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ISEE Membership Director Sara Bustard, CAE
Sara has 15 years of experience working for associations. She has worked with memberships at small local non-profits, state associations, and international societies. She has successfully worked on member recruitment and retention, creating member programs, chapter relations, student member engagement, maintaining relationships, and more. She earned her CAE in 2022. Sara was a member of ASAE's Membership Professionals Advisory Council and chaired the PASAE (Pennsylvania ASAE) Membership Committee both for three years. She was also selected to participate in the 2019 NextGen Association Summit. She now sits on the PASAE Foundation Board of Directors.
ISEE Membership Coordinator Adrian Morton
Adrian resides in Alexandria, VA. and has had varying IT sales and account management roles since 2014. Adrian completed his bachelor's degree in 2014 with a focus in HR Management and Entrepreneurship. In his free time, Adrian loves drawing, running, tennis, hiking, and playing basketball.
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During the IME Spring Meeting, ISEE's Executive Director Steve Shivak had the opportunity to speak with ATF Director Steven Dettelbach regarding ISEE's support of providing proposed updates to the ATF Orange Book.
 
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Paul Sterk, a 36 year member of ISEE, was awarded the Distinguished Service Award at the 49th Annual ISEE Conference in San Antonio, TX, in 2023.
"It means a whole lot" Sterk said of receiving the award. "People recognize all the work you've done and it's a recognition of all that work, it was very humbling. You don't expect to get something that prestigious."....
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Mine Safety and Health Administration is making $10.5 million grant funding available to help provide mine safety training for the nation’s miners.
MSHA will award these grants as part of its fiscal year 2023 State Grants program to fund the delivery of federally mandated training and re-training for miners working at surface and underground coal and metal and nonmetal mines.
State, tribal, and territorial governments are eligible recipients in the agency’s State Grants Program. MSHA may fund up to 80 percent of the program costs under a state grant, with the recipient required to provide at least 20 percent of the total program costs.
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The Tricia Appleton Award is given annually to companies with the highest safety rating in the commercial explosives industry.
WASHINGTON – The Institute of Makers of Explosives (IME) today announced at its 2023 Spring Meeting that four companies were honored with the prestigious Tricia Appleton Award for having the best overall safety record for 2.
Based on the lowest total recordable incident rate (TRIR) reported to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), the award has been given annually to the IME member companies with the best safety records.
“It’s a privilege to congratulate these four companies for creating and adhering to a strong safety culture in the commercial explosives industry,” said IME President Clark Mica. “Each year, these awards become more competitive and highlight the exemplary efforts our companies are making to ensure a safe working environment for the dedicated men and women in our industry’s workforce.”
The four companies receiving the Tricia Appleton Award include Enaex; Senex Explosives Inc.; Vets Explosives Inc.; and Teledyne RISI, Inc.
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ISEE attended the 6th Annual Southeast Blasters Workshop hosted by the Alabama Chapter. We appreciate the hard work our chapter leaders put in to make these events a blast!
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On March 8, 2023, the Tennessee Volunteer Chapter of the ISEE held its the Volunteer Chapter is Back Meeting.
The executive board was elected with Brian Sandhaus, Vulcan Materials, President; Mike Larkin, Dyno Nobel, Vice President; Eric Grigoryan, VCE, Treasurer; Nick Richey, Orica, Secretary; and Brian King, Austin Powder, Board Member at Large.
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Access to OneMine® is a valuable benefit of joining the International Society of Explosives Engineers. With OneMine®, members gain exclusive access to a extensive database of technical documents, research papers, and case studies related to the explosives engineering industry.
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Q: What is the difference between a full & associate member of ISEE?
A: ISEE's full membership is for blasters in the field and requires a blasters license or proof of explosives handling. Don't have a blaster's license? No problem! Other explosives professionals are welcome to join as an associate member and gain access ISEE member benefits, no license needed!
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MAY
Eastern PA Chapter General Meeting/Dinner
May 25, 2023
Copperhead Grille
Bethlehem, PA
JUNE
Missouri S&T 2023 Explosives Summer Camp
June 4 - 9, 2023
Rolla, Missouri, USA
South Dakota School of Mines Mining & Explosives Camp
June 5 - 8, 2023
Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
Missouri S&T 2023 Explosives Summer Camp
June 11 - 16, 2023
Rolla, Missouri, USA
Kentucky Bluegrass Chapter Blasters Training
June 16, 2023
Knott County Sportsplex
Leburn, Kentucky, USA
Eastern PA and Mid Atlantic Chapters' Pennsylvania Blasters Refresher Training
June 22, 2023
Blair County Conference Center
Altoona, PA 16602
American Rock Mechanics Association's 57th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium
June 25 - 28, 2023
Atlanta, Georgia
World Mining Congress
June 26 - 29, 2023
Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
JULY
South Dakota School of Mines
Virtual Mining & Explosives Camp
July 17 - 20, 2023
AUGUST
Eastern PA Chapter Baseball Game Event
August 3, 2023
Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Coca Cola Park
Allentown, PA 18109
Kentucky Bluegrass Chapter Continuing Education
August 24, 2023
Bowling Green, KY
SEPTEMBER
EFEE’s 12th World Conference on Explosives & Blasting
September 10 - 12, 2023
Royal Dublin Society
Dublin, Ireland
RAM Inc Surface Blasting Course
September 26 – 28, 2023
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
Nancy Cole-Allen Memorial Golf Tournament
September 29, 2023
Gay Brewer, Jr. Course at Picadome
Lexington, Kentucky
OCTOBER
15th International ISRM Congress 2023 & 72nd Geomechanics Colloquium Challenges in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
October 9 - 14, 2023
Salzburg, AUSTRIA
NOVEMBER
Eastern PA Chapter 7th Annual Sporting Clays shot & BBQ
7th Annual Australian Chapter Conference
November 8 - 9, 2023
The Star
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
20th Annual Pennsylvania Drilling & Blasting Conference
DECEMBER
Kentucky Blasting Conference
December 7 - 8, 2023
Central Bank Center
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
JANUARY
ISEE’s 50th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Techniques
January 24 - 28, 2024
Savannah, Georgia, USA
APRIL
Western Canada Chapter’s Annual General Meeting
April 25 – 27, 2024
Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Center
Kamloops, BC Canada
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