Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research

Technology Transfer

The Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, in conjunction with several other organizations,freqently offers short courses, lectures, and seminars on a variety of subjects around the state of Virginia and the surrounding region.
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    • Information on past short courses and seminars is listed below.

    If you have any questions regarding these seminars or courses, or would like to offer a similar course at your organizational or industrial meeting please direct your questions to the contact for that particular course or to vccer@vt.edu

    Date  
    August 15, 2001 Short Course: Coal and Energy in Southwest Virginia and Central Appalachia: Reserves, Production and Energy Planning

    The VCCER, along with the Central Appalachian Section of theSociety for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc. is hosting a Short Course at the new Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon, Virginia.
    Date  
    April 23, 2001 Virginia Aggregates Association Mid-Year Meeting

    VCCER will be providing two speakers for this meeting, Dr. W. Lee Daniels of Virginia Tech and Mr. J. William Huber of Weir International Mining Consultants.

    The 2001 Mid-Year Meeting will be held in Richmond for the Virginia Aggregates Association.
    Date  
    April 19, 2001 Short Course: Successful Reforestation of Surface-Mined Land with High Value Trees

    A short course was be co-sponsored by the Central Appalachian Section of the SME and the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, through the support of a grant from the Virginia Division of Mines, Minerals and Energy and the U.S. Department of Energy in Lexington, Kentucky.
    Date  
    June 9, 2000 Fuelcell Technology For Underground Vehicles

    The Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, with the support of a grant from the Virginia Division of Mines, Minerals and Energy and the U.S. Department of Energy, sponsored a presentation by Arnold R. Miller, Ph.D., as part of the Society of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers/Central Appalachian Section Annual Spring Meeting in Abingdon, Virginia.
    Date  
    June 8, 2000 Short Course in Environmental Remediation

    The Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, in conjunction with the Central Appalachian Section of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc. provided two speakers, Dr. Bob Kleinmann of the Department of Energy and Dr. Barry Stewart of Mississippi State University, for a short course, conducted prior to the CAS/SME Spring Meeting.

    Presented at the Martha Washington Hotel, Abingdon, Virginia.

    More information: Please contact the VCCER for course materials at (540) 231-8108 or vccer@vt.edu.
    Date  
    March 13, 2000 Solid Fuel Supply Training for Improved Energy Utilization

    A presentation sponsored by the Virginia center for Coal and Energy Research was delivered by: Dr. Gerald H. Luttrell of Virginia Tech on March 13, 2000 in Blacksburg, VA.

    More Information: For more information, please contact the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research at vccer@vt.edu.


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