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NIOSH Spokane Mining Research Division
Brad Seymour is a research mining engineer with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Spokane Mining Research Division in Spokane, WA. Since 1986, he has conducted rock mechanics research with the U.S. Bureau of Mines and later with NIOSH, specializing in geotechnical instrumentation, material property testing, cemented backfill, and shotcrete. He has conducted ground stability studies at numerous underground mines in the western United States and has documented the results of his collaborative research in over sixty publications. Brad earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Mining Engineering and Society & Technology from Montana Tech in Butte, Montana. He received the Applied Rock Mechanics Research Award from the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) in 2004, the Alice Hamilton Award for Excellence in Occupational Safety and Health from NIOSH in 2016, and Best Paper Awards for the 52nd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium from ARMA in 2018.
