Background
Haimson, Bezalel Cecil was born on January 4, 1936.
Haimson, Bezalel Cecil was born on January 4, 1936.
Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering, University Witwatersrand, 1962. Master of Science in Mining Engineering and Rock Mechanics, University Minnesota, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering and Rock Mechanics, University Minnesota, 1968.
Mining engineer trainee Hartebeestfontein Gold Mine, Ltd., South Africa, 1961-1962. Research mining engineer (rock mechanics) West Rand Consolidated Gold Mines, South Africa, 1962-1963. Land surveyor Solel Boneh Construction Company, Israel, 1963.
Engineer Halliburton Oil Service Company, Duncan, Oklahoma, 1966, senior research engineer (rock mechanics), 1968-1969. Research assistant University Minnesota, 1963-1968. Assistant professor University Wisconsin, 1969-1972, associate professor, 1972-1975, professor Mining Engineering and Rock Mechanics, since 1975, chairman geological engineering program, since 1987.
Board directors DOSECC, since 1992. Convenor, chairman organizing committee International Workshop Hydraulic Fracturing Stress Measurements National Science Found and Gas Research Institute, Minneapolis, 1988. Co-covenor International Workshop on Hydraulic Fracturing Stress Measurements United States Geological Survey and United States National committee Rock Mechanics, 1981.
Principal invstigator Michigan Ultra Deep Well National Research Project, 1975-1977, Illinois Deep Hole National Research Project, 1980-1981. Consultant Building Research Establishment, Atomic Energy of Canada, Ontario Hydro, AOSTRA, Shawinigan, National Energy Authority, IESA and Furnas, Petrobras, Korea Power Engineering Company, Samsung Construction Company, United States Bureau Reclamation, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Los Alamos Science Laboratory, United States Geological Survey, Illinois State Geological Survey, Sandia National Laboratory Yucca Mountain Project, Du Pont de Nemours & Company, Rockwell Hanford Operations, Rexnord Inc., Solution Mining Research Institute, Duke Power Company, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison, Virginia Electric and Power Company, Northern States Power Company, Stone and Webster, Terra Tek, Golden Associates, Electric Bond and Share Company Services, SES, Fenix and Scission, Harza Engineering, Cyprus Minerals. Member United States National committee Rock Mechanics, since 1993, Expert Group on Fracturing Sandia National Lab, since 1993, Department of Energy Consensus Panel on Key Geoengineering Design Parameters for a Nuclear Waste Repository in Basalt, Hanford, Washington, 1985.
Member Society Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (award 1996), Society Petroleum Engineers, American Geophysical Union, Geological Society of America, Sigma Xi.