Membership renewal for 2022 has started and take advantage of your member benefits that help with career advancement and professional development. The perks to having an ISEE membership include:

 

Why become a member?

•Network and connect with fellow colleagues and industry leading experts

•Stay up-to-date with exclusive access to ISEE conferecnce proceedings and other technical documents

•Professional development is offered with training programs that will keep you current with refresher hours

•Exclusive offers of special store pricing and rates to the ISEE annual conference

•Get a free subscription to the Journal of Explosives

The ISEE has four different awards that nominations are accepted for, fill out the form for someone you think deserves it this year.

 

Do you know a blasthole driller who has made an exceptional contribution to the drilling field? Nominate them for Driller of the Year or Drilling Industry Leadership, the International Society of Explosives Engineers most prestigious awards for drilling.

 

You can also nominate a fellow coworker or colleague that has shown exceptional work in the field for leadership or service.
 
Blasthole Driller of the Year Award
Recognizes a blasthole drill operator with a high moral character and whose body of work demonstrates an extraordinary commitment to compliance and safety; work ethic; performing quality work; is a team player; and communication skills.
 
Blasthole Drilling Industry Leadership Award
Recognizes owner/operators of mines and/or contractors (their engineers and managers), supplier/vendors (of equipment, tools and systems), consultants, and academia of high moral character who have given extraordinary amount of their time and knowledge to advance the blasthole drilling field with application, technology, engineering or field work.

 

Register for ISEE’s 48th annual conference while the early bird rate is still available. Attendees from 16 countries have already registered. Join blasters, manufacturers, government officials and industry leaders at the world’s largest conference on explosives engineering, Jan 28 - Feb 2 at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino.

 

There will be an exhibit hall packed with 90 organizations from around the world showcasing the latest technology and services along with an all-new demonstration stage.

 

Sessions will cover the latest techniques, breakthroughs and best practices in:

• Blast Design and Modeling

• Drilling

• Explosives Manufacturing and Formulations

• Rock Fragmentation

• Safety, Security and Risk Management

• Vibration and Overpressure

 

Don't miss the biggest event of the year and a great opportunity to get refresher hours, many states recognize ISEE training for license renewal.

 

Hotel Arrangements
The Paris Hotel sleeping room rates are $159 single/double Sunday through Thursday and $189 Friday and Saturday. Bally’s are $119 Sunday through Thursday and $149 Friday and Saturday.
 
To reserve your sleeping room, visit: Book My Room You can also call Paris at 877-603-4389 or Bally’s at 800-358-8777. Please be sure to mention ISEE to receive the conference discount rate

 

The exhibit hall is almost sold out, if interested in a booth or sponsorship contact Hiranthie Stanford at Stanford@isee.org.

Pictures shown was the Best In Show 2020

by: Carolyn Katzman

 

The photo contest is still live until December 1, 2021. Have a picture from a job site? Even if you don't take your camera on the job next time, get some snaps of the action and enter your picture(s) for the photo contest. Submit your best photo(s) for a chance to be presented in front of a panel of judges at the 2022 Annual Conference. The winner will receive a free registration to the conference for the following year.

Each spring, the SEE Education Foundation demonstrates its dedication to supporting the future of the explosives industry by awarding scholarships to numerous deserving and talented students. The 2021 SEE Education Foundation Scholarship period was no exception. This year’s application period concluded with a very strong response from students. We received applications and supporting information from 68 students. The scholarship committee is chaired by Josh Hoffman and John Rathbun and the Executive liaison from the ISEE Board is Jim Daley. The committee, comprised of dedicated industry leaders and professionals, from across disciplines and from a variety of backgrounds, selected 31 students to share the $95,000 available to award. These students demonstrate a mix of undergraduate and graduate students attending 20 colleges and universities. A total of 49 awards were made from the 27 scholarship funds.

In lieu of the Penn State PA Blasters conference the Eastern Pennsylvania and Mid-Atlantic ISEE Chapters are hosting a professional development opportunity on Wednesday, Nov. 10 at the Blair County Convention Center. The event will be held all day on Wednesday from 8am until 5pm. Cost is a $100 per person for Eastern PA Chapter members or $135 per person for non-members, which will include a membership to the Eastern PA Chapter.

 

The training has been approved by the Pennsylvania DEP to satisfy the 8-hour continuing education credit required for license renewal. Certificates of the training will be emailed after completion of the course. Registration will include a boxed lunch and two breaks.

 

Exhibitor space is available for purchase and includes a 10x10 booth space, skirted table and two chairs. Electric can be rented in addition.

The 16th Mid-America Blasting Conference was held October 6 – 8, 2021 at the Margaritaville Hotel in Osage Beach, Missouri. Organized by three ISEE Chapters – Heartland, Mississippi Valley and the Missouri S&T student chapter, the conference brought together field blasters, drilling and blasting experts, government regulators, students, educators, and industry organizations.