam Nyaaba and Samuel Frimpong, Missouri S&T
Title: Optimal Microseismic Sensor Placement by Integer Linear Programming Approach

Eric Gbadam and Samuel Frimpong, Missouri S&T
Title: Bench Structural Integrity for Optimum Performance of Cable Shovels

Matthew H. Trinh, Engineer, CDS Engineering and Grzegorz Galecki, Associate Professor, Missouri S&T
Title: Lean Mining - Applying the Lean Manufacturing Philosophy to the Mining Industry

Hedi Hastriawan, University of Sriwijaya, South Sumatera, Indonesia
Title: Prospect of Coal Transportation Technology by Pipeline System

 

COMPANY SESSION III: CATERPILLAR GLOBAL MINING
Challenges in Deploying New Technologies and Products
Chair: Jim Humphrey, Sr. Marketing Professional – Mining Autonomy, CAT Global Mining

Joe Bontje, Underground Mining Marketing Support Rep, CAT Global Mining
Title: Underground Automation Technology - It's about People, not Iron

Griffin Reome, Service Technical Rep
Title: Introduction of a New Technology North of the Arctic Circle

Dave Edwards, Product Support Manager, CAT Global Mining
Title: Challenges of Introducing Fatigue Management Technologies

Terry Vance, Mining Technology Solutions Manager, CAT Global Mining
Title: Challenges and Rewards of Implementing Fleet Management Systems at your Mine

Jim Humphrey – Sr. Marketing Professional – Mining Autonomy, CAT Global Mining
Title: Overcoming Preconceptions to Ensure the Successful Deployment of Autonomous Haulage

 

TECHNICAL SESSION III: NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES AND KNOWLEDGE GAP I
Chairs Tom Barnes, Director of Product Support, Joy Global and Cory Cook, Vice President, Immersive

Saeid Dindarloo and Samuel Frimpong, Missouri S&T
Title: A Simulation Framework for Modeling Truck-Shovel Operations

David Pierce, Business Development Manager: North America for ThoroughTec Simulation Ltd.
Title: Time for a Paradigm Shift in Advanced Training Technologies

George Hemingway, Innovation Practice Leader and Jeff Loehr, Managing Director of VCI
Title: Strategic Futurecasting - What can Scenarios of the Future Teach us Today?

   

 

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

8:00 am -
9:45 am
BREAKFAST AND OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
8:00 am - 8:45 am

BREAKFAST & WELCOME ADDRESS
Sara Parker Pauley, Director of Natural Resources, Missouri

9:45 am - 10:00 am Keynote Address by Daniel M. Harrington, President & CEO, Lehigh Hanson Inc.
Title: Challenges, Evolution & Growth
10:00 am - 12:00 pm









EXECUTIVE FORUM II: TALENT FOR GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES
Chair: Andrew Slentz, Senior Vice President Global Talent, Peabody Energy, Saint Louis, MO

Leigh Freeman, Manager, Downing Teal
Title: Mining Talent Relevant in Washington DC

Kurt Salvatori, Vice President Human Resources, CONSOL Energy
Title: Creating a Powerhouse of Skilled Labor Force for Growth: CONSOL's Experience

Marshall Koval, President & CEO Anfield Nickel Corp
Title: Navigating the Experience Gap

Fouzi Bushait, Vice President Human Resources, Ma'aden Mining Company
Title: Building Talent in KSA for the Mining & Manufacturing Industry

Richard Marston, Principal & Senior Practice Leader – Mining, Golder Associates, Inc.
Title: Global Mining Consulting Careers - Perspectives & Prospect

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm LUNCH & KEYNOTE ADDRESS
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
12:30 pm - 12:50 pm Keynote Speaker: Mac McFarland, CEO, Luminant Energy
Title: The Future of Coal-Fired Power Generation in the US
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS AND COMPANY SESSIONS
 

COMPANY SESSION IV: THE DOE RUN COMPANY
Developing and Improving for a Bright Future
Chair: Greg Sutton – General Mine Manager, The Doe Run Company, SEMO Mining and Milling Division

Karonica Brice, Safety Manager, The Doe Run Company, SEMO Mining and Milling Division
Title: Regulatory Compliance verses a Safety Culture

Lisa Henn, Talent Management Specialist, The Doe Run Company
Title: Recruiting for the Future - Keeping up with the “Ups and Downs” in the Mining Industry

Adam Kresler, Mine Superintendent, The Doe Run Company, SEMO Mining and Milling Division
Title: Casteel North Development: Challenges and Milestones

Bruce Chamberlain, Operations Manager, The Doe Run Company, Primary Smelting Division
Title: 2013 Closing of The Doe Run Company’s Herculaneum Primary Lead Smelter

Genevieve Bodnar, Senior Environmental Engineer, The Doe Run Company, SEMO Mining and Milling Division
Title: How to Eat an Elephant - Decommissioning the Viburnum Division Mill


 

TECHNICAL SESSION IV: GLOBAL MINE SAFETY, HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY
Chair: Maochen Ge, Associate Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology and Khaulani Fichani, Lecturer and Head of Mining Engineering, University of Botswana

