Current research projects:

Modeling hydrogen production from coal gases - Efficient CO₂ capture during methane reforming

Economics of mineral disposal of CO₂

Methane Hydrate Research - Gas Extraction from Methane Hydrates and CO₂ Sequestration

Research Interests:

Mining Engineering:

• Systems analysis and design
• statistical rock characterization
• statistical rock mechanics
• probabilistic design.

Environment

· Zero emission Coal

Statistics:

Extreme value statistics and its applications in analysis and forecasting of extremal data, primarily for engineering and earth science applications (i.e., fatigue failure, breaking strength of rock, earthquake magnitudes, temperatures, floods, droughts, etc.)