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	Safety First! Don't Touch The History of Explosives and Blasting *What is an Explosives Engineer?* Careers Training *Higher Education* How Explosives Work How Explosives Have Helped Shape Our World The Many Uses of Explosives A Few Major Projects Blasting in Your Neighborhood (coming soon) Links and Further Reading HOME		Higher Education The following programs offer degree opportunities in Mining Engineering, Civil Engineering Geotechnical Engineering and Explosives related research. Contact each university for more information. Scholarship opportunities are available through the SEE Education Foundation. For more information visit ISEE’s web site at: www.isee.org/education/foundation.htm University of Auckland Primary Contact: Dr. John D. St. George Address: Department of Civil & Resource Engineering Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand Phone: +649 3737 599 Fax: +649 3737 462 Web site: www.engineering.auckland.ac.nz/ Colorado School of Mines Primary Contact: Dr. Mark E. Kuchta Address: 1500 Illinois Street Golden, CO 80401 Phone: (303) 273-3306 Fax: (303) 273-3719 Web site: www.mines.edu/ Colorado State University Primary Contact: Dr. Wayne A. Charlie Department of Civil Engineering Address: Fort Collins, CO 80523 Phone: (970) 491-5048 Fax: (970) 491-7727 Web site: www.colostate.edu Degrees Undergraduate: Civil Engineering Graduate: Mining Engineering Doctorate: Geotechnical Engineering Eastern Kentucky University Primary Contact: Mr. Tom Thurman Address: 220 Stratton Building 521 Lancaster Avenue, Richmond, KY 40475-3102 Phone: (859) 622-1052 Fax: (859) 622-1530 Web site: www.fireandsafety.eku.edu Degrees Undergraduate: Fire and Safety Engineering Technology; and Fire, Arson and Explosion Investigation. University of Kentucky Mining Engineering Primary Contact: Profressor G.T. Lineberry Address: 230 Mining & Mineral Resources Building Lexington, KY 40506-0107 Phone: (859) 257-8026 Fax: (859) 323-1962 Web site: www.engr.uky.edu/ University of Leeds Primary Contact: Mr. William J. Birch Address: Department of Mining Leeds LS2 9JT United Kingdom Phone: + 44 113 2332795 Fax: +44 113 2467310 Web site: www.leeds.ac.uk/ Louisiana Tech University Primary Contact: Matthew J. Hrebar Address: PO Box 10348 Ruston, LA 71272 Phone: (800) LATECH or (318) 257-3036 Web site: www.latech.edu/ Michigan Technological University Primary Contact: Stanley J. Vitton, Assistant Professor Department of Civil/Environmental Engineering Address: 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, MI 49931 Phone: (906) 487-2527 Fax: (906) 487-2493 Email: vitton@mtu.edu Web site: www.mg.mtu.edu/ Degrees Undergraduate, Graduate and Doctorate: Mining Engineering Middle East Tech University Primary Contact: Mr. Hasan Aydin Bilgin Mining Engineering Department Address: Inonu Blvd. ODTU Ankara 6531 TURKEY Phone: +90 312 2105814 Fax: +90 312 2101265 Web site: www.eee.metu.edu.tr/ University of Missouri-Rolla Primary Contact: Dr. Paul N. Worsey Department of Mining Engineering Address: 226 McNutt Hall, 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, MO 65409-0450 Phone: (573) 341-4753 Fax: (573) 341-6934 Email: mining@umr.edu Web site: www.umr.edu/~mining Degrees Undergraduate: Mining Engineering with Quarry or Explosives emphasis Graduate and Doctorate: Mining Engineering Montana Tech of The University of Montana Mining Engineering Department Address: 1300 W. Park Street, Butte, MT 59701 Phone: (406) 496-4262 Fax: (406) 496-4260 Web site: www.mtech.edu/mining Degrees Undergraduate and Graduate: Mining Engineering University of Nevada-Reno Primary Contact: Dr. Jaak K. Daemen Address: MacKay School of Mines Mining Engineering MS 173, Reno, NV 89557-0139 Phone: (702) 784-4309 Fax: (702) 784-1766 Web site: www.mines.unr.edu/ New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Primary Contact: Dr. Catherine Aimone-Martin Address: Socorro, New Mexico 87801 Mineral Engineering Department Phone: (505)835-5346 Fax: (505) 835-5252 Mechanical Engineering Department Phone: (505) 835-5693 Fax: (505) 835-5209 Email: geneng@nmt.edu Website: www.nmt.edu Degrees Undergraduate and Graduate: Mineral (Mining, Geotechnical, Geological) Engineering and Mechanical Engineering with emphasis in Explosives Engineering. Northwestern University Primary Contact: Dr. Charles H. Dowding Address: Department of Civil Engineering Evanston, IL 60208 Phone: (847) 491-4338 Fax: (847) 491-4011 Web site: www.civil.northwestern.edu/ University of Pardubice Primary Contact: Prof. Svatopluk Zeman Department of Theory & Technology of Explosives Address: CZ-532 10 Pardubice, The Czech Republic Phone: +420 40 603 8024 Fax: +420 40 603 8024 Email: kttv.fcht@upce.cz Web site: www.upce.cz/~kttv Degrees Graduate, Doctorate and Retraining: Courses for research and industrial practice. Our R&D activities include commercial and military explosives technology, analysis and testing, pyrotechnics, safety engineering, industrial application of EM and development of devices for EM testing. Queen's University Primary Contact: Dr. Takis Katsabanis Address: Department of Mining Eng. Queen's Goodwin Hall, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Phone: (613) 533-2197 Fax: (613) 533-6597 Web site: www.queensu.ca/ University of Queensland Primary Contact: Dr. Karl Zipf Department of Mining Minerals & Materials Engr. Address: Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia Phone: +617 3365 4780 Fax: +617 3365 3888 Web site: www.uq.edu.au/ South Dakota School of Mines Primary Contact: Dr. Charles A. Kilche Address: 501 East Saint Joseph St. Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (605) 394-1972 or (800) 544-8162 Fax: (605) 394-6131 University of Toronto Primary Contact: Professor Bibhu B. Mohanty Department of Civil Engineering Address: 35 St. George St., Toronto, ONT M5S 1J4 Canada Phone: (416) 978-4576 Fax: (416) 978-6813 Web site: www.utoronto.ca/ University of Utah Primary Contact: Mr. Michael Kim McCarter Department of Mining Engineering Address: 135 S. 1460 E, #313, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0113 Phone: (801) 581-7198 Fax: (801) 585-5410 Email: mineeng@mines.utah.edu Web site: www.mines.utah.edu/mining Degrees Undergraduate and Graduate: Mining Engineering Virginia Tech Primary Contact: Mario Karfarkis Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering Address: 100 Holden Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 Phone: (540) 231-5085 Fax: (540) 231-4070 Web site: www.eng.vt.edu/ Degrees Undergraduate, Graduate and Doctorate: Mining Engineering

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