Organization Committee

Syd S. Peng	Chairman, West Virginia University,Morgantown, WV
Christopher Mark	Co-Chairman, NOISH - PRL, Pittsburgh, PA
A. Wahab Khair	Co-Chairman, West Virginia University, WV
Keith A. Heasley	Co-Chairman, West Virginia University, WV
Mike Amick	Engineering Consultant Services Co., Lexington, KY
Naj I. Aziz	University of Wollongong, Australia
Klaus-Dieter Beck	Foundation Coal Corp., Linthicum Heights, MD
David Bigby	Rock Mechanics Technology, Inc., United Kingdom
C. Tom Blevins	Fasloc, Inc., a Subsidary of DSI, Abingdon, VA
Bruce Cassidy	Excel Mining Systems, Inc., Bowerston, OH
Gerry Finfinger	NIOSH - PRL, Pittsburgh, PA
Richard Gray	DiGioa, Gray & Associates, Pittsburgh, PA
B. Griffin	Hilti North America, Tulsan, OK
Chris Hamilton	West Virginia Coal Association, Charleston, WV
Doug Hardman	J. H. Fletcher & Co., Huntington, WV
Greg J. Hasenfus	CONSOL Energy, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Bruce Hebblewhite	University of New South Wales, Australia
John L. Hoelle	Anglo Coal Australia, Moura, Australia
Mike Jenkins	NIOSH - SRL, Spokane, WA
Mike Karmis	VPI & SU, Blackburgh, VA
Frank Kendorski	Agapito & Associates, Inc. Lombard, IL
Hani Mitri	McGill University, Canada
David Newman	Appalachian Mining & Engineering, Lexington, KY
John Rusnak	Peabody Energy, Inc., St. Louis, MO
Vincent Scovazzo	John T. Boyd Company, Pittsburgh, PA
Steve Tadolini	NIOSH - PRL, Pittsburgh, PA
J. Nielen Van der Merwe	University of Pretoria, South Africa
H. Witthaus	Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH, Germany