Biography
| Education | 1969 B.S. Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech., 1977 M.S. Geological Engineering, University of Oklahoma 1980 Ph.D. Geological Engineering, University of Oklahoma |
| Professional experience | 1996―present, President Institute for Creation Research 1984-1996 – Professor of Geology, Vice President, Institute for Creation Research 1980-84 Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Engineering, University of Oklahoma 1979 Visiting Professor of Geology, Hillsdale Baptist College 1978-80 Research Assistant, Department of Geological Engineering, University of Oklahoma. 1977―present, Adjunct Professor of Geology, Christian Heritage College 1973-76 College Representative, Christian Heritage College 1972―present, Field research Scientist, Institute for Creation Research 1969-73, Civil Engineer, Department of Public Works, City of Los Angeles |
| Honors | Department of Health, Education & Welfare Mining and Mineral Fuels Fellowship, 1975-76; 1976-77; 1977-78; 1978-79. Phillips Petroleum Graduate Fellowship, 1979-80. Oklahoma Mining & Minerals Research Institute Research Grant, 1979-80; 81-82. Sun Oil Teaching Award, 1980; 1981. Best Paper Award at International Conference on Creationism, 1986 |
| Publications | Adventure on Ararat, 1973, Creation-Life Publishers, 128 pp. The Ark on Ararat, 1976, with Tim F. LaHaye, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 280 pp. Tidal Power: State of the Art-1977, M.S. Thesis, University of OklahomaTracking Those Incredible Dinosaurs, 1980, Bethany Publishers, 300 pp. Pressure Generation Inside Coal Pellets Agglomerated from Coal Fines Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1980. Relationship Between Coal Petrography and Optimum Coking Temperature, Special Publication, Okalahoma Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute,. Norman, Oklahoma 1980. Slope Stability in Oklahoma Strip Mines, with A. K. Nikmanesh, Special Publication: Oklahoma Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute, Norman, Oklahoma 1982. “Extending Present Coal Reserves with Self-Bursting Coal Pellets” Bulletin, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Geologists Convention Abstracts, Vol. 67, No. 3, March 1983, pp. 519-520. Self Bursting Coal Pellets and a Method of Making Them, patent granted April 1, 1983. “The Paluxy River Mystery“, Nature, Vol. 321, 19 June 1986, p. 722. “Following Up on the Paluxy Mystery“, Origins Research, Vol. 9, No. 1, Spring/Summer 1986, p. 14. “Identification of Ichnofossils in the Glen Rose Limestone, Central Texas,” Proceedings of International Conference on Creationism, Vol. I, August 1986 “Tightfolds and Clastic Dikes as Evidence for Rapid Deposition and Deformation of Two Very Thick Stratigraphic Sequences,” with S. A. Austin, Proceedings of International Conference on Creationism, Vol. II, 1987. Days of Praise, Editor, 1985-present Acts & Facts, Editor, 1985 presentNoah’s Ark and the Lost World, 1988, Master Books, 48 pp. Science, Scripture and the Young Earth, 1989, with Henry M. Morris, Master Books, 96 pp. What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs? 1990, with Ken Ham, Master Books, 32 pp. Noah’s Ark and the Ararat Adventure, 1994, Master Books, 64 pp. The Young Earth, 1994, Master Books, 208 pp. Scopes: Creation on Trial, with R. M. Cornelius, 1995 ICR, 44 pp. The Modern Creation Trilogy, with Dr. Henry M. Morris, 1996, Master Books Daddy, is There Really a God?, 1997, Master Books, 32 pp.Weapons of our Warfare, with Doug Phillips, 1998, Master Books, 48 pp. Abraham’s Family, 1998, Master Books, 36 pp. The Creation, 1998, Master Books, 36 pp. Noah’s Ark, Noah’s Flood; Lots of Water, Lots of Mud,1998, Master Books, 32 pp. Dinosaurs, The Lost World & You, 1999, Master Books, 48 pp.. How Firm a Foundation in Scripture and Song, 1999, Master Books 252 pp.. A Trip to the Ocean 2000, Master Books, 40 pp The Geology Book 2000, Master Books 80 pp When Christians Roamed the Earth 2002 192 pp Is the Big Bang Biblical and 99 Other Questions 2003 215 pp. Footprints in the Ash 2004 129 pp. The Young Earth; Revised2006 144pp. The Fossil Record 2010 160 pp. The Global Flood 2014 180 pp. Searching for Noah’s Ark, 64 pp. Numerous articles on aspects of scientific creationism |