Syd S. Peng

Charles E. Lawall Chair in Mining Engineering, Mining Engineering

Approved Graduate Faculty for CEMR MS and PhD committees

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I was born and received my undergraduate education in mining engineering in Taiwan. I came to the U.S. for advanced study in 1965. From 1970 to 1974, I worked for the U.S. Bureau of Mines in Minneapolis, MN and joined West Virginia University in 1974. In 1978 I was appointed Chairman of the Department of Mining Engineering and serve in that position ever since. In 1985 I established the LongWall Mining and Ground Control Research Center. In 1987 I was appointed C. T. Holland Distingushed Professor, and in 2006 I was appointed Charles E. Lawall Chair in Mining Engineering. The newest revised "Longwall" 2nd edition was published in October,2006.
Education
	M.S., Mining Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines & Tech, 1967
	Ph.D., Mining Enigneering, Stanford University, 1970
Research Focus Areas
	Energy Technologies
Research Interests
	Coal Mine Ground Control
	Surface Subsidence
	Longwall Mining
Teaching Interests
	Coal Mine Ground Control
	Longwall Mining
Special Interests
	Swimming
	Jogging
Professional Societies
	Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) of the AIME
	Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (United Kingdom)