Theses/Dissertations from 2020
INVESTIGATION INTO MINE PILLAR DESIGN AND GLOBAL STABILITY USING THE GROUND REACTION CURVE CONCEPT, Ravi Chandan Ray
PREDICTING FRACTURE EXTENSION AROUND A BOREHOLE USING THE NUMERICAL DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY METHOD, Nathaniel Schaefer
Characterization of Rare Earth Elements in the Illinois Basin Coals, Alireza Valian
THE EFFECT OF DELAY AND SEQUENCE ON BLASTING FRAGMENTATION RESULTS, Tristan Worsey
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
OPERATION AND PROCESS CONTROL DEVELOPMENT FOR A PILOT-SCALE LEACHING AND SOLVENT EXTRACTION CIRCUIT RECOVERING RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM COAL-BASED SOURCES, Douglas Kweku Addo
THERMODYNAMIC MODELING AND EQUILIBRIUM SYSTEM DESIGN OF A SOLVENT EXTRACTION PROCESS FOR DILUTE RARE EARTH SOLUTIONS, Alind Chandra
PREDICTIVE MODELING OF DC ARC FLASH IN 125 VOLT SYSTEM, Austin Cody Gaunce
Dust Transportation and Settling within the Mine Ventilation Network, Anand Kumar
SIMPLIFYING TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING OF METHANE EXPLOSIONS, Laura Steeves
THE REDESIGNED VORTECONE: A MAINTENANCE-FREE WET SCRUBBER DEVICE, Allison Taylor
INFLUENCE OF WATER INJECTION RATE ON THE VORTECONE, AN IMPINGEMENT SCREEN, AND A CONVENTIONAL FILTER SCREEN CLEANING EFFICIENCY, Oscar Velasquez
LEACHING CHARACTERISTICS OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM BITUMINOUS COAL-BASED SOURCES, Xinbo Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INTEGRATED FLOODED-BED DUST SCRUBBER ON A LONGWALL SHEARER THROUGH LABORATORY TESTING AND CFD SIMULATION, Sampurna N. Arya
Dust Control Examination using Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling and Laboratory Testing of Vortecone and Impingement Screen Filters, Ashish R. Kumar
SYNTHESIS OF SINGLE-HOLE VIBRATION WAVEFORMS FROM A MINING BLAST, Lifeng Li
INVESTIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CADMIUM SOURCES IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, Elizabeth Maher
EVALUATION AND PREVENTION OF SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION DURING HANDLING AND STORAGE OF COAL, Amir E. Najarzadeh
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS FOR MULTIPLE BACKFILLED STOPES, Christopher Richard Newman
ANALYSIS OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINE STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO DYNAMIC EVENTS, Brooklynn Yonts
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO SUBSURFACE BODIES OF WATER DUE TO UNDERGROUND COAL MINING, Gabriel Bode-Jimenez
FUNDAMENTAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE TRIBOCHARGING SEPARATION PROCESS FOR UPGRADING COAL, Jinxiang Chen
CALCULATION OF THE EDGE EFFECT OFFSET FOR HIGH EXTRACTION COAL PANELS, Joshua Hescock
Laboratory Performance Comparison of Vortecone Inertial Dust Scrubber to Flooded-Bed Dust Scrubber, Adam J. Levy
ESTIMATING THE EFFECTS OF BLASTING VIBRATIONS ON THE HIGH-WALL STABILITY, Abhinav Sharma
SURFACE CHEMISTY STUDY OF MONAZITE FLOTATION IN COAL REFUSE SYSTEMS, Wencai Zhang
