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Control Failures - A Pictorial View of Case Studies,
in Full Color, 1st edition, June 2007.
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of Pillars Meet the Author: Dr. Syd S. Peng is Charles E. Lawall Chair in Mining Engineering, Department of Mining Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, U.S.A. Dr. Peng, born in Taiwan, came to the U.S. in 1965 for advanced study and received his Ph.D. in mining engineering from Stanford University in 1970. He joined West Virginia University in 1974 and in 1978 was appointed chairman of the Mining Engineering Department, a position he held until August 2006. Since 1974, Dr. Peng has successfully supervised 31 PhD dissertations and 40 M.S. theses. He has also supervised more than 100 research grants/contracts from private companies, and state and federal agencies. He has authored and co-authored 3 textbooks (Longwall Mining, Coal Mine Ground Control, and Surface Subsidence Engineering), 320 journal and proceedings articles, and 230 research reports in the areas of longwall mining, ground control and surface subsidence. His research approach is to combine theory and practice. He has performed research and/or problem investigation in more than 300 U.S. coal mines and 14 major coal producing countries. He founded the annual International Conference on Ground Control in Mining (ICGCM) in 1981. It is now recognized all over the world as an annual forum for exchange of information on ground control. Through his effort, Ground Control is now a standard terminology in mining operations. He was the recipient of 10 national and international awards, including SME Rock Mechanics Award, PCMIA Donald S. Kingery Memorial Award, AIME Erskine Ramsey Medal, IMMM Medal for Excellence (UK), R&D Magazine’s R&D 100 Awards, etc. For further information, contact: Syd.Peng@mail.wvu.edu Ground Control Failures -- A Pictorical View of Case Studies |