Organization Committee

Syd S. Peng	Chairman, West Virginia University,Morgantown, WV
Thomas Barczak	Co-Chairman, NOISH - PRL, Pittsburgh, PA
Keith A. Heasley	Co-Chairman, West Virginia University, WV
Christopher Mark	Co-Chairman, NOISH - PRL, Pittsburgh, PA
Steve Tadolini	Co-Chairman, Minova USA Inc., Georgetown, KY
Mike Amick	Engineering Consultant Services Co., Lexington, KY
Naj I. Aziz	University of Wollongong, Australia
M. Bayerl	Hilti Entwicklungsgesellschaft GmbH, Kaufering, Germany
David Bigby	ROck Mechanics Technology, Ltd. Burton-on-Trent, United Kingdom
C. Blevins	DSI Mining Americas (Fasloc Inc.), Abingdon, VA
A. Campoli	Jennmar Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
J. Cybulski	MSHA, Pittsburgh, PA
Gerry Finfinger	NIOSH - PRL, Pittsburgh, PA
Richard Gray	DiGioa, Gray & Associates, Pittsburgh, PA
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
Frank Kendorski	Agapito & Associates, Inc. Lombard, IL
Yi Luo	West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
H. Maleki	Maleki Technologies, Inc., Spokane, WV
M. Mishra	Foundation Coal Corporation, Waynesburg, PA
Hani Mitri	McGill University, Canada
David Newman	Appalachian Mining & Engineering, Lexington, KY
D. Pyne	BHP Mitsubishi, Australia
John Rusnak	Peabody Energy, Inc., St. Louis, MO
Vincent Scovazzo	John T. Boyd Company, Pittsburgh, PA
H. Witthaus	Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH, Germany
J. Nielen Van der Merwe	University of Pretoria, South Africa
J. Zelanko	Rosebud Mining Company, Kittanning, PA