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Director
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Responsibilities
- Direct the CEGAS personnel and activities.
- Develop CEGAS as a critical asset to Marshall University
and the community.
- Teach in Technology Management graduate program.
Current Activities
- Principal Investigator: R&D in multi-sensor technologies
to assess and evaluate rail track surface and sub-surface, funded by the Federal
Rail Administration: In collaboration with the Nick. J. Rahall Transportation
Institute.
- Chair of The Appalachian States Coalition for Geological
Hazards (Geohazards) in Transportation.
- Co-Director the West Virginia Water Resource Management
Program, with the West Virginia University Water Research Institute and West
Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.
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Teresa Buckland
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Manager, Development & Operations |
Responsibilities:
- Work with project personnel and coordinate with organizations across the state
- Coordinate grant activities and manage budget
- Communicate with internal and external constituents
Current activities:
- Mine Safety Technology Innovation Capability and Industry Support Services project
- West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center at Marshall University
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Environmental Manager |
Responsibilities:
- Manager of Environmental Management Incubator, providing
assistance to regional small businesses in regulatory compliance and permitting,
pollution prevention (waste minimization, energy management, recycling/re-use),
and new technology development in the environmental arena.
- Environmental Specialist providing environmental and safety
oversight on various CEGAS projects.
Current Activities:
- PI on assessing and updating various safety programs with
the National Park Service New River Gorge National Park.
- PI on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Formerly Used Defense
Sites contracts, providing assistance and/or oversight on web development,
GIS development, public presentations, and community surveys.
- PI on Economic Development Administration grant to develop
GIS viewer tools specific to West Virginia local and regional economic developers.
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Justin Chapman
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Research Assistant |
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Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the VISE team to develop training and simulation materials.
- Develop, modify, evaluate, utilize, and deploy visualization and other software for the VISE project and visualization lab.
- Help manage and oversee the visualization lab and activities held within.
- Assist CEGAS personnel and outside parties with visualization related capabilities.
Current Activities:
- Working with a West Virginia certified mine instructor Randy Massey and the VISE team to develop and pilot virtual training material for required annual mine safety refresher training.
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Mark Lewis
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Manager, IT Services |
Responsibilities:
- Assign and direct the work of computer programmers, support specialists, and other computer-related workers.
Current activities:
- Currently developing West Virginia large quantity water
users Information System.
- Assist technical lead for the development of the VISE (Virtual Interactive Simulation Environment) lab.
- Maintains website for the Huntington District of US Corps
of Engineers’ DERP-FUDS projects.
- Provides in-house technical support. Administers
file and web servers for CEGAS.
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Jack Smith
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Research Assistant |
Responsibilities:
- Technical lead for the development of the VISE (Virtual Interactive Simulation Environment) lab.
- Application of VISE to mine safety training and areas of special interest to Marshall University and the local community.
- Economic development associated with VISE.
Current activities:
- Survey, evaluate, select and implement technologies for the VISE lab.
- Lead the construction of virtual and simulated real environments for VISE applications, especially for mine safety training.
- Explore and foster opportunities for new business development derived from VISE technologies and it's applications.
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GIS Manager |
Responsibilities:
- Manage various GIS research and service projects for CEGAS.
- Oversee and train GIS staff.
- Teach graduate level and undergraduate level courses in
GIS and Engineering.
Current activities:
- Restoration and Advisory Board (RAB) Support for Huntington
District of US Corps of Engineers.
- GIS support for Infrastructure Evaluation, Analysis and
Integration for Multi-County Development Project for EDA.
- GIS & Web Support for DERP-FUDS Projects for Huntington
District of US Corps of Engineers.
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