With funding provided by Powell River Project and other sources in the 1980s, Mike Karmis (Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering) developed software for use in predicting underground mine subsidence. The software was utilized by mining operators, for SMCRA compliance, and by U.S. Office of Surface Mining, for training.

Publications
 

Karmis, M., C. Haycocks, and Z. Agioutantis. 1992. The prediction of ground movements caused by mining. p. 1-9, In: Proceedings, Third Workshop on Subsidence Due to Underground Mining. Department of Mining Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown.

Jarosz, A., M. Karmis and A. Sroka. 1990. Subsidence Development with Time- Experiences from Longwall Operations in the Appalachian Coalfield. International Journal of Mining and Geological Engineering .

Karmis, M., Z. Agioutantis and A. Jarosz. 1990. Recent Developments in the Application of the Influence Function Method for Ground Movement Predictions in the U.S. Journal of Mining Science and Technology.

Karmis, M., A. Jarosz and Z. Agioutantis. 1990. Predicting Subsidence with a Computer. Coal.

Karmis, M., Z. Yu and A. Jarosz. 1990. Design Considerations for Subsidence Control. Pre-print, Annual Meeting of AIME, Salt Lake City, UT.

Karmis, M. 1989. Predicting Ground Movements. In: Annual Review of International Mining Technology and Development, Minetech'89.

Agioutantis, Z. and M. Karmis. 1988. Developing Improved Methods of Predicting Surface Displacements Due to Underground Mining Through the Integration of Empirical Indices into Numerical Modeling. Journal of Mining Science and Technology.

Agioutantis, Z., M. Karmis and A. Jarosz. 1988. Prediction of Surface Subsidence and Strain in the Appalachian Coalfields using Numerical Methods. In: Proceedings, 7th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, Morgantown, WV.

Karmis, M. and A. Jarosz. 1988. Mine Subsidence Prediction - From an Art to a Science. In: Proceedings, American Mining Congress, Convention 88, Denver, CO.

Karmis, M., A. Jarosz and Z. Agioutantis. 1988. An Integrated Surface Movement Monitoring System for Undermined Areas. In: Proceedings, VII International Congress on Mine Surveying, Volume X, Leningrad, USSR.

Karmis, M., A. Jarosz, P. Schilizzi and Z. Agioutantis. 1987. Surface Deformation Characteristics Above Undermined Areas: Experiences from the Eastern United States. Civil Engineering Transactions, The Institute of Engineers, Australia.

Schillizzi, P. 1987. Mining Subsidence and Its Prediction in the Eastern U.S. Coalfield. Ph.D. Dissertation, Mining and Minerals Engineering.

Jarosz, A., and M. Karmis. 1986. Control of surface movements above active coal mines in Appalachia. In: Proceedings, 2nd Workshop on Surface Subsidence Due to Underground Mining, Morgantown, WV.

Karmis, M., P. Schilizzi, and A. Jarosz. 1986. Development and Comparison of Subsidence Prediction Methods for the Eastern U.S. Coalfields. In: Proceedings, Mine Subsidence Symposium. Fall SME of AIME Meeting, St. Louis, MO.

Schilizzi, P., M. Karmis, and A. Jarosz. 1986. Development of subsidence prediction technology from an extensive monitoring program. In: Proceedings, 2nd Workshop on Surface Subsidence Due to Underground Mining, Morgantown, WV.

Karmis, M., P. Schilizzi, and A. Jarosz. 1985a. The development of ground subsidence above underground coal mines in the Appalachian coalfields and its prediction using empirical techniques. In: Proceedings, 2nd Conference on Ground Control Problems in the Illinois Coal Basin, Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL.

Karmis, M., P. Schilizzi, and A. Jarosz. 1985b. Subsidence planning for longwall mining in the Appalachian coalfield. Proceedings, American Mining Congress, Annual Convention, Pittsburgh, PA.

Hasenfus, G. 1984. The Prediction of Surface Subsidence Due to Room and Pillar Mining in the Appalachian Coalfield. M.S. Thesis, Mining and Minerals Engineering.

Karmis, M., G. Goodman, and G. Hasenfus. 1984. Subsidence prediction techniques for longwall and room and pillar panels in Appalachia. In: Proceedings, 2nd International Conference on Stability in Underground Mining. AIME and Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.

Karmis, M., C. Haycocks, and T. Triplett. 1984. Ground settlement and deformation characteristics above undermined areas - experiences from the Eastern U.S. Coalfields. In: Proceedings, 4th Australia-New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Perth, Australia.

Karmis, M., T. Triplett, and P. Schilizzi. 1984. Recent developments in subsidence prediction and control for the Eastern U.S. coalfields. In: Proceedings, 25th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL.

Karmis, M., T. Triplett, P. Schilizzi, and G. Hasenfus. 1984. Ground movement characteristics above mined panels in Appalachia - An empirical approach. In: Proceedings, International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, St. Louis, MO.

Karmis, M., and P. Schilizzi. 1984. Development of a subsidence monitoring program for the Southern Appalachian Coalfields. In: Proceedings, 3rd Conference on Ground Movements and Structures, Univ. of Wales Inst. Science & Tech., Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain.

Triplett, T. 1983. Ground Movements and Deformations Above Mined Panels in Appalachia. M.S. Thesis, Mining and Minerals Engineering.