Research Assistant Professor

Office Phone: 
email: vpetr@mines.edu

Academic Appointment & Responsibilities

May 2002-Present Colorado School of Mines, Mining Engineering Department

Research Assistant Professor

Development of a new research project for Mining Engineering Department for the Edgar Experimental mine; oversee ongoing projects, developing budget and business plans; provide mentorship and liaison with clients; provide leadership to ensure Federal and State regulations and internal policies. 

Courses include:

MNGN333 - Elective Courses

MNGN407 - Rock Fragmentation

MNGN444 - Explosives Engineering

Professional Experience

2005-Present: Colorado Department of Employment, Division of Oil and Public Safety

State Inspector (Part-time)

Accountable for training field inspector; Developing new regulations for explosive handling, storage and use; Investigation of criminal charges and removal of explosive permits from explosive users at the Colorado School of Mines; Developing new training program with ATF.

June-August 1998: Yenter Companies, Inc., Golden, Colorado

Construction blasting

May – August 1997: The Ensign-Bickford Company, Simsbury, Connecticut

May-August 1996: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Carlsbad, New Mexico

June-July 1995: DICAPERL, Socorro, New Mexico

1992: Velkolom Maxim Gorky Bilina, Bilina, Czech Republic

Assistant Mine manager - Open pit mine (coal mine)

1991- 1992: Severoceske Keramicke Zavody, Most, Czech Republic

Operations Manager

1986: Severoceske Keramicke Zavody Most, Lahost-Jenikov, Czech Republic

Foreman - (Largest Czech National Ceramic Company)

1985 – 1986: Banske Projecty of Teplice, Teplice, Czech Republic

Geological Draftsman

Professional Certifications

Federal Explosive Permit ATF

Explosive permit for State of Colorado, USA

Education

Colorado School of Mines

Ph.D. Mining and Earth Systems Engineering, 2001

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM.

M.Sc. Mineral Engineering,

Technical University of Mining, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Diploma of Mining Engineering,

Current Professional Organization Memberships (2005/2006)

Member, ISEE

Professional Publications, Presentations & Short-courses

Co-Author, 1995, “Geotechnical Analysis Report for July 1993-June 1994”, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, National Technical Information service, U.S. Department of Commerce, DOE/WIPP-95-2100

V. Petr, G.W. Mustoe, M. Nakgawa and T.G. Rozgonyi , 2000,” A Numerical and Experimental study of static and Dynamic behavior in cemented Elastic Disks” Proceedings of 26 th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique, Anaheim, California, Volume 2, pp:225-234

V. Petr, G.W. Mustoe, K.J. Orgeron, T.G. Rozgonyi, 2002, “ Experimental and Numerical Studies of Transient Shock Wave Propagation in a Geomedium” Annual Conference on Explosive and Blasting Technique, Las Vegas, Nevada USA.

V. Petr, M.G. Simoes, T. G. Rozgonyi, 2003, “ Future Development of Neural Network Prediction for Blast Design Parameters of Production Blasting”

EFEE 2 nd World Conference on Explosives and Blasting, September 2003

V. Petr, 2005,” Prediction of the Damaged Zone for Underground Support Around Underground Opening Formed by Blasting”, Third EFEE World Conference on Explosives and Blasting, Brighton, UK

Research and Related Activities

Explosives welding

Henderson Mine, expansion project at Edgar Experimental Mine