Kelli McCormick
Senior Lecturer at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Initial Mine Rescue training with BG4 SCBA
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MSHA approved instructor: IS and IU
Mine Safety and Health AdministrationApr, 2016- Oct, 2024 -
Benchman II certification
Draeger Safety INCMar, 2017- Oct, 2024
Experience
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South Dakota Mines
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United States
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Higher Education
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400 - 500 Employee
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Senior Lecturer
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Sep 2012 - Present
As a Senior Lecturer, I teach a variety of classes including computer applications in mining, mineralogy and petrology, mineral exploration and geostatistics, and geoscience modeling. I also have been an instructor for geology and geological engineering field camps in the summer for the Black Hills Natural Sciences Field Station.As a geologist teaching in a mining engineering department, and having spoken in depth with industry representatives, it is clear there is a great need for cross-disciplinary interaction/training among geologists, geological engineers, mining engineers, and metallurgists. Along those lines, I have been focusing on developing classes to serve that purpose. In the spring of 2019 I co-taught a new class, Geometallurgy. This class emphasized communication and team work between disciplines. It was a fun class to teach and the students gained a great deal through the team projects. In the spring of 2020, I taught a new class called 'The influence of ore deposit types on the mining cycle'. This class took a different approach to the same need. It focused on broader concepts of how ore deposit types control decisions in mining and processing and the environmental challenges. Show less
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Director of the SD MSHA State Grants Program
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Jun 2017 - Jun 2021
As Director of the MSHA state grant program, I schedule and teach MSHA new miner and refresher classes. The program currently has three part-time trainers. We have experience teaching surface coal and metal-nonmetal new miner and refresher courses and underground metal-nonmetal courses. For more information, visit our website: https://www.sdsmt.edu/Academics/Departments/Mining-Engineering-and-Management/SD-MSHA-Grants-Program/SD-MSHA-Grants-Program/ and https://www.sdsmt.edu/Academics/Departments/Mining-Engineering-and-Management/SD-MSHA-Grants-Program/MSHA-Faculty-and-Staff/. Show less
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Senior Geologist
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Aug 1999 - May 2012
Analyzed and interpreted surface and subsurface geological data in South Dakota. Major projects included the study of glacial sediments in and geologic history of southeastern South Dakota, creation of aquifer materials maps in southeastern South Dakota, and construction of a Precambrian terrane map and basement contour maps across the state, and the study of the assembly of the North American craton in this region. I am also a co-author of the South Dakota stratigraphic correlation chart and the cross-section showing geophysical logs of Phanerozoic rocks in South Dakota, Other job duties included geophysical logging of test holes and drill rig geologist. Show less
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Laurentian University/Université Laurentienne
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Canada
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Post-doctoral Fellow
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Sep 1996 - Aug 1999
Characterized texural, mineralogical, and geochemical halos associated with the embayments and mineralization within the footwall breccia around the Fraser Mine, North Range, Sudbury Structure. Characterized texural, mineralogical, and geochemical halos associated with the embayments and mineralization within the footwall breccia around the Fraser Mine, North Range, Sudbury Structure.
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Education
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1991 - 1996
The Johns Hopkins University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences -
1986 - 1988
The University of New Mexico
Master's degree, Geology/Earth Science, General -
1982 - 1986
Idaho State University
Bachelor's degree, Geology
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