Faculty and Staff
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B.S., University of New Brunswick
M.S., Queen’s University
Ph.D., Queen’s University
Ph.D., Technical University of Valencia
Office: Ascent Innovation Building 137
M.S., Bowling Green State University
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S. Beloit College
M.A., Ph.D., Dartmouth College
Zhi.Ye@sdsmt.edu
B.S., Yangtze University
D.Eng., China University of Petroleum
Ph.D., The University of Oklahoma
B.S., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
M.S., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
B.S., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
M.S., University of Arkansas
B.S., University of St. Andrews
M.S., University of Bristol
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
M.S., University of Wisconsin – Madison
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison
B.S., University of Arizona
M.S., University of Arizona
Ph.D., Southern Methodist University
M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Ph.D., University of California – Riverside
M.S., Fort Hays State University
Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
B.S., Lafayette College
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D., Washington State University
M.S., Ankara University
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
B.S., Oregon State University
M.S., Ph.D., University of California - Davis
A.A.S., Linn-Benton Community College
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
M.S., University of Arizona
Ph.D., University of Arizona
B.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Office: PRL 114
B.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
M.S., East Tennessee State University
Ph.D., University of California, Merced
Phillip Bjork – Professor Emeritus of Paleontology
Arden Davis - Professor Emeritus of Geology & Geological Engineering
John Foster Sawyer - Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geological Engineering
James E. Fox - Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geological Engineering and Curator Emeritus of
Invertebrate Paleontology for the Museum of Geology
James Martin – Professor Emeritus of Geology
Colin Paterson - Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geological Engineering
Perry Rahn - Professor Emeritus of Geological Engineering
Dr. William Roggenthen - Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geological Engineering
Courtesy Adjunct Appointments (Faculty or Research Scientist)
Mark Anderson – Research Scientist, USGS
Dr. Rachel Benton - Faculty, Retired Park Paleontologist
Dr. Joshua Valder - Faculty, USGS
Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
Contact Us
Interim Department HeadRobert Hall, Professor |
General Information and Room SchedulingCleo Heenan, Department Secretary |
Geological Engineering BSLarry Stetler, Professor |
Graduate ProgramsLiangping Li, Associate Professor |
Non-thesis Graduate Students (Paleontology)Darrin Pagnac, Professor |
Interim Associate HeadLiangping Li, Associate Professor |
Geology BSTimothy Masterlark, Professor |
Student Co-op registration (GEOL and GEOE)Larry Stetler, Professor |
Non-thesis Graduate Students (Geological Engineering/Geology)Timothy Masterlark, Professor |
Field Camp Programs through the Black Hills Natural Sciences Field Station(website: http://geologyfieldcamp.sdsmt.edu/) BHNSFS Director |
More Information
All South Dakota Mines undergraduate engineering programs are accredited by ABET.
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
501 E. St. Joseph St.
Rapid City, SD 57701