IAN SADLER studied natural sciences at Cambridge University England and graduated with a first-class honors degree followed by a master’s from Cambridge. He joined the iron and steel industry in 1972 and quickly became one of the youngest foundry managers in the world. He has held positions of increasing technical and managerial responsibility for nearly three decades. He is currently president of Miller Centrifugal Casting Co., Cecil, Pa., and is a past president of the Iron & Steel Society. Miller Centrifugal Casting manufactures a wide range of rolling mill sleeves for the hot rolling of long products and seamless pipe.

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Ms. Craig started her professional career in 1980 as a petroleum engineer at Phillips Petroleum Company, now ConocoPhillips. She held numerous positions at Phillips, Mobil, now ExxonMobil, and Chevron. These positions included various engineering assignments as reservoir engineer and drilling engineer. Management experience includes West Area Operations Manager; Manager, Worldwide Drilling and Production; President, Phillips Petroleum Resources Ltd in Canada. Other responsibilities included work as a Federal Relations Representative in Washington, DC while simultaneously serving in the presidential rotation of SPE. After completing her PhD she worked for Chevron as an in-house consultant within the North American planning and budgeting organization and in Pittsburgh as Sr. Vice-President, Asset Assessment for an independent. She currently serves on the Colorado Oil & Gas Commission and is an Adjunct Professor in Petroleum Engineering at Colorado School of Mines. Ms. Craig received BS degrees in mineral engineering chemistry and chemical and petroleum refining engineering from Colorado School of Mines in 1973 and 1980, respectively, a Masters of business administration from Regis University(1987), and MSc degrees in international political economy(2006) and mineral economics and business(2002) and her PhD (2005), also from the Colorado School of Mines. Ms. Craig is a member of SPE and the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association. She was the 1998 President of SPE. In 1987, Ms. Craig received the SPE Young Member Service Award. She served as president of the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association in 1988, Visiting Committee, Colorado School of Mines Chemistry Department (1997, 1999); and received the Mines' Distinguished Achievement Medal (1999). She served as AIME Trustee from 2003-2007 and will be the first woman President of AIME when she assumes this role in August 2010.

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Dr. Brajendra Mishra received his Bachelor of Technology [1981] degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, India and his M.S. [1983] and Ph.D. [1986] in Materials Science from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He is a professor and associate director of Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy and Advanced Coatings & Surface Engineering Laboratory at the Colorado School of Mines. Prior to joining CSM in 1990, Prof. Mishra served at Tata Steel in India. He has also served as a Faculty Consultant for Motorola Corp. Prof. Mishra is the President of faculty Senate [2006-08] at CSM.
Dr. Mishra’s current research interests and contributions are spread over two major needs of the day - Environmental management by developing chemically benign processes and - Materials development with enhanced properties. His research interests bridge across the process and the physical metallurgy of materials. He teaches both aqueous and high-temperature corrosion of materials, chemical processing of materials, physical chemistry of iron and steelmaking and engineering thermodynamics. Dr. Mishra has authored over 250 technical publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He holds six patents and has authored/edited 16 books. Dr. Mishra is also a member of the ASM International, NACE and Electrochemical Society. He is a Fellow of ASM.
Brajendra served as the 2006 President of The Mineral, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) of AIME. Headquartered in the United States but with a large international membership, TMS is a professional organization that encompasses the entire range of metallurgical & materials engineering, from minerals processing and primary metals production to basic research and the advanced applications of materials. Brajendra has held several leadership positions within TMS for the past fifteen years in publication, programming, outreach and financial divisions of the society. Mishra has been on the Board of Directors for TMS for the past seven years and is currently involved with international programming activities and Foundation growth.

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Dr. Michael Karmis is the Stonie Barker Professor of the Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering and the Director of the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research at Virginia Tech. His broad research interests are in mine planning and design, ground control and the sustainable development of energy and natural resources. He has authored more than 150 scientific papers, reports, Proceedings volumes and textbooks and has directed numerous research projects funded by government agencies and the private sector. A Professional Engineer in the U.S.A. and a Licensed Engineer (Eur Ing) in Europe, Dr. Karmis has been active in consulting with the minerals industry, consulting companies, government organizations and legal firms. He served as the 2002 President of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) and the 2002/03 President of the Society of Mining Professors. He is a Distinguished Member of the SME, a Fellow of the Institute of Quarrying and a Fellow of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He has received numerous recognitions and awards by major scientific, professional and industrial organizations.

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Arlie M. Skov retired to Santa Barbara CA after a 42–year career with Sohio Petroleum, BP Exploration, and Arlie M. Skov, Inc. He earned a BS degree in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Oklahoma (with special distinction) in 1956, and attended the Basic Advanced Management program at the University of Virginia in 1966.

