Colorado School of Mines  Department of Mining Engineering  Golden, CO 80401 (303)273-3222Office(303)273-3719Fax         vpetr@mines.edu

Department:

• Research Assistant Professor, Mining Engineering Department,  Colorado School of Mines

Education:

• Ph.D. Mining and Science in Earth Systems Engineering, 2001
  Colorado School of Mines (Golden Colorado)

• M.S. Mining Engineering, 1996
  New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (Socorro, New Mexico)

• Dipl. Ing. Mining Engineering, 1992
  Mining University of Ostrava (The Czech Republic)

Research Interests:

• Rock Mechanics

• Shock Waves

• Blasting

• Fractures

• Dynamic Fractures in Rock

• Experimental and Numerical Studies of Shock wave propagation within a Geomedium

Knowledge of stress conditions in rock formations is important in earth studies , in the modeling of structures in rock, and in the extraction of minerals by blasting.

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                            Last Revision: August 03, 2007 ;     Vilem Petr