Committee: Coal Research, Technology, and Resource Assessments to Inform Energy Policy (COMPLETED)

Committee Membership Information


Project Title:	Coal Research, Technology, and Resource Assessments to Inform Energy Policy (COMPLETED)
PIN:	BESR-U-05-02-A
Major Unit:	Division on Earth and Life Studies
Sub Unit:	Board on Earth Sciences & Resources
RSO:	Feary, David
Subject/Focus Area:

Committee Membership

Date Posted: 03/16/2006

Dr. Corale L. Brierley - (Chair)
Brierley Consultancy LLC

CORALE L. BRIERLEY, Chair (NAE) provides technical and business consultation to the mining and chemical industries and government organizations through Brierley Consultancy LLC. Previously, Dr. Brierley worked as chemical microbiologist at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, as chief of environmental process development for Newmont Mining Corporation, as general partner at VistaTech Partnership, Ltd., and as president of Advanced Mineral Technologies, Inc. Her research interests include the treatment and management of metal-bearing aqueous, solid, and radioactive wastes and biotechnology applied to mine production. She is on the Division Review Committee for the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the International Advisory Committee for the Biohydrometallurgy Symposia and the Editorial Board for Hydrometallurgy Journal. Dr. Brierley currently serves on the National Academy of Engineering's 2007 Nominating Committee for NAE President, Committee on Membership and the Grainger Challenge Prize Committee. She has served on several NRC committees, including the Committee on the Superfund Site Assessment and Remediation in the Coeur d'Alene River Basin, the Committee on Technology for the Mining Industries, the Committee on Earth Resources, the Committee on Novel Approaches to the Management of Greenhouse Gases, and as chair of the Committee to Review the USGS Mineral Resources Program. She also chairs the Engineering Panel for the Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Program. Dr. Brierley holds a Ph.D. in environmental sciences from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Dr. Francis P. Burke
CONSOL Energy, Inc.

FRANCIS P. BURKE has been a member of the research and development department of CONSOL Energy Inc. (and its predecessor organizations) since 1975. In 1996 he became Vice President-Research and Development, with general management responsibility for CONSOL's research program. The goal of CONSOL's R&D program is to identify, develop and apply technology that advances the near-term and strategic interests of CONSOL's coal, natural gas, and other business units. In 2004 he became Vice President - Science & Technology, with responsibilities in the areas of energy and environmental policy. He chairs the Advisory Board of the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research and the Technical Committee of the Coal Utilization Research Council and serves on the National Research Council's Committee on Earth Resources, the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Fuel, the Advisory Board of the Pittsburgh Coal Conference, the Advisory Board of the Dominion Center for Engineering and the Environment at the University of Pittsburgh, and the Department of Energy's working group on Strategic Initiatives for Coal and Power. Dr. Burke is the author of more than 80 scientific papers and publications, and holds five U. S. patents on coal-related technology. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and the American Chemical Society, and was twice the recipient of the American Chemical Society Fuel Chemistry Division's R. A. Glenn Award. Dr. Burke holds a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Iowa State University, and he has completed The Executive Program at the Darden School of the University of Virginia.

Dr. James C. Cobb
Kentucky Geological Survey

JAMES C. COBB is an adjunct professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Kentucky, the director of the Kentucky Geological Survey, and the State Geologist of Kentucky. Dr. Cobb has been with the Kentucky Geological Survey for the past twenty years. He has served in the capacity of a geologist, a section head, and an assistant state geologist for research. His research interests include coal geology with respect to coal availability and resources of Kentucky; estimating compliance coal resources for Kentucky; deposition, resources, sulfur, and mining; basin evolution with respect to mineral formation in coal; hydrogeology with respect to groundwater aquifers in North Africa; modern analogs of coal formation in Indonesia; and industrial minerals with respect to Cretaceous-Tertiary gravel, Pleistocene sand and gravel in Illinois. Throughout his career, Dr. Cobb has published in more than sixty journals, survey publications, special papers, abstracts, and reports. Dr. Cobb received his Ph.D. from University of Illinois, Urbana.

