Program

Special Event for Symposium Registrants:

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Treasure Mountain Inn

Park City, Utah

Symposium Highlights

The ARMA symposium is a technology exchange program, consistent with the ARMA mission to stimulate discussion and communication. All papers are published in proceedings that are added to the ARMA Digital Library as part of the One-Petro library. The proceedings are the worldwide representation of rock mechanics, rock engineering, and rock physics.

Invited presentations include:

Tunnel Boring, Richard Robbins, The Robbins Group
Rocky Rambles through Caves, Cathedrals and Caverns, John Hudson, President, ISRM
Man-Made Diamond Drill Bits for Geo Applications, David Hall, Novatech
Underground Carbon Sequestration, Brian McPherson, Univ. of Utah
Engineered Geothermal Systems, Peter Rose, Energy and Geoscience Inst.
Tight Gas Shale Energy Recovery, Roberto Suarez-Rivera, TerraTek / Schlumberger
Deepwater Geomechanics, Steve Willson, BP America
Post-Failure Rock Mass Characterization and Mine Design, Will Bawden, Univ. of Toronto
Methane Hydrates: Geo-Hazard or Energy Source, Carolyn Koh, Colorado School of Mines
Deeper Underground Coal Mining, Kim McCarter, Univ. of Utah
Seismic Monitoring, Robert Smith, Univ. of Utah
Future Tunneling Considerations, Erik Eberhardt, Univ. of British Columbia
Fracture Network Engineering, Matt Pierce, ITASCA
Rock Mechanics in China, Xia-Ting Feng, Incoming President, ISRM (invited)

ARMA Fellows will participate in a panel, “The Role of Rock Geomechanics in Solving Major Problems”—Panel chaired by Sid Green, Schlumberger and Univ. of Utah.

Authored papers will be 15- or 5-minute presentations during concurrent technical sessions. Session topics will focus on certain technical areas or given countries. Poster sessions with 5-minute presentations will also be held. Cash awards will be made for the best five-minute presentations.

Accepted Abstracts