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I would like to welcome Dennis Bryan, Dale, Elifrits, Angie Harmon and Syd Peng to the SME Foundation Board of Trustees. In the December 2007 issue of Mining Engineering, we had the pleasure of introducing you to the rest of the team. I encourage all SME members to contact the SME Foundation trustees to learn more about the current foundation initiatives. Please share your interests and vision on how the foundation can serve the needs of the professions served by SME.
Dennis P. Bryan
Dennis Bryan is a consulting geological engineer specializing in industrial minerals and construction materials. He received a B.S. degree in geological engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines in 1970 and an M.S. degree in geology from the Mackay School of Mines-University of Nevada in 1972.
Bryan begun his career working for a ready-mix concrete and construction aggregate producer in Nevada. He formed his own consulting engineering firm in 1977. which he sold to AGRA Earth and Environmental (now AMEC) in 1988. He continued to manage its Reno NV office for another 10 years. He worked with Converse Consultants from 2000 to 2003, serving as a vice president and senior project manager. He worked with Mactec Engineering and Consulting from 2003 to 2007 as principal geological engineer.
Bryan has experience in the exploration and evaluation of industrial mineral commodities with aspecial expertise in construction materials. He has worked throughout the western United States in the evaluation of normal weight and natural lightweight aggregates. For the past year, he has been a consulting project manager for Western Lithium Corp., which is evaluating a potential world...