Maryam Abdi Oskouei and Kwame Awuah-Offei, Missouri S&T
Title: Testing for the Effects of Operators on Dragline Energy Efficiency

Angelina K. Anani and Kwame Awuah-Offei, Missouri S&T
Title: Modeling Room and Pillar Operation with Pillar Retrieval as Mixed Integer Linear Programming

Craig Bunger, P.E., Civil/Geotechnical Engineer, BARR Engineering Company
Title: Utilization of Innovative Geotechnical Investigation and Design Methods to Remediate a Historic Mine Tailings Site

Rob K. Morrison, P.E., Sr. Water Resources Engineer, BARR Engineering Company, Jefferson City, MO
title: Innovations in Water Quality at Remote Mining Location 

 

COMPANY SESSION V: JOY GLOBAL INC.
Chair: Tom Barnes, Director - Product Support, Joy Global Inc.

Eric Hsieh, Product Manager - Technology, Joy Global Inc.
Title: Automation and Productivity - Using Proximity/Object Detection to Increase Shovel Productivity in the Open Pit Mine

Scott Shields, Manager – Mining Application, Joy Global Inc.
Title: Pass Match Considerations for Optimized Production

Mike Rikkola, Program Manager – Remote Health Monitoring, Joy Global Inc.
Title: Focused Equipment and Process Improvement – A Key Pillar in Total Productive Management (TPM) of Global Mining Processes

Arun Kesavan, Global Director – Controls and Automation, Joy Global Inc.
Title: Equipment to People Interface - From Proximity to Remote Operation in Underground Equipment

Jim Haughey – Global Product Manager - Longwall Shearers, Joy Global Inc.
Title: Equipment Enhancement – Low Seam Longwall Lean Mining/Process Optimization

2:50 PM – 4:20 PM   TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS AND COMPANY SESSIONS
 

TECHNICAL SESSION V: GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT I
Chair: Gen Bodnar, Sr. Environmental Engineer, Doe Run and Kwame Awuah-Offei, Associate Professor, Missouri S&T

Greg Smith, Chief Information Officer, Missouri S&T
Title: Nonprofit Partnership to Support Sustainable Development in Mining Communities

Mark Birchler and Terry Entwhistle, CDG Engineers
Title: Phytoremediation at Pea Ridge Mine

Sisi Que  and  Kwame Awuah-Offei, Missouri S&T
Title: Ranking Determinants of Mining Community Acceptance Mining for Quantitative Community Engagement

Paul Eger, Global Minerals Engineering LLC, Peggy Jones, Doug Green and Bob Forder, American Peat Technology
Title: Getting the Lead Out (and other Trace Metals) – Solving Mine Water Problems with Peat-based Sorption Media
 

 

COMPANY SESSION VI: MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Placing Missouri S&T at the Global Frontier of Education and Research
Chairs: Samuel Frimpong, Professor and Robert H. Quenon Endowed Chair, Missouri S&T and Venkata Allada, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, Missouri S&T

David Enke, Professor and Chair, Missouri S&T
Title: Utilizing Distance Education Technology to Expand Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Education

Jeanie Hofer, Director of International Affairs, Missouri S&T
Title: Missouri S&T: Internationalizing the Campus and Community

Gregory Gelles, Professor and Chair, Missouri S&T
The Value of Economics Instruction in Providing a Quality Engineering and Science Education

Jerry C. Tien, Associate Professor, Missouri S&T
Title: Challenges of Educating the “Right Type” of Mining Engineers for the 21st Century --- Teaching MRTM as An Example

 

TECHNICAL SESSION VI: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES II
Chairs: Greg Sutton, General Mines Manager, Doe Run and J.D. Wientjes, Manager, Komatsu

Nathan Priegnitz, Application Engineer - Mining Division, Komatsu America Corp.
Tilte: Mining Systems Planning Tool

Luis Montiel Petro and Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, COSMO – Stochastic Mine Planning Lab, McGill University
Title: Optimizing Mining Complexes with Multiple Processing and Transportation Alternatives: An Uncertainty-based Approach

Clay McNail, Mine Superintendent, The Doe Run Company, SEMO Mining and Milling Division
Title: Challenges of Developing RCWF Ore Bodies

Bill VanHorn, Senior Process Engineer,  The Doe Run Company, SEMO Mining and Milling Division
Title: Underground Mobile Equipment Monitoring in Doe Run Mines

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

CONFERENCE RECEPTION, BANQUET AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm RECEPTION
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm BANQUET
7:45 pm - 8:20 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Keynote Speaker Jerry Pyatt
, President and CEO, Doe Run
Title: Shared Values - Sustainability and the Global Marketplace

  

Thursday, September 12, 2013

8:00 am -
9:45 am
BREAKFAST AND OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
8:00 am - 8:45 am              BREAKFAST
9:00 am - 9:45 am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Keynote Speaker: Scott P. Lawson, Sr. Vice President, Newmont Mining
Title: Driving Value through Technology and Innovation

