Do you have a knack for photography and some great shots of a recent job you’d like to share? Submit them to our 25th annual photo contest for a chance to win a $500 gift certificate to the ISEE Bookstore.
The winner will be announced during our 44th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique held Jan. 28–31, 2018, in San Antonio, Texas.
There are categories for blasters and drillers at work, construction blasting, quarrying and mining, demolition blasting, specialty blasting and student entries. All submissions will be judged on composition, content and quality.
The deadline to enter is Dec. 1, 2017. So what are you waiting for? Download an entry form today.
Board of Directors
The ISEE Nominating Committee is seeking nominations of candidates for the ISEE Board of Directors fall 2018 election. Candidates must be qualified as members of the society who have demonstrated leadership and active participation in the society and in the explosives industry.
Candidates who are elected to the board will take office February at the end of the Annual Membership Meeting that will be held at the 2019 Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique.
Click here to nominate a candidate.
Awards
Nominate a coworker or colleague who has made an exceptional contribution to the fields of explosives or drilling for one of the International Society of Explosives Engineers most prestigious awards. There are three awards the ISEE is accepting nominations for:
Blaster’s Leadership Award: Presented to those who exemplify the blaster in the field and have given generously of time and talents in helping fellow blasters.
Driller’s Leadership Award: The award recognizes a drill operator, manager or drill expert who has given an extraordinary amount of time and knowledge to help fellow drillers and blasters with application, engineering or field work.
Distinguished Service Award: An award of merit given to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of explosives engineering.
Click here to nominate a candidate online or to download a nomination form.
ISEE Website Login
You will be prompted to log into the ISEE website to access the board of directors nomination form. Use your email address you have on file with ISEE as your username and your member ID for your password. You do not need to make an account. All ISEE members have accounts automatically created for them.
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A new fund, the Dale Ramsey Memorial Scholarship Fund, was recently launched by the SEE Education Foundation under the guidance of Tom Watts, ISEE past president.
Dale Ramsey left a tremendous legacy in the industry and in explosives and engineering education after his passing on April 15, 2016. He helped establish ISEE chapters and regional training conferences. Dale was an ISEE past president, and for more than 40 years, he was the general manager at Senex Explosives, Inc. His commitment to the industry touched countless lives around the world.
This new scholarship will honor the drive and passion Dale showed for ISEE and for students pursuing college degrees in the industry.
About SEE Education Foundation
The SEE Education Foundation provides scholarship funding to students pursing degrees and programs relating to the explosives industry. At the conclusion of the 2017 scholarship period, the SEE Education Foundation will have awarded nearly $600,000. The scholarship funds have been established by families, individuals, industry supporters, ISEE chapters along with the Explosives Distributors Association and through gifts from author’s book royalties.
Contributions to the Dale Ramsey Memorial Scholarship Fund can be made online or by sending a check to:
SEE Education Foundation
30325 Bainbridge Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44139
Memo: Dale Ramsey Memorial Scholarship Fund
Donations can also be made to any of the 27 SEE Scholarship Funds managed by ISEE. The SEE Education Foundation scholarship funds are a legacy from generous people who have loved the work that they have done and are paying forward. The financial support of scholarship funding is for those who are and will continue to be the future of our industry.
The deadline to submit an abstract of your recent research or work was extended to Tuesday, May 30.
The Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique is the largest gathering of its kind involving field blasters, manufacturers of explosives related products, educators and researchers. The conference provides a forum for the discussion of practical and technical information as well as presentation of the latest discoveries in the commercial explosives industry worldwide. ISEE members and non-members are invited to submit ideas for papers to be presented at the conference. Presented papers will be published in the proceedings of the conference.
Did you recently film high definition videos or take high quality pictures pertaining to:
- Blasting safety
- Security
- Environmental issues
- Regulatory compliance
- Drilling
- Geology
- Misfires
- Manufacturing
- Excavation
- Blast diagnostics
- Fragmentation
- Borehole loading
- Bulk trucks
- Initiation systems
- Explosives applications
The ISEE is seeking videos and photographs for its Blasting Fundamentals Training development and other future projects unrelated to the annual conference and the video round up. These online and face-to-face training modules are based upon the 18th Edition Blasters’ Handbook chapters.
This is a great way to show off your work. All individuals or companies submitting videos/photographs chosen for use will be given acknowledgement in the presentations.
Videos or pictures can be submitted via flash drive or uploaded to a private folder. If you are interested in submitting a project, contact Bill Wahl at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (440) 349-4400 to get the file and submission details.