Dr. Robert B. Finkelman
The University of Texas at Dallas

ROBERT B. FINKELMAN was formerly a senior scientist and project chief for the Eastern Energy Resources Team at the U.S. Geological Survey. His research interests include coal chemistry and medical geology. Dr. Finkelman has a diverse professional background having worked at the USGS for 32 years, 7 years for Exxon, and has experience as a consultant and as a college instructor. Most of Dr. Finkelman's professional career has been devoted to understanding the properties of coal and how these properties affect coal's technological performance, economic byproduct potential, and environmental and health impacts. For the past 10 years he has devoted his efforts to developing the field of Medical Geology. Dr. Finkelman received his Ph.D. in chemistry from University of Maryland.

Dr. William Fulkerson
Joint Institute for Energy and Environment

WILLIAM FULKERSON is presently a Senior Fellow with the Joint Institute for Energy and Environment (JIEE). Prior to joining JIEE, he was Associate Laboratory Director for Energy and Environmental Technologies at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His current interests include global sustainability issues with emphasis on energy and environmental technologies and policies. Since 1994 he has chaired the DOE Laboratory Energy R&D Working Group (LERDWG), an organization of energy R&D managers from 14 DOE labs including all the national labs concerned with energy R&D. During 1999 and 2000 LERDWG helped the Under Secretary of Energy analyze the DOE energy R&D Portfolio with respect to its adequacy for making progress on DOE strategic goals related to the environment, the economy and national security. More recently, LERDWG has assisted DOE in the planning of the National Climate Change Technology Initiative of the Bush Administration and with drafting a strategic plan for the Clean Energy Technology Export initiative. Dr. Fulkerson was a member of the Energy R&D Panel of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, and he chaired the task force on fossil energy of the Panel. He was a member of BEES from 1996-2002. Dr. Fulkerson received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Rice University.

Dr. Harold J. Gluskoter
U.S. Geological Survey [Retired]

HAROLD J. (HAL) GLUSKOTER is a scientist emeritus with the U.S. Geological Survey. His research interests include national and international coal resource assessments. Dr. Gluskoter is one of the nation's leading coal geologists and he played a significant role in the national coal assessment. He was awarded the Geological Society of America's Gilbert H. Cady Award for contributions that advance the field of coal geology in North America. His research interests, in addition to coal resource assessments, have included coal geochemistry as it is related to coal utilization and the environment, and more recent studies of the potential for sequestering carbon dioxide in coal beds. Dr. Gluskoter also brings a state agency perspective through his former service with the Illinois State Geological Survey. Dr. Gluskoter received his Ph.D. in geology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Michael E. Karmis
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

MICHAEL E. KARMIS is the Stonie Barker Professor of Mining and Minerals Engineering and Director of the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. His broad research interests are in mine planning and design, ground control, carbon sequestration and the sustainable development of energy and mineral resources. An author of over 150 publications, Dr. Karmis has been active in consulting with the minerals industry, consulting companies, government organizations and legal firms. He served as the 2002 President of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) and the 2002/03 President of the Society of Mining Professors. He is a Distinguished Member of the SME, a Fellow of the Institute of Quarrying, and a Fellow of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Dr. Karmis received his Ph.D. from the University of Strathclyde, U.K.

Dr. Klaus S. Lackner
Columbia University

KLAUS S. LACKNER is the Ewing-Worzel Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University. He previously held postdoctoral positions at the California Institute of Technology and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center before joining Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1983 in the Theoretical Division. He also held several management positions, including Acting Associate Laboratory Director for Strategic and Supporting Research. Currently, he is developing innovative approaches to energy issues of the future. He has been instrumental in forming ZECA, the Zero Emission Coal Alliance, which is an industry-led effort to develop coal power with zero emissions to the atmosphere. His most recent work is on environmentally acceptable technologies for the use of fossil fuels. Dr. Lackner received his Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics from Heidelberg University, Germany.