10:00 am -
12:00 pm

EXECUTIVE FORUM III: EDUCATION AND CAREERS
Chairs: Michael Allen (MS – Explosives Eng) and Eric Gbadam (PhD – Mining Eng), Missouri S&T

Larry Grayson, Professor & George H. Jr. and Anne B. Deike Chair, Penn State
Title: Positioning Yourself for Future Opportunities

Dianna Tickner, Vice President, HSE & Project Governance, Peabody Energy
Title: New Graduates – Strategies for Successful Transition to the Workforce

Ed Merriman, Director of Human Resources, Martin Marietta, Raleigh, NC
Title: What Business Expects From You

Gen Bodnar, Senior Environmental Engineer, Doe Run, Viburnum, MO (TBC)
Title: What They Don’t Teach You in College

Jason Baird, Associate Professor and Deputy Director of RMERC, Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO
Title: Lessons Learned - How does one end-up as a professor and a small engineering business owner?

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

LUNCH AND CLOSING REMARKS

12:00 pm
- 1:00 pm
LUNCH

12:30 pm
- 12:50 pm

Closing Remarks by Samuel Frimpong, IME 2013 Conference Co-Chair

 

1:15 pm -
2:45 pm

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS AND COMPANY SESSIONS

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm 

COMPANY SESSION VII: CENTER for EXCELLANCE in MINING INNOVATION (Ontario, Canada)            Chair: Doug Morrison, President, Center for Excellence in Mining Innovation, Sudbury, Canada 

Doug Morrison, President & CEO, Center for Excellence in Mining Innovation, Sudbury, Canada                  Title: CEMI: A New Model for Innovation in Mining

Selina Yong, Post-doctoral Fellow, Laurentian University and MIRARCO Research Manager                                 Title: Rock Stability Management at 8,000ft in Canadian Deep Hardrock Mines

Doug Morrison, President & CEO, Center for Excellence in Mining Innovation, Sudbury, Canada                  Title: Rapid Advance Rates in Large Headings

Dean Millar, MIRARCO Research Chair / Director of ERCM, and Professor of Energy in Mining, Laurentian University                                                                                                                                                   Title: The Hydraulic Air Compressor for Mine Cooling 

Doug Morrison, President & CEO, Center for Excellence in Mining Innovation, Sudbury, Canada                   Title: Integrated PPE for a Modern UG Workforce

1:15 pm - 2:45pm 

TECHNICAL SESSION VII: NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES AND KNOWLEDGE GAP II                                   Chairs: Kurt Oakes, Senior Manager Explosives Engineering, Martin Marietta and Jamal Rostami, Associate Professor and Centennial Chair, Penn State University

Jamal Rostami, Ali Naimipour, and Soheil Bahrampour, Penn State University; Craig Collins, JH Fletcher & CO; Sair Kahraman, Haccetepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Title: Ground Characterization While Drilling Roofbolts in Mining Operations

Ryan Goodfellow, Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, COSMO - Stochastic Mine Planning Lab, McGill University          Title: Global Asset Optimization of Open Pit Mining Complexes under Uncertainty

Mark Boateng, and Samuel Frimpong, Missouri S&T
Title: Optimizing Mill Surge Rehandling by Linear Programming Approach

Amina Lamghari, Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, COSMO - Stochastic Mine Planning Lab, McGill University
Title: Progressive Hedging Applied as a Heuristic to Schedule Production in Open-pit Mines Accounting for Metal Uncertainty

1:15 pm - 2:45pm  

COMPANY SESSION VIII: GOLDER ASSOCIATES                                                                             
Chair: Richard Marston, Principal & Senior Practice Leader - Mining, Golder Associates, Inc.

Kevin Conroy, Principal, Tom Rutkowski, Senior Engineer and Rachel Hanson, Project Engineer, Golder Associates                                                                                                                                         
Title: Mine Water Treatment Options for Meeting Stringent Selenium Regulatory Limits

Kyle Kutter, Senior Project Engineer and Mary Siemsglusz, Assoicate, Mining Consultant, Golder Associates   
Title: Integrating Geomorphic Reclamation with Undisturbed and Previouly Reclaimed Areas at McKinley Mine

Michael Dreyer, E.I.T., Staff Engineer, Robert Davis, Mark Haddock and Brent Waters, Golder Associates 
Title: Subsurface Imaging to Identify Karst in an Underground Mine usng Electrical Resistivity Imaging Methods

Mark Sandfort, Principal, Golder Assoicates; Zbigniew J. Hladysz, Steven A. Otto, Mark Haddock, Mark Luxbacher, and Wes Johnson, Lhoist North America; and Scott Schiele, Maptek.                                        Title: Comprehensive Geotechnical Assessment using Laser Scanner Imaging at Underground Mines

Bryan Hill, P.Eng., Senior Project Mining Engineer and D. David Marston, P.E., Principal, Golder Associates, Inc.  Title: Geological Modeling of the Fort McMurray Oil Sands and the Impact Upon Mine Planning