His career included several engineering and management postings at Sohio and BP, including Manager, Special Projects, Assistant Chief Engineer, Manager Production Planning (for the development of the giant Prudhoe Bay oil and gas field on the North Slope of Alaska), Manager New Technology Development, Director Production Technology, and Senior Consultant. His areas of expertise include reservoir engineering, improved oil recovery, reserves estimation, field development, arctic technology, planning, and economics. Mr. Skov has been an active member of SPE and AIME for over five decades, joining while in college. He was elected to several offices, including Section Chairman, in the Oklahoma City Section. He also served on the society-wide Board of Directors of SPE from 1971 to 1974, and as member and chairman of many committees, both ad hoc and standing. He served as President of SPE in 1991, and as President of the SPE Foundation 2004-05. He has also served on several AIME Committees, most recently as Chair of the AIME Hoover Gold Medal Award Committee in 2005. He served on the AIME Board in the Seventies and again in 1995-96. Mr. Skov was named an SPE Distinguished Member in 1985, received the SPE Distinguished Service Award in 1988, and was named an Honorary Member of SPE and AIME in 1998. In 2005, he attained membership in SPE’s Legion of Honor. He also served on the National Petroleum Council from 1996 to 22002 at the invitation of three US Secretaries of Energy.

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J. Wayne Jones has been a member of the faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering since 1978 and is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. He is also associate director of ADVANCE at the University of Michigan and director of the ADVANCE Program in the College of Engineering. ADVANCE is an NSF and University sponsored program focused on increasing the numbers of tenure-track women and under-represented minorities in the STEM disciplines.
He served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Engineering from 1996 to 2001 and he served as interim chair of MSE in 1992. He served as president of TMS (a 12,000 member materials society) in 1999 and has served on the boards of directors of TMS and the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers. He was elected a fellow of ASM International (a 50,000 member materials society) in 2000. In 2007 he received the Harold H. Johnson Diversity Award from the University of Michigan. In 2008 he received the Alexander Scott Distinguished Service Award from TMS and he will receive the A. E. White Distinguished Educator Award from ASM International in 2010.
His research interests have focused on developing an understanding of structure-property relationships in advanced structural materials for automotive and aerospace applications. His work has centered on the fatigue and creep behavior of aluminum alloys, particulate strengthened aluminum matrix composites, titanium and titanium aluminides and more recently on new magnesium alloys. His research group is currently focusing on development of new instrumentation and techniques for studying the fatigue behavior of structural materials in the gigacycle regime using ultrasonic fatigue. His research is currently funded by the National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, U.S. Department of Energy Ford Motor Company General Motors. He consults in the area of structural materials failure analysis.
He holds a M.S.E. (1973) and Ph.D. (1976) in Materials Science from Vanderbilt University.

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Ms. Filas has over 25 years of experience in surface and underground mining operations, engineering, and regulatory support. Her efforts have included mine development plans, waste containment facility design, reclamation plans and surety estimates, project permitting, comprehensive environmental site and compliance audits, multi-disciplinary environmental evaluations, and storm water and sedimentation control designs. She has developed numerous designs and permitting documents which have successfully passed the scrutiny of the domestic and international regulatory community.

Ms. Filas has in-depth experience in mine-related environmental, closure and reclamation evaluations for projects around the world. She also has substantial expertise in working with the environmental and social performance standards and guidelines of the World Bank Group. Ms. Filas is President of Knight Piésold and Co. Prior to joining the firm, she held responsible engineering and environmental positions with Atlas Minerals, Summit Minerals, U.S. Steel Corporation, and Monterey Coal Company. She is a licensed professional engineer in several states and a certified environmental manager.

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Randy C. Skagen is currently the Vice President and General Manager of Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc. Skagen earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Canada, in 1980. Skagen began his career in the steel industry with the Algoma Steel Corp. in 1980, where he held several positions in maintenance and operations. In 1991, he joined Nucor as a Production Supervisor during the construction of its second CSP plant in Hickman, Ark. He was promoted to Hot Mill Manager to construct Nucor’s newest CSP plant in South Carolina in 1995. He then assisted in the design and construction of Nucor’s new plate mill in North Carolina in a similar capacity beginning in 1998. In 2004, he was selected as the General Manager of Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc. and was elected Vice President in September 2005. Skagen is currently the President Elect of the Board of Trustees for the AIST Foundation. He is currently Chairman of the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce and serves on several boards in the Tuscaloosa Area including the United Way Foundation, Easter Seals, Black Warrior Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority. He also serves on the Leadership Advisory board for the Dean of the College of Engineering and is President of the Advisory Board for the Metallurgical Engineering Department at the University of Alabama.

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