Keith A. Heasley is professor emeritus in the Department of Mining Engineering at West Virginia University from which he retired in 2018 after 17 years of service. Prior to his appointment with WVU, he was employed by the former U.S. Bureau of Mines and then the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for 15 years.

Dr. Heasley graduated with a B.S. and M.S. in Mining Engineer from The Pennsylvania State University in 1981 and 1987, respectively. While working for the US Bureau of Mines, he completed his Doctorate in Mining Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines in 1998.

Since his retirement in 2018, Dr. Heasley has been developing a maple syrup hobby/business. Presently he has 2,250 maple taps. 13.5 miles of 3/16 in. tubing, a 600 gph reverse osmosis machine, a 3 x 12 oil-fired evaporator and makes about 500 gallons of maple syrup a year. Since his introduction to maple syrup production, he has been applying his engineering expertise to calculating the sap flow in 3/16 inch tubing and to the design of pump system to move sap.

Over my professional career, I have been the author on over 120 technical papers/reports in peer-reviewed journals and at technical conferences. Some of the highlights of my latest publications are listed below:

• Krog, R. B. and K. A. Heasley, 2017, “Longwall Emissions During Falling Atmospheric Pressures and the Sample Frequency Required to Detect Them.” Proceedings of the 16th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium, June 17-22, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, p. XXX-XXX.
• Yang, Jian and Keith A. Heasley, “Calibrating LaModel for Subsidence,” Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, Morgantown, WV, July 26-28, 2016, p. 104-112.
• Newman, Christopher, Zach Agioutantis and Keith Heasley, “Introducing the New Windows ARMPS-LAM Program,” Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, Morgantown, WV, July 26-28, 2016, p. 98-103.
• Newman, Christopher R. and Keith A. Heasley, “Development of An Online User’s and Training Manual for LaModel,” Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, Morgantown, WV, July 28-30, 2015, p. 209-216.
• Li, Kaifang and Keith A. Heasley, “Calculating the Potential for Coal Pillar Bumps Using a Local Mine Stiffness Criterion,” Proceedings of the 49th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, San Francisco, CA, June 28-July 1, 2015, Paper 15-241, 8 p.
• Heasley, Keith A., “LaModel – A Program for Coalmine Modelling,” Proceedings of AusRock 2014: Third Australasian Ground Control in Mining Conference, Sydney, Australia, Nov. 5-6, 2014, 6 p.
• Zhang, Peng, Keith A. Heasley and Zacharias G. Agioutantis, “A Comparison Between ARMPS and the New ARMPS-LAM Programs,” Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, Morgantown, WV, July 29-31, 2014, p. 170-174.
• Li, Kaifang and Keith A. Heasley, “Using Field Measurements to Quantify the Post-Failure Behavior of Coal,” Proceedings of the 48th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Minneapolis, MN, June 1-4, 2014, Paper 14-7133, 7 p.
• Sears, Morgan and Keith A. Heasley, “Calibrating the LaModel Program for Shallow Cover Multiple-Seam Mines,” Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, Morgantown, WV, July 30-August 1, 2013, p. 99-106.
• Zhang, Peng and Keith A. Heasley, “Initial Results from Implementing a Laminated Overburden Model into ARMPS,” Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, Morgantown, WV, July 30-August 1, 2013, p. 239-247.
• Tulu, Ihsan B. and Keith A. Heasley, “Investigating Abutment Loading,” Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, Morgantown, WV, July 31-August 2, 2012, p. 1-10.
• Heasley, Keith A., “Calibrating the LaModel Program for Site Specific Conditions,” Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, Morgantown, WV, July 31-August 2, 2012, p. 1-8.