Teaching Assistant Professor - Department of Mining Engineering
Amy McBrayer began her career in an industry role after graduation from West Virginia
University in 2012. Her industry experience ranges from mine planning, mine
design and project engineering to logistics and operations management roles at large
surface coal operations in the western United States. In 2019, she returned to academia
to pursue her Ph.D. at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Her Ph.D. dissertation
focuses on developing production scheduling models using operations research techniques
to integrate variable costs associated with traditional and renewable power sources.
She was selected as a 2022-2023 SME Ph.D. Fellow, the 2022 Mining Engineering and
Management outstanding graduate student at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology,
and the 2023 Society of Mining Professors fellowship recipient. She is a registered
EIT in West Virginia, USA and is a Surface Coal Foreman in Wyoming, USA.
Education
Ph.D., Mining Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2023
B.S., Mining Engineering, West Virginia University, 2012
B.S., Agribusiness Management and Rural Development, West Virginia University, 2012