John Dudding graduated from WVU at the 139th annual commencement ceremony Saturday, May 17, 2008.  He received Bachelor of Science degrees in both Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering from the College of Engineering and Mineral Resources and was recognized as a University Honors scholar graduating Summa Cum Laude.

Dudding’s activities while at WVU included membership in the academic organizations Phi Kappa Phi, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, and IEEE.  He was also an officer of the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Student Advisory Committee.

He was a WVU Presidential Scholar, WVY National Merit Scholar, and WV Promise Scholar. He was a recipient of the Engineering, Science, and Technology Scholarship and the CSi Engineering Scholarship.  He was on the President’s List for all eight semesters for maintaining a 4.0 GPA.  At the culmination of the commencement ceremony, Dudding was presented the Ralph M. Barnes Senior Scholastic Achievement Award (including $500 cash) given to a graduate with superior academic performance and highest GPA.

Following graduation, Dudding plans to pursue a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and has been awarded a full tuition waiver and graduate assistantship at WVU.  John is a 2004 graduate of Roane County High School (RCHS) and the son of George and Pamela Dudding.

From all of us at CSi, “Congratulations and Well Done” 

CSi is pleased to announce that a major gas transmission company has awarded CSi a project to upgrade a compression facilities surface/basement water drainage system.  Work will generally consist of removal/replacement of the existing underground Oil/Water Separator and associated piping. retirement (cleaning/dismantlement) of the vessel, and  remediation of the surrounding impacted soils.

CSi responded to a crude oil spill from an abandoned crude oil transport pipeline in Washington County, PA last week.  Spill response activities were completed this day. 

CSi is pleased to announce that it has acquired pipeline construction associated assets of a major Appalachian Basin oil and gas production company who has opted to outsource its pipeline construction activities.

CSI is pleased to announce the selection of CSI’s President, J. Scott Freshwater, to the West Virginia State Journal’s Generation Next: 40 Under 40 (April 4-10 Issue) . Generation Next identifies those persons actively working to make the state of West Virginia a better place to live, work, and visit.

CSi is pleased to announce that it has been awarded and commenced field activities this day on a multi-site vessel/tank retirement project in northern Pennsylvania for a regional oil and gas production company.

WVDEP’s Office of Oil & Gas visited CSi’s R.L. Mann Training Center on May 2, 2008 to give CSi’s and its subcontracted excavation crews training on erosion and sedimentation on well access roads and locations.