Honors & Awards

• McKinnon Endowed Chair. University of Utah, 07/2011
• Distinguished Service Award. Utah Mining Association, 2008
• Outstanding Teaching Award. College of Mines and Earth Sciences, 06/2005
• Honorary Member Status (Life Membership for outstanding service in education). Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute, 06/2004
• Distinguished Member. Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, 02/2003
• Annual Faculty Award (national recognition for teaching). 06/1999
• Most Notable Research Publication, Minerals, Metals and Materials Society for Extraction and Processing Science, Coauthor with Dr. Brad Paul. TMS, 06/1994
• Election to membership. Mining and Metallurgy Society of America, 06/1994
• Outstanding Teaching Award. College of Mines and Mineral Industries, 06/1979
• Magna Cum Laude. University of Utah, 06/1965

Affiliations

• American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA), Member, 01/2010 - present
• Seismological Society of America (SSA), Member, 01/2012 - present
• Mining and Metallurgy Society of America (MMSA), Member and Officer, 01/1994 - present
• International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE), Member, 01/1990 - present
• Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute (RMCMI), Member, 01/1985 - present
• Utah Mining Association (UMA), Member, 01/1985 - present
• Society of mining Metallurgy and Exploration (SME/AIME), Member, 01/1963 - present