Anthony (Tony) Szwilski, Ph.D., P.E., Eur. Ing

Director

• Direct the CEGAS personnel and activities.
• Develop CEGAS as a critical asset to Marshall University and the community.
• Teach in Technology Management graduate program.

Current Activities

• Principal Investigator: R&D in multi-sensor technologies to assess and evaluate rail track surface and sub-surface, funded by the Federal Rail Administration: In collaboration with the Nick. J. Rahall Transportation Institute.
• Chair of The Appalachian States Coalition for Geological Hazards (Geohazards) in Transportation.
• Co-Director the West Virginia Water Resource Management Program, with the West Virginia University Water Research Institute and West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.

Teresa Buckland

Responsibilities:

• Work with project personnel and coordinate with organizations across the state
• Coordinate grant activities and manage budget
• Communicate with internal and external constituents

Current activities:

• Mine Safety Technology Innovation Capability and Industry Support Services project
• Southern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center 

James  Wolfe

• Manage various GIS research and service projects for CEGAS.
• Oversee and train GIS staff.
• Teach graduate level and undergraduate level courses in GIS and Engineering.

Current activities:

• Restoration and Advisory Board (RAB) Support for Huntington District of US Corps of Engineers.
• GIS support for Infrastructure Evaluation, Analysis and Integration for Multi-County Development Project for EDA.
• GIS & Web Support for DERP-FUDS Projects for Huntington District of US Corps of Engineers.

George Carico

• Manager of Environmental Management Incubator, providing assistance to regional small businesses in regulatory compliance and permitting, pollution prevention (waste minimization, energy management, recycling/re-use), and new technology development in the environmental arena.
• Environmental Specialist providing environmental and safety oversight on various CEGAS projects.

Current Activities:

• PI on assessing and updating various safety programs with the National Park Service New River Gorge National Park.
• PI on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Formerly Used Defense Sites contracts, providing assistance and/or oversight on web development, GIS development, public presentations, and community surveys.
• PI on Economic Development Administration grant to develop GIS viewer tools specific to West Virginia local and regional economic developers.

Mark Lewis

• Develops custom GIS applications and processes to suite our associate’s unique GIS needs. 

Current activities:

• Currently developing a computer-based modeling system to help assess the economic development potential of given sites. 
• Maintains website for the Huntington District of US Corps of Engineers’ DERP-FUDS projects. 
• Provides in-house technical support.  Maintains and administers data servers for CEGAS.

Randy Rutledge

Responsibilities:

• Coming Soon

Current activities:

• Coming Soon

Jack Smith

• Technical lead for the development of the VISE (Virtual Interactive Simulation Environment) lab.
• Application of VISE to mine safety training and areas of special interest to Marshall University and the local community.
• Economic development associated with VISE.  

Current activities:

• Survey, evaluate, select and implement technologies for the VISE lab.
• Lead the construction of virtual and simulated real environments for VISE applications, especially for mine safety training.
• Explore and foster opportunities for new business development derived from VISE technologies and it's applications.