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Technical Session I; Tuesday, August 13
- Getting Involved Wth MSHA Training
- Denzil Hughes; MSHA’s Education Field Services Supervisor-Midwest, Vincennes, IN
- Recent Changes to the Illinois SMCRA
- Amanda Pankau and William O’Leary (Speaker); HDR Engineering, Murphysboro, IL
- Management of Mine Water
- Andy Limmer; SCS Aquaterra, Fairview Heights, IL
- Magnetically Actuated Vacuum Interrupter (VCBs)
- Kent Jones; Line Power Manufacturing Inc., Bristol, VA
- High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing: Transformation of the Oil and Gas Industry
- Brad Richards; Illinois Gas and Oil Association, IL
- Climate Change: A Review for the Coal Industry
- Manoj K. Mohanty (Speaker) and Xinbo Yang; SIU, Carbondale, IL
Technical Session II; Wednesday, August 14
- Imminent CO2 Rules and Their Implications for the US Coal Industry
- David M. Flannery; Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV
- “Personnel Proximity Detection for Underground Mine Equipment ”
- Philip Rosenstern (Speaker) and Billy Kirkpatrick; Joy Global, Franklin, PA
- GE’s Durathon Battery Technology for Mining Vehicles
- Dann Gwyn (Speaker), Justin Fairchild and Dennis Conner; GE-Mining, Erie, PA
- Increasing Reliability & Profits by Reducing Hose Failures and Leaks
- Daniel Petty; Caterpillar, IL
- Subsidence Modeling for Underground Coal Mining
- Butch W. Cheatham (Speaker) and Joshua Clay; HDR Engineering, Murphysboro, IL
- SIUC’s Innovative Sprays Performance and Development of Longwall Dust Control Facility
- Y. Paul Chugh, H. Gurley, J. Pulliam, K. Mondal, M. Smith; SIU Carbondale, IL & Joseph C. Hirschi (Speaker); ICCI, Carterville, IL