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Education
Post-Graduate Study, Education and Philosophy, James Madison University, 1976
B.S., Geology, Washington and Lee University, 1975
Licenses
Certified Professional Geologist, American Institute of Professional Geologists, Certification No. 6671
Virginia, Professional Geologist, Certification No. 428
Kentucky, Professional Geologist, Certification No. 1245
Experience Scott Nelson, Vice President of Marshall Miller & Associates' Energy and Mineral Resources Group, is a Certified Professional Geologist with over twenty years of professional consulting to the coal industry. He has broad experience throughout the principal North American coal basins, with special expertise in Central Appalachian coals. International experience has included projects in the Peoples Republic of China. His research and publications have focused on his area of special technical expertise: the co-application of advanced geotechnical engineering and depositional modeling to predict and map underground geologic hazards.
Mr. Nelson has planned, conducted, and supervised a wide variety of geological and geotechnical projects for a diverse group of mining, construction, and financial interests. Responsibilities have included data acquisition through surface and subsurface exploration, underground mine inspection, and remote sensing techniques; mapping of geological factors related to coal and waste coal reserves, quality, and mineability; engineering geology studies for construction of slopes, shafts, portals, shallow tunnels, highways, and bridges; computerized data management and mapping; coal property development and management; preparation of professional presentations, exhibits, and reports; coordination of geological teams and support staff; providing expert witness testimony; investigation of insurance claims; preparation of reserve audits for property acquisitions, estate settlement, financial assurance, and required filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.