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Mike Hardy Inducted as ARMA Fellow

Dr. Hardy was inducted as an ARMA Fellow and elected to the ARMA Board of Directors.  “The title of ARMA Fellow is evidence of the individual’s expertise, judgment, and wisdom particularly in the field of rock mechanics.  To date, ARMA has selected fifteen individuals for this title.”  The induction for 2011 took place at the Annual ARMA Rock Mechanics Symposium, held this year in San Francisco, at the Awards Banquet on Tuesday June 28th.  The photo at left shows Mike Hardy being presented with the ARMA Fellow medal at the awards banquet.

Gary L. Skaggs to Serve on Virginia Tech Advisory Board

Gary Skaggs has been appointed to serve a 5-year term as a member of the Mining and Minerals Engineering Advisory Board for the Virginia Tech Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering.  Gary’s 5-year term begins in April 2010.

Ivan B. Rahn Education Award to Gary L. Skaggs

The Ivan B. Rahn Education Award has been presented to Gary Skaggs. The award recognizes an SME member for distinguished contributions to educational activities within SME, such as ABET, student affairs, continuing education, professional registration or the Council of Education.

Gary is a registered member of SME where he serves or has served on the Professional Engineers (PE) Exam Committee, the Council of Education’s Accreditation and Curricular Issues Subcommittee, the ABET Visitors Selection Committee, the Mineral Resources and Reserves Committee and the Howard N. Eavenson Award Committee. He has served a s a commissioner on the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET as SME’s representative for mining engineering. He is the PE Exam Committee’s representative on the SME Foundation Board of Trustees. He is a member of the Colorado Mining Association, the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute and the National Society of Professional Engineers. He received a B.S. degree in mining engineering from Virginia Tech and an M.B.A. from the University of Denver.

Outstanding Reviewer for Environmental and Engineering Geoscience Journal Award to Douglas F. Hambley
The 2008 Outstanding Reviewer for Environmental and Engineering Geoscience Journal Award was presented by the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG) to Douglas F. Hambley. The Award, first presented in 2007, is given to an individual who has provided extended service by reviewing numerous manuscripts. This service includes providing, in a timely manner, critical evaluations, detailed comments, corrections of grammar and syntax, thoughtful suggestions for changes to improve the quality of the manuscript, and guidance to the Editors in making a decision regarding the manuscript.

AAI Scholarship Fund

As a technical firm, Agapito Associates, Inc. fully appreciates the importance of education. To this end, we have established the Agapito Associates, Inc. Scholarship Fund to provide financial aid in the form of a scholarship award for undergraduate students enrolled at the Colorado School of Mines who are pursuing a degree in Mining Engineering. The award is a 4-year award, funded in the amount of $2,000 per year. To apply for this scholarship, apply to the Director of Financial Aid at the Colorado School of Mines.

Outstanding Reviewer for Environmental and Engineering Geoscience Journal Award to Douglas F. Hambley

The 2008 Outstanding Reviewer for Environmental and Engineering Geoscience Journal Award was presented by the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG) to Douglas F. Hambley. The Award, first presented in 2007, is given to an individual who has provided extended service by reviewing numerous manuscripts. This service includes providing, in a timely manner, critical evaluations, detailed comments, corrections of grammar and syntax, thoughtful suggestions for changes to improve the quality of the manuscript, and guidance to the Editors in making a decision regarding the manuscript.

View an abstract from MIKE HARDY’s paper on “AMSO’s Novel Approach to In-Situ Oil Shale Recovery” published in the ACS Symposium Series 1032, Oil Shale: A Solution to the Liquid Fuel Dilemma, 2010.

SUSAN PATTON presented her paper on “Ventilation Planning for the Agnico-Eagle Pinos Altos Gold-Silver Project” at the 13th U.S./North American International Conference on Mine Ventilation held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, June 2010.

DAVE CONOVER presented his paper on “Recent Experience Using Telltale Roof Monitoring Systems” at the 29th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining held in Morgantown, West Virginia, July 27-29, 2010.

TOM VANDERGRIFT presented his paper on “Assessment of Gate Road Loading under Deep Western U.S. Conditions” at the 3rd International Workshop on Coal Pillar Mechanics and Design held in Morgantown, West Virginia, July 26, 2010.

View an excerpt from TOM VANDERGRIFT’s article on “Mining to the Max” published in WorldCoal, September 2009.

View DAVE CONOVER’s and TIM ROSS” paper on “Ground Control Design Challenges at the El Boleo Copper Project” published in the 28th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining held in Morgantown, West Virginia, July 28-30, 2009.

ALBERT ADU-ACHEAMPONG presented his paper on “Old Mines – New Regulations:  The Re-opening of the Gordonsville, Elmwood, and Cumberland Mines Under New DPM Regulations” at the 12th U.S./North American Symposium on Mine Ventilation held in Reno, Nevada, June 9-11, 2008.