Resume - Inside Mines - Colorado School of Mines

Richard C. Gilmore, PhD
Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering (Spring 2015)
1250 South Monaco Parkway, Unit #44, Denver, CO 80224  Phone: (970) 201-9169
Email: [email protected]  Website: http://inside.mines.edu/~rgilmore/
Educational Background
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
 Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering CFD Analysis: Coal Ventilation, Grad date: May, 2015
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
 Master’s Degree, Mechanical – Fluids and Thermal Sciences, May, 2013
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
 Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, May, 2011
GPA: 3.69
GPA: 3.72
GPA: 3.24
Engineering Class Projects
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1-D flat burner adiabatic flame speed with BIOGAS
One year simulation of solar heating in an underground home
Particle formation in shock-tube analyzed with time-of-flight mass spectrometry in Germany
Senior design project: Low cost residential energy efficiency – air infiltration rates
1st Place winner in EPICS, fuel cell powered model car race: Endurance competition
Physics: Derivation and testing of frictional force vs. normal force, and creation of a small capacitor
Society of Automotive Engineering Formula One Car – Budget, Welding, and Fasteners
Installing and testing experimental mileage improving devices
International Experience
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German language and culture study abroad automotive engineering program: 2 months in Germany
South American analysis of engineering schools and cultural views on progress
Work Experience
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
Research Assistant
Jul 2012-Present
Methane-air gas mixture and spontaneous heating modeling of caved rock zone in longwall
underground coal ventilation systems for improved safety and efficient mine operation using
ANSYS Fluent, a Computation Fluid Dynamics package (see publications).
Teaching Assistant
Aug 2011-Jun 2012
Courses: Machine Design, Introduction to LabVIEW
Environmental Health & Safety
Fall 2010 – Aug 2011
Office management, hazards chemical pickup, design of retractable drain cover
SiC Systems, Golden, CO
May 2011-Sep 2011
Lab Technician
Growth of Silicon-Carbide (SiC) cubic structure, the leading semiconductor material in a startup
company laboratory using Hot-Wall Chemical Deposition (HTCVD) and verification by X-ray
Diffraction (XRD) scans.
Colorado Pollination Co., Ft. Collins, CO
Summer 2008 & 2009
Bee Buster
Private contracting to save the honey bees by removal from homes, buildings, and unwanted
spaces by initiating customer contact, acquiring the job, completing the work, and following up.
Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, CO
Fall 2006 - Spring 2009
Tutor – Mathematics and Chemistry
Lab Technician – Prepared chemical demonstrations, classroom lab kits, and specialized reagents.
Total Family Wellness, Cedaredge, CO
Jan. 2003 – Aug. 2006
Chiropractic Doctor Assistant and Patient Counselor
Providing counseling for emotional blocks to healing and physical therapy
Honor Societies & Clubs
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Phi Theta Kappa – Honor Society
Tau Beta Pi – Engineering Honor Society
Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) – Club Treasurer
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME)
Certificates
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Engineer Intern License# 67183
Certified SolidWorks Associate
Colorado Leading Edge Entrepreneur Training Program
Certified Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Software Experience
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ANSYS Inc. – Fluent, Workbench, Linux HPC platform, RMS
MATLAB, MathCAD, SolidWorks and Simulation (COSMOS)
LabVIEW, Engineering Equation Solver (EES), Linux platform and C++ Programming
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, OriginPro8, LaTeX, LyX
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator
Publications
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Marts, J., Brune, J., Gilmore, R., Worrall, D., & Grubb, J. (February 2013). Impact of Nitrogen Inertization
on Methane Distribution in Bleederless Gobs. Mining Engineering Journal.
Gilmore, R., Marts, J., Grubb, J., Brune, J., & Worrall, D. (May 2013). Preventing Gob Explosions. World
Coal Magazine.
Gilmore, R.C., Marts, J.A., Brune, J.F., Worrall, D.M. Jr., Bogin, G.E. Jr., & Grubb, J.W. (August 2013).
Control of Explosive Zones in Longwall Gobs through Nitrogen Injection. 23rd World Mining Congress,
Montreal, Canada.
Marts, J., Brune, J., Gilmore, R., Bogin, G.E. Jr., & Grubb, J. (February 2014). Dynamic Gob Response
and Reservoir Properties for Active Longwall Coal Mines. Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
Symposium Annual Meeting and Exhibit Pre-print, Salt Lake City, UT.
Gilmore, R.C., Marts, J.A., Brune, J.F., Saki, S., Bogin, G.E. Jr., & Grubb, J.W. (February 2014). An
Innovative Meshing Approach to Modeling Longwall Gob Gas Distributions and Evaluation of Back
Return using Computational Fluid Dynamics. Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Symposium:
Annual Meeting and Exhibit Pre-print, Salt Lake City, UT.
Marts, J.A., Gilmore, R.C., Brune, J.F., Bogin, G.E. Jr., Grubb, J.W., & Saki, S. (June 2014).
Accumulations of Explosive Gases in Longwall Gobs and Mitigation through Nitrogen Injection and Face
Ventilation Method. 6th Aachen International Mining Symposia, Germany (in peer review).
Gilmore, R.C., Marts, J.A., Brune, J.F., Bogin, G.E. Jr., Grubb, J.W., & Saki, S. (August 2014). CFD
Modeling Explosion Hazards – Bleeder vs. Progressively Sealed Gobs. 10th International Mine Ventilation
Congress, South Africa, (in peer review).

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