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SPONSORS: This project was sponsored by the following agencies: Defense Nuclear Agency, Department of the Air Force (Air Force Office of Scientific Research), Department of the Army (Army Corps of Engineers), Department of Energy (Office of Energy Research and Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management), Department of the Interior (Bureau of Mines and Bureau of Reclamation), Department of Transportation (Urban Mass Transportation Administration), National Science Foundation, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Copyright 1993 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
PANEL ON BOREHOLE STABILITY
MEMBERS
Jean-Claude Roegiers, Chairman,
The University of Oklahoma, Norman
Ernest L. Corp,
U.S. Bureau of Mines, Spokane, Washington
Neville G. W. Cook,
University of California, Berkeley
Alain Guenot,
Elf-Aquitaine NORGE A/S, Stavanger, Norway
John D. McLennan,
Terra Tek Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah
Frederick L. Paillet,
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado
Ioannis Vardoulakis,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
STAFF
Peter H. Smeallie, Geotechnical Board Director
Riley M. Chung, Former Director,
Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation
Lynne F. Cramer, Former Sr. Staff Officer
Virginia M. Lyman, Former Staff Assistant
Jennifer T. Estep, Administrative Assistant
1990 U.S. NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ROCK MECHANICS
MEMBERS
Wolfgang R. Wawersik, Chairman,
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Bernard Amadei,
University of Colorado, Boulder
William G. Austin,
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado
Barry H.G. Brady,
Dowell Schlumberger, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jane C.S. Long,
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California
Arthur McGarr,
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
James E. Monsees,
Metrorail Transit Consultants, Los Angeles, California
Jean-Claude Roegiers,
The University of Oklahoma, Norman
Miklos G. Salamon,
Colorado School of Mines, Golden
Lewis V. Wade,
U.S. Bureau of Mines, Minneapolis, Minnesota
STAFF
Peter H. Smeallie, Director
Jennifer T. Estep, Administrative Assistant