Students, faculty and the general public can learn about the latest trends in the coal industry when A. Scott Pack delivers the spring Poundstone Lecture April 23 at West Virginia University.

Pack is a senior vice president of Foundation Coal Corp. and a 1982 mining engineering graduate of WVU .

His presentation is titledGot Coal?and will begin at 4 p.m. in Room 113 of the Mineral Resources Building on the Evansdale Campus. The event is organized by the Department of Mining Engineering in WVU s College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

The lecture is free and open to the public. All attendees are invited to a dinner at the Erickson Alumni Center following the presentation. To attend the dinner, RSVP by Thursday, April 10, to karla.vaughan@mail.wvu.edu .

With more 25 years of experience in the coal mining industry, Pack has held various positions in engineering, sales, transportation and management at Consol Energy, Cannelton Industries, Maple Meadow Mining and New River Co., among others. He is a member of the WVU College of Engineering and Mineral ResourcesMineral Resources Advisory Committee, a member and past president of the Coal Club of Philadelphia and a board member of the New York Coal Trade Association.

WVU s Department of Mining Engineering established the William N. Poundstone Lecture Series in 2000 to honor Poundstone, a distinguished alumnus of the department, and to bring speakers to campus to share their expertise with students and faculty.

The WVU College of Engineering and Mineral Resources (http://www.cemr.wvu.edu) is nationally recognized for its technical innovation, creation of knowledge and ability to foster educational excellence, while continuing its commitment to the economic growth of the state and nation. Seven academic departments offer 11 undergraduate majors and seven dual majors in engineering specialties, computer science and biometric systems.