Energy and Resources Research Institute

William J. Birch

B.Sc, Msc (Dunelm) Lecturer Room 404 School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering University of Leeds Leeds, UK Tel: +44 (0)113 343 2795 Fax: +44 (0)113 246 7310 Email: w.j.birch@leeds.ac.uk

Research Interests

Research areas and services to industry are presented on the BERG (Blasting and Environmental Research Group) website.

A highlight of the last two years has been the goodquarry.com project; an open access website and an information resource for all who have an interest in minimising the environmental impact of surface mineral workings.

Selected Publications

Birch, W.J., Pegden, M. and West, R.M. An advanced blasting scaled-distance model incorporating individual location Response. Proc. 27th Ann. Conf. on Explosives & Blasting Techniques, Orlando (2001).

Birch, W.J., Pegden, M. and Stothard, P. Intelligent information management for improved blasting practice and environmental compliance. Proc. 28th Ann. Conf. on Explosives and Blasting Technique, Las Vegas (2002).

Davies, L. and Birch, W. Development of an experimental system to treat landfill leachates at Howden Clough Landfill site. Land Reclamation and Economic Regeneration Conference (2000).