Kray Luxbacher
Executive Director and Head, School of Mining Engineering & Mineral Resources
Gregory H. and Lisa S. Boyce Leadership Chair
Professor, Mining & Geological Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Degrees
- PhD Mining Engineering
- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
- Dissertation: "Time-lapse Passive Seismic Velocity Tomography of Longwall Coal Mines: A Comparison of Methods"
- Graduate Certificate Engineering Education
- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
- MS Mining Engineering
- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
- Thesis: "Four-Dimensional Passive Velocity Tomography of a Longwall Panel "
- BS Mining Engineering
- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
Courses
View the complete course list in UA Profiles.
Licensure & Certification
- Professional Engineer, Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (2008)
Selected Publications
Chapters
- Stinnette, J. D., & Luxbacher, K. (2021). An innovative methodology for the assessment and maintenance of e-learning courses using the Community of Inquiry model. In Mine Ventilation(pp 379--385). CRC Press.
Journals/Publications
- Baris, K., Keles, C., Ripepi, N., Luxbacher, K., Karmis, M., & Gurpinar, S. (2022). MODELING OF CBM RECOVERY IN THE AMASRA COALFIELD, TURKEY.
- Barros-Daza, M. J., Luxbacher, K. D., Lattimer, B. Y., & Hodges, J. L. (2022). Fire Size and Response Time Predictions in Underground Coal Mines Using Neural Networks. Mining, Metallurgy \& Exploration, 39(3), 1087--1098.
- Barros-Daza, M. J., Luxbacher, K. D., Lattimer, B. Y., & Hodges, J. L. (2022). Mine conveyor belt fire classification. Journal of fire sciences, 40(1), 44--69.
- Barros-Daza, M. J., Luxbacher, K. D., Lattimer, B. Y., & Hodges, J. L. (2022). Real time mine fire classification to support firefighter decision making. Fire Technology, 58(3), 1545--1578.
- Diaz, J., Agioutantis, Z., Hristopulos, D. T., Schafrik, S., & Luxbacher, K. (2022). Time series modeling of methane gas in underground mines. Mining, Metallurgy \& Exploration, 1--22.
- Fahrman, B., Westman, E., Karfakis, M., & Luxbacher, K. (2022). Optimization of Geophone Array for Monitoring Geologic Carbon Sequestration Using Double-Difference Tomography.
- Luxbacher, K., & Stinnette, J. D. (2021). An innovative methodology for the assessment and maintenance of e-learning courses using the Community of Inquiry model.
- Haghighat, A., & Luxbacher, K. (2019). Determination of critical parameters in the analysis of road tunnel fires. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 29(2), 187--198.
- Hodges, J. L., Lattimer, B. Y., & Luxbacher, K. D. (2019). Compartment fire predictions using transpose convolutional neural networks. Fire Safety Journal, 108, 102854.
- Luxbacher, K. (2019). Metal Mining Automation and Advanced Technologies Workgroup.
- Haghighat, A., & Luxbacher, K. (2018). Tenability analysis for improvement of firefighters’ performance in a methane fire event at a coal mine working face. Journal of Fire Sciences, 36(3), 256--274.
- Haghighat, A., Luxbacher, K., & Lattimer, B. Y. (2018). Development of a methodology for interface boundary selection in the multiscale road tunnel fire simulations. Fire technology, 54(4), 1029--1066.
- Watkins, E., Luxbacher, K., & Jong, E. (2018). Development, testing and proposed application of multiple passive source tracers for underground mine ventilation systems.. Mining Engineering, 70(2).
- Louk, K., Ripepi, N., Luxbacher, K., Gilliland, E., Tang, X. u., Keles, C., Schlosser, C., Diminick, E. d., Keim, S., Amante, J., & others, . (2017). Monitoring CO2 storage and enhanced gas recovery in unconventional shale reservoirs: Results from the Morgan County, Tennessee injection test. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 45, 11--25.
- Tang, X. u., Ripepi, N., Luxbacher, K., & Pitcher, E. (2017). Adsorption models for methane in shales: Review, comparison, and application. Energy & Fuels, 31(10), 10787--10801.
Proceedings Publications
- Lattimer, A. M., Lattimer, B. Y., Gugercin, S., Borggaard, J. T., & Luxbacher, K. D. (2016). High Fidelity Reduced Order Models for Wildland Fires. In Proceedings for the 5th International Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, Portland, OR.
- Lattimer, A., Borggaard, J., Gugercin, S., Luxbacher, K., & Lattimer, B. (2016). Computationally efficient wildland fire spread models. In Proceedings of the 14th international fire science & engineering conference.
- Jong, E., Sarver, E. A., Schafrik, S. J., Luxbacher, K. D., & others, . (2015). Proceedings of the 15th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium. In North American Mine Ventilation Symposium.
- Restrepo, J., Luxbacher, K., Ripepi, N., Schafrik, S., Kirsch, P., Shi, M., Mitra, R., & Hebblewhite, B. (2015). Barriers and incentives: the application of comprehensive risk management in the US underground coal mining industry. In Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Annual Meeting, Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, Englewood.
- Griffin, K. R., Luxbacher, K. D., Schafrik, S. J., & Karmis, M. E. (2012). Comprehensive ventilation simulation of atmospheric monitoring sensors in underground coal mines. In Proc. 14th US/North American Mine Ventilation Symposium.
- Jong, E., Underwood, S., Xu, G., Luxbacher, K., & McNair, H. (2012). A technique for creating perfluorocarbon tracer (PFT) calibration curves for tracer gas studies. In 14th US/North American Mine Ventilation Symposium.
- Westman, E. C., Luxbacher, K. D., Schafrik, S. J., Swanson, P. I., & Zhang, H. (2012). Time-lapse passive seismic velocity tomography of longwall coal mines: a comparison of methods. In 46th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.
- Xu, G., Jong, E., Luxbacher, K., & Ragab, S. (2012). Computational fluid dynamics study of tracer gas dispersion in a mine after different ventilation damage scenarios. In 2012 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit 2012, SME 2012, Meeting Preprints.
- Griffin, K. R., Jong, E. C., Luxbacher, K. D., & Westman, E. C. (2011). A review of atmospheric monitoring systems in underground coal mines: implications for explosion prevention. In SME Annual Meeting.
- Schafrik, S. J., Luxbacher, M. K., & Karmis, M. (2011). Wireless mesh communication systems optimization in underground coal. In 2011 SME Annual Meeting, SME Preprint.
- Xu, G., Bowling, J., Luxbacher, K., & Ragab, S. (2011). Computational fluid dynamics simulations and experimental validation of tracer gas distribution in an experimental underground mine. In SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit and CMA 113th National Western Mining Conference 2011.
- Luxbacher, K. D., Erdogan, S. S., & others, . (2009). Modeling Methane Emissions and Ventilation Needs by Examination of Mining Induced Permeability Changes and Related Damage to Ventilation Controls. In 43rd US Rock Mechanics Symposium \& 4th US-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium.
- Westman, E. C., Luxbacher, K. D., & Swanson, P. L. (2008). Local earthquake tomography for imaging mining-induced changes within the overburden above a longwall mine. In The 42nd US Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS).
- Westman, E., & Luxbacher, K. (2008). Seismic tomography, an ideal but immature tool for coal bump prediction. In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining.
Others
- Luxbacher, K. D. (2008). Time-lapse passive seismic velocity tomography of longwall coal mines: a comparison of methods.
- Luxbacher, K. D. (2005). Four-Dimensional Passive Velocity Tomography of a Longwall Panel.