Dr. Reginald E. Mitchell
Stanford University

REGINALD E. MITCHELL is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. He is the current Chair of the Thermosciences Group of the M.E. Department and the current Director of the High Temperature Gasdynamics Laboratory, a research laboratory within the Thermosciences Group that houses research in combustion science, pollution science, fluid mechanics, spray dynamics, plasma science, materials synthesis, and laser-based optical diagnostics. Dr. Mitchell's research interests include coal and biomass combustion and gasification, pyrite combustion, pollutant formation and destruction during combustion, and hydrocarbon flame chemistry and structure. He is an active member of the Combustion Institute, having held several positions on the Executive Committee of its Westerns States Section, and is a member of the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, having served as Chair of its Western Region for several years. Dr. Mitchell holds a Sc.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dr. Raja V. Ramani
Pennsylvania State University

RAJA V. RAMANI (NAE) is emeritus George H. Jr. and Anne B. Deike Chair in mining engineering and emeritus professor of mining and geo-environmental engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Ramani holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mining engineering from Penn State where he has been on the faculty since 1970. His research activities include mine health, safety, productivity, environment, and management, flow mechanisms of air, gas, and dust in mining environs, and innovative mining methods. Dr. Ramani has been a consultant to the United Nations, World Bank and National Safety Council and has received numerous awards from academia and technical and professional societies. He was the 1995 president of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. He served on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Mine Health Research Advisory Committee (1991-98). He has served on a number of NRC committees, including the Committee on Coal Waste Impoundments and the Committee on Technologies for the Mining Industries. In 2002, he chaired the the Pennsylvania Governor's Commission on Abandoned Mine Voids and Mine Safety that was set up immediately following the Quecreek Mine inundation incident and rescue.

Dr. Jean-Michel M. Rendu
Independent Consultant

JEAN-MICHEL M. RENDU (NAE) is a mining consultant and retired vice president for resources and mine planning at Newmont Gold Company. Dr Rendu was previously an associate with Golder Associates in Denver, Colorado, an adjunct professor at the Colorado School of Mines, a professor of mining engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and head of operations research with Anglovaal in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr. Rendu's current interests are in optimizing the evaluation, development, and operation of mining projects using appropriate mathematical and managerial technology; as well as drilling and sampling methods, deposit modeling, mine design, ore control, reconciliation of production results with exploration models, and development of computerized systems which facilitate and speed up data collection, quality control, data analysis, and decision making. Dr. Rendu is also interested in the education of mining professionals and is active on the advisory board of a number of universities. He has also played a leading role in the development of international standards for the evaluation and reporting of mineral resources and reserves. Dr. Rendu received his Doctor of Engineering Science from Columbia University.

Dr. Edward S. Rubin
Carnegie Mellon University

EDWARD S. RUBIN is the Alumni Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science, a professor of engineering and public policy and mechanical engineering, and the director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Rubin's research interests include environmental control, energy utilization, and technology-policy interactions. He is also involved in large-scale assessments of national policy issues, including energy R&D planning, and global climate change mitigation options. Dr. Rubin received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.

Mr. Samuel A. Wolfe
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

Samuel A. Wolfe is Chief Counsel for the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, which regulates state services such as natural gas, electricity, water, and telecommunications and cable television. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Wolfe was Assistant Commissioner for Environmental Regulation at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, where he supervised the NJDEP's Division of Air Quality, Division of Water Quality, and Division of Environmental Safety and Health. He was involved in development and passage of state legislation to require installation of air pollution control devices on diesel engines; efforts to reduce mercury emissions from New Jersey's coal-fired power plants, solid waste incinerators, and other sources; and helped to develop key aspects of a seven-state agreement to cap greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Previously, Mr. Wolfe worked as Environmental Policy Manager for PSEG Services Corporation, where he led the company's environmental due diligence for potential acquisitions of electric generating facilities; crafted and presented proposals to Environmental Protection Agency, environmental groups, and other stakeholders to reform the New Source Review program under the Clean Air Act; and worked to resolve environmental permitting and enforcement issues with regulatory agencies. Mr. Wolfe holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Cornell University and a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Committee Membership Roster Comments

One of the committee members, Ms Hope Babcock, resigned on 2/8/2006; Mr Samuel Wolfe was appointed on 3/16/2006.