The 13-part series, "The Detonators," features Dr. Paul Worsey, professor of mining engineering at Missouri S&T, and Dr. Braden Lusk, assistant professor of mining engineering at the University of Kentucky. Worsey is Missouri S&T's chief explosives expert, and Lusk earned a bachelor's degree and Ph.D. in mining engineering from Missouri S&T (then known as the University of Missouri-Rolla) in 2000 and 2006, respectively. (Pictured at right: Worsey, holding watermelon, and Lusk during filming at S&T's Experimental Mine.)