Dr.
Vitton's research focus is applied geomechanics. He has
8 years of industrial experience with the Shell Oil Company,
where he worked in Shell's Mining Ventures Group which
later became the Shell Mining Company. While with the
Shell Mining Company, he was the Engineering Manager of
their R & F Coal Company located in Cadiz, OH. His
research is concentrated in the applied area and has a
number of field based research projects. Dr. Vitton conducts
research in the mechanics of seismic signals generated
from hydrodynamic phenomena such as the interaction of
tornadoes with the ground.
