Professor Ted Wilson's current research interests include Mine operations, minerals and coal beneficiation, material handling, mine design, mine permitting and mine environmental management.
Courses:
MIN 101 - Minerals, Man and the Environment
MIN 103 - Introduction to Mining Engineering
MIN 104 - Mining Safety and Operations Lab
MIN 106 - Mining Operation I
MIN 202 - Surveying
MIN 206 - Mining Operation II
MIN 301 - Mine Plant Design
MIN 313 - Introduction to Mineral Preparation
MIN 401 - Mine Site Field Trip
MIN 407 - Mine Reclamation and Environmental Management
MIN 454 - Underground Mining Design
MIN 484 - Surface Mining Methods
ES 331 - Mechanics of Materials
Education:
Ph.D. in Mining Engineering, University of Kentucky, 1998
M. S. in Mining Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1985
M. S. in Mining Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1973
B. S. in Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1961
Research Projects:
Enhancement of Submarine Tailings Disposal Expert System Knowledge base, Funded by DOI/MMS
Alternative Modes of Tanana River Crossing, Funded by US Army
Low Rank Coal Grinding Performance Vs. Power Plant Performance, Funded by DOE
Selected Publications:
Wilson, T.E., and Dyhr, T., 2004, Cost Trends – Mine Environmental Operations, Proceedings, Society for Mining & Exploration Annual Meeting, 2005
Wilson, T.E., Milne., C. and Dyhr, T., 2003, Cost Trends – Mine Closure, Proceedings, Society for Mining & Exploration Annual Meeting, 2005
Wilson, T.E., Misra, D., Zhou, W., Dandekar, A., and D’Cunha, N., 2003, Containment of Spilled Petroleum in Soil using Activated Coal; proceedings: American Society of Mining and Reclamation Annual Conference, Billings, MT., June.
Ganguli, R., Wilson, T.E., and Bandopadhyay, S., 2002, STADES: An Expert System for Marine disposal of Mine Tailings, Mining Engineering, V.54, No.4, April
Wilson, T.E. and Leonard III, J.W., 2000, Further Studies on Relating the Breakage Properties of Coal Bore Cores to Preparation Plant Feed, Transactions Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc., V. 308, Dec.
Sastry, K.V.S. and Wilson, T.E., 1986, Kinetic Behavior of a Continuous Flocculation Tank, Annual Meeting, Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc., March
Matoney, J.P. and Wilson, T.E., 1977, Size Preparation of Coal for Synthetic Fuel Processes, Annual Meeting, Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc., March
Ramani, R.V., Falkie, T.V. and Wilson, T.E., 1974, Determination and Description of a Rate Generating Equation for Continuous Miners, Tech. Note, Transactions, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, SME, V. 256
Awards and Honors:
Outstanding Faculty of the Year, UAF School of Mineral Eng., 2000
Outstanding Faculty of the Year, UAF School of Mineral Eng., 2004
