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About Stephen Smith

Stephen Smith has 30 years experience in the coal industry with the Tennessee Valley Authority and as an independent consultant. During this time, he traveled the United States inspecting and testing coal sampling systems, was on the design team and was lead chemist of the TVA Central Coal Laboratory. He also has published papers on:

Field testing of EPRI’s Coal Quality Impact Model
Coal stockpile density testing
Control of mercury emissions from fluid bed combustors
On-line nuclear analysis of coal

He knows an awful lot about coal.

Got questions? Email srsmith@coalsmith.com

Rootsweb.com - the origins of the word "Coalsmith"

Some one who carved pieces of coal as ornaments? This carving is still done today. What we would call a coalman today - the man who sold coal from a horse and cart.

Education & Professional Activities

M.S. in Engineering Management, University of Tennessee

Engineering Management is the art and science of planning, organizing, allocating resources, and directing and controlling activities which have a technological component. Engineering Management is rapidly becoming recognized as a professional discipline. Engineering managers are distinguished from other managers by the fact that they posses both an ability to apply engineering principles and a skill in organizing and directing technical projects and people in technical jobs.

B.S. in Chemistry, University of Tennessee
Certified Master Facilitator, TVA Star 7 Corporate Culture Change Initiative
Certified Trainer, TVA University
American Society for Testing and Materials, former task group chairman
Advisory Board, Department of Chemistry, Western Kentucky University

Professional Experience at Tennessee Valley Authority

Senior Systems Engineer, TVA Fuel Operations, Chattanooga, TN
Senior Analytical Chemist, TVA Central Laboratories Services
Chemical Engineer, TVA Paradise Coal Preparation Plant, Drakesboro, KY
Chemical Engineer, TVA Energy Research Staff