42nd Annual Conference

Catherine Aimone-Martin

Aimone-Martin Associates, LLC


Dr. Aimone-Martin is president of Aimone-Martin Associates in Socorro, New Mexico and Hawaii. She served as Professor of Mining, Civil and Explosive Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology for 25 years and consultant to national labs in the areas of seismology and rock mechanics. Since returning to industry, she serves as a blasting and vibration consultant, focusing on risk mitigation for rock blasting projects. Dr. Aimone-Martin specializes in mine, quarry, construction and underwater blasting with emphasis on close-in blasting. Cathy has developed monitoring instrument systems for structure response during blasting at the World Trade Center reconstruction, several Second Avenue Subway (New York) station caverns, project in Central and South American, and for underwater blasting at several dam restoration, river, and harbor deepening projects in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and New Mexico. Cathy was the 2012 recipient of the International Society of Explosives Engineers Distinguished Service Award.

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