RICK HONAKER
230 Mining & Mineral Resources Building, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0107
Phone: (859) 257-1108; Fax: (859) 323-1962; e-mail: rhonaker@engr.uky.edu
Professional Preparation:
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
Mining & Minerals Engineering B.S. (1986)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
Mining & Minerals Engineering M.S. (1988)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
Mining & Minerals Engineering Ph.D. (1992)
Appointments:
9/2007 – Present
7/2006 – Present
1/2000 – 6/2006
4/1997 – 12/1999
8/1992 – 4/1997
8/1991 - 8/1992
Chair, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Department of Mining Engineering,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Associate Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Kentucky,
Lexington, Kentucky
Associate Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale, Illinois
Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale, Illinois
Instructor, Department of Mining Engineering, Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale, Illinois
Products:
i.
Related to Proposed Project
a. Honaker, R. Q., Ozsever, A. V. and Parekh, B. K., “Selective Detachment Process in Column
Flotation Froth,” In Centenary of Flotation, eds., G. Jameson and R. H. Yoon, Australian Institute
of Mining and Minerals, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia, 2005.
b. Huggins, F. E., L. B. A. Seidu, N. Shah, G. P. Huffman, R. Q. Honaker, J. R. Kyger, B. L.
Higgins, J. D. Robertson, S. Pal, and M. S. Seehra, “Elemental Modes of Occurrence in an
Illinois #6 Coal and Fractions Prepared by Physical Separation Techniques at a Coal Preparation
Plant,” International Journal of Coal Geology,” Volume 78, pp. 65-76, 2008.
c. Huggins, F.E., Seidu, L.B.A., Shah, N., Backus, J., Huffman, G.P. and Honaker, R.Q., “Mobility
of Element in Long-Term Leaching Tests on Illinois Coal Rejects,” International Journal of Coal
Geology, Vol. 94, pp. 326-336 2012.
d. Rezaee, M., Huggins, F. E. and Honaker, R. Q., “Minimizing the Environmental Impacts of Coal
Waste Disposal,” in Environmental Considerations in Energy Production (J.R Craynon, editor),
pp. 60 – 76, 2013.
e. Honaker, R.Q., Hower, J., Eble, C., Weisenfluh, J., Groppo, J., Rezaee, M. and Bhagavatula, A.,
“Laboratory and Bench-Scale Testing for Rare Earth Elements,” Final Project Report, Leonardo
Technologies, Inc.. December 2014.
ii. Other Significant Products
a. Honaker, R.Q., Saracoglu, M., Christodoulou, L., Kohmuench, J., Yan, E. and Mankosa, M., “InPlant Evaluation of Eriez Cavitation Pre-Aeration System,” Coal Preparation Society of America
Journal, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 24-31, 2013.
b. Fan, M., Tao, D., Zhao, Y., and Honaker, R. “Effect of Nanobubbles on the Flotation of Different
Sizes of Coal Particle,” Minerals & Metallurgical Processing, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 157-161, 2013.
c. Honaker, R.Q., Duan, Z., Cobb, D. and Baird, S. “Stabilization of Fine Coal Waste as an
Alternative Disposal Technique,” in Environmental Considerations in Energy Production (J.R
Craynon, editor), pp. 32 – 41, 2013.
d. Luttrell, G.H., Bethell, P. and Honaker, R. Q., “Designing and Operating Fine Coal Processing
Circuits to Meet Market Specifications,” Int. Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization, Vol. 34,
issue 3-4, pp. 172-183, 2014.
e. Zhang, W., Honaker, R., Li, Y. and Chen, J., “The importance of mechanical scrubbing in
magnetite-concentrate reverse-flotation,” Technical Note, Minerals Engineering, Vol. 69, pp.
133–136, 2014.
Synergistic Activities:
Honaker, R. Q. and Ghafoori, N., “Incorporating Engineering Research into Classroom Teaching,”
Proceedings, International Conference on Engineering Education, Ostrava-Prague, Czech Republic, August
10 – 14, 1999.
Honaker, R. Q. (PI), Silva, J. C. (Co-PI) and Sottile, J. (Co-PI), “Collaborative Modernization of a
Natural Resources Engineering Program at Balkh University in Afghanistan,” U.S. Department of State
funded program, 2013 – 2016.
Sevim, H. and Honaker, R., “Review of the Evolution of Mining Engineering Curriculum in the U.S.,”
Mining Engineering, Vol. 64, No. 10, pp, 27 – 35, 2012.
Honaker, R.Q.: Conducted ‘Coal Preparation 101’ or ‘Advanced Coal Preparation’ workshop for
industrial professionals in each of the past 10 years, average attendance = 50.
Honaker, R.Q.: ABET Program Evaluator, 2006 – Present; Engineering Accreditation Commission
Alternate.
Collaborators and Other Affiliations:
i. Collaborators of Co-Editors:
1) Corby Anderson, Colorado School of Mines, 2) Sonnie Baird, Armstrong Coal, 3) Hunter Davis,
Alliance Coal, 4) Robert Dunne, Newmont Mining, 5) Cortland Eble, University of Kentucky, 6) M. Fan,
Eriez Magnetics, 7) Kevin Galvin, University of Newcastle, 8) John Groppo, University of Kentucky, 9)
Robert Hollis (James River Coal), 10) Jim Hower, University of Kentucky, 11) Frank Huggins,
University of Kentucky, 12) Jaisen Kohmuench, Eriez Magnetics, 13) Gerald Luttrell, Virginia Tech, 14)
Dr. Kozo Saito, University of Kentucky, 15) Darrell Taulbee, University of Kentucky, 16) Gerald
Weisenfluh, University of Kentucky, 17) Roe-Hoan Yoon, Virginia Tech.
ii. Graduate Advisors and Postdoctoral Sponsors
M.S. and PhD. Advisors: Drs. Roe-Hoan Yoon and Gerald Luttrell, Virginia Tech
Postdoctoral Sponsors: none.
iii. Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor
Total Number of Graduate Students Advised: 29
Total Number of Postgraduates-Scholars Sponsored: 8
Thesis Advisees: 1) Amini, Hassan, West Virginia University, 2) Duan, Zhaomin, Peabody Energy, 3) Dube,
Raghav, Outotec, 4) Ghosh, Tathagota, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 5) Mahmoodabadi, Majid,
University of Kentucky, 6) Rezaee, Mohammad, University of Kentucky, 7) Saracoglu, Mehmet, Rethink
Consulting.