Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Wednesday, September 29, 2010      

Thursday, September 30, 2010

8:00 a.m. – Noon

Immediately following testing – 5:00 p.m.

Convention Presentations with Breakfast, Morning and Afternoon Breaks and Lunch

• CSA 2010, presented by Stefanie Copeland, Missouri DOT
  
  
• Safety Presentation, presented by Rick Hutchings, Central Mine Equipment Company

  Upon graduating junior college in 1974, Rick worked with Consolidation Coal Company eleven years as a driller and helper. He has spent the past twenty-five years with Central Mine Equipment Company as a field sales representative. Some of Rick’s duties include working with customers on sales, troubleshooting, technical support, product development and safety presentations.
  

• Core Recovery Methods, presented by Hole Products
  
  
• Sonic Drilling, presented by Rob Caho, Diedrich Drill

  Rob Caho is the Director of Sales & Marketing for Diedrich Drill and has over 30 years of experience in drilling, management/operations, sales/marketing and training. Prior to joining Diedrich, Rob worked with Bergerson Caswell Well Drilling Co. for over 11 years as their Operations Manager. Rob's other positions included Division Manager of Exploration Technology, Inc., Owner/Operator of Rocket Manufacturing, and Drill Foreman at Professional Service Ind. Rob also served as President of the Minnesota Groundwater Association and President of the Minnesota National Drilling Association.
  

• Business Diversity - Geothermal Drilling, presented by Rich Clarke, SIMCO Drilling Equipment

  Richard E. Clarke has been working in the drilling industry for the past 25 years as the Director of Sales and Marketing for SIMCO Drilling Equipment. He holds a BSBA degree from Drake University and an MBA in Management from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Prior to joining SIMCO he spent 10 years working in the sales and marketing departments for several hydraulic component manufacturers. He also spent several years teaching senior level sales and marketing courses at Iowa State University and Simpson College.

  
  
  
• Grouting for Geo-Exchange Installations, presented by Kurt Kash, Baroid Industrial Drilling Products
  

  Kurt Kash is a Sr. Field Sale Representative for Baroid I.D.P. psl Halliburton. He is a Halliburton trained and certified drilling fluids engineer with 10 years experience in all phases of drilling and grouting. Kurt is responsible for the states of Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota. He has experience in HDD, Water Well, Drilled Shafts, Mining and specializing in Geothermal Heat Loops. Kurt lives in Marion Iowa along with his wife Carolyn they have 6 children and 5 grandchildren and he is an all-around good guy.
  

• Mississippi River Bridge, presented by Craig Kaibel, Geotechnology
  
  
• Rig Refurbishment, presented by Brian Snelten, Rig Source

  Mr. Snelten has over 15 years of experience in the drilling industry as a water well driller for his father’s family business, environmental consultant for companies such as the Shaw Group and URS Corporation and Operations Manager for Rig Source Inc. Mr. Snelten’s responsibilities for Rig Source include management of the rental division, tooling sales for auger/direct-push equipment and water well/geothermal drill sales. Mr. Snelten is also a licensed Illinois Professional Geologist and Illinois Licensed Water Well contractor and is currently the Vice President of the Illinois Association of Groundwater Professionals (IAGP) and sits on two subcommittees for the National Ground Water Association (NGWA).

  
  
  
• PDC Bits for Water Well and Geothermal Loop Installation Drilling, presented by Mike West,
  On-Site Drilling Solutions
  
  
• PLUS a presentation by Dr. A. Lutenegger, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

  Dr. Alan J. Lutenegger is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst where he has been a member of the faculty since 1989. He received his B.S. degree in Construction Engineering in 1975 from Iowa State University and his M.S. (1977) and Ph.D. (1979) degrees in Geotechnical Engineering, also from Iowa State University. Between 1979 and 1983 he was a consulting Geotechnical Engineer in Des Moines, Iowa. From 1983 to 1989 he was Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Clarkson University. From 2000 to 2006 he was Department Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UMass, having stepped down in July of 2006 to return to full time teaching and geotechnical research. His area of expertise is in Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics, primarily related to physical-chemical behavior of clays, performance of shallow foundations, and in situ testing of soils. Over the past 5 years, his research work has been focused on the Design and Behavior of Helical Screw-Piles and Screw-Anchors, the behavior of expansive clays, the mechanisms of lime stabilization in clays and the fundamental understanding of the Standard Penetration Test. He has authored or coauthored over 120 technical papers related to Geotechnical Engineering and has advised 45 graduate students in his 26 years as a faculty member.

On Site Demos  

• Central Mine Equipment Company
• Baroid Industrial Drilling Products
• Diedrich Drill
• Geoprobe Systems
• Mobile Drill Intl