University Research Groups

• Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center (ACERC) at Brigham Young University and the University of Utah "...focuses on environmentally clean and efficient use of fossil fuels and waste materials." Thrust areas are described, including fuel minerals, fouling and slagging and fuel structure (including CP/MAS NMR of coals before, during, and after liquefaction).
• Penn State Coal and Organic Petrology Laboratories (COPL) is a unit within the Energy Institute specializing in the application of microscopic studies to the origin and nature of coal and other organic sedimentary rocks and their industrial utilization. The site includes a description of the Penn State Coal Sample Bank and Database project including well-preserved DECS-series samples, a searchable subset of the database, and lists of publications and theses from the group.
• Southern Illinois University (SIU) at Carbondale's Department of Geology web sites include those of
• Prof. John C. Crelling, his various research projects, the Coal Characterization and Maceral Separation Laboratories, and the very extensive Petrographic Atlas of Coals, Cokes, Chars, Carbons, and Graphites; and
• Prof. Michael A. Kruge and his current research areas in organic and environmental geochemistry including various topics in the rapid assessment of organic pollution in recent sediments, and the macromolecular structure of fossil organic matter.
• Texas A&M Geochemical & Environmental Research Group (GERG) combines industrial and governmental research including geochemistry.
• At The University of British Columbia, Dr. R. Marc Bustin's web site describes graduate studies and research activities in organic petrology, focusing on the sedimentology and diagenesis of organic matter in sediments with particular reference to petroleum source rocks, coal and formation of ore deposits.
• University of Newcastle, Australia, Geology Department has a web site with An Introduction to Coal and a photomicrographic Atlas of Coal Macerals.
• The University of Newcastle, England, Newcastle Reseach Group on Fossil Fuels & Environmental Geochemistry "adopts a multidisciplinary approach to the study and application of geochemistry in the petroleum and environmental industries." The extensive web site includes research reports - see the extended web abstract on Artificial neural network prediction of vitrinite reflectance.
• University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center (UND-EERC) "The EERC is recognized internationally as an expert in scientifically advanced energy systems and the prevention and cleanup of air, water, and soil pollution." The web site has separate discussions of their coal, gas, and oil research efforts as well as the Center for Air Toxic Metals, Atmospheric Emission Control, and Advanced Materials for use in future high-temperature combustion systems.
• Links for Paleobotanists from the University of Würzburg has annotated links especially for palaeobotanists (with an Upper Triassic bias), and includes some links for coal petrology and other related fields.

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