Podcasts about civil environmental engineering

It sounds like something from an advertisement for bathroom cleaner: Researchers found over 600 different viruses, most of which are new to science, in samples taken from showerheads and toothbrushes. The viruses, however, are unlikely to affect humans. They are bacteriophages, a type of virus that preys on bacteria. The expedition into bathroom biodiversity was recently published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiomes.Around a hundred years ago in the former Soviet Union, there were major efforts to develop bacteriophages for medical use. The approach really didn't catch on in Western countries, overshadowed there by the rise of conventional antibiotics like penicillin. But with some diseases developing resistance to those conventional antibiotics, there's been increased interest in phages as part of an antibacterial toolkit.Dr. Erica Hartmann, an associate professor in the department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University, joins Ira to talk about what researchers found when they took a close look at a collection of bathroom samples, and how phage research has advanced in recent years.Transcript for this segment will be available after the show airs on sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.

California, the nation's leader in clean energy and climate policies, has set an ambitious goal to achieve net zero carbon pollution by 2045. But what will it take? How might the policies affect the availability, reliability, and price of power consumption? This panel will address the political, technological, economic, as well as human and societal factors that play into our energy system and explore what must do to achieve our energy goals. Moderator: Genevieve Giuliano is a Distinguished Professor and the Margaret and John Ferraro Chair in Effective Local Government at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. She is the former director of the USC METRANS Transportation Consortium and, at the state level, she is working with Caltrans and CARB on the implementation of the California Sustainable Freight Action Plan. Najmedin Meshkati is a professor of Civil/Environmental Engineering, Industrial & Systems Engineering, and International Relations at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. For the past 35 years, he has been teaching and conducting research on risk reduction and reliability enhancement of complex technological systems, including nuclear power. Gale Sinatra is the author of Science Denial: Why It Happens and What to Do About It. She is a professor of Psychology and the Stephen H. Crocker Professor of Education at the USC Rossier School of Education. Her areas of expertise include climate science education and the public understanding of science.

November 30, 2023 Hoover Institution | Stanford University Governors Wes Moore (D-Maryland) and Christopher Sununu (R-New Hampshire) in conversation with Hoover Institution Director Condoleezza Rice offering perspectives on the state of American institutions on Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 4:30 PM PT.  Governors Wes Moore (D-Maryland) and Christopher Sununu (R-New Hampshire) in conversation with Hoover Institution Director Condoleezza Rice offering perspectives on the state of American institutions.  In a bipartisanship spirit, the governors and Director Rice shared insights on how trust in and the efficacy of governmental institutions can be improved as well as the challenges of doing so in a polarized environment. Panelists shared their perspectives as chief executives and weighed in on reforms to improve democracy at all levels of government.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Governor Wes Moore is the 63rd Governor of the state of Maryland and is the state's first Black Governor. Moore earned an Associate's degree from Valley Forge Military Academy and College and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He earned his Bachelor's in international relations and economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was the university's first Black Rhodes Scholar. Moore served as a captain in the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan and was the CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation. He also worked in finance with Deutsche Bank in London and with Citigroup in New York. He and his wife Dawn Flythe Moore have two children. Governor Christopher Sununu is the 82nd Governor of the State of New Hampshire and is currently serving his fourth term, receiving in 2020 more votes ever than any candidate in state history. With Governor Sununu's leadership, New Hampshire is ranked the #1 state in the country for personal freedoms by Cato Institute. Chris grew up in Salem, NH. He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) with a BS in Civil/Environmental Engineering. As an environmental engineer, Chris worked for ten years cleaning up hazardous waste sites across the country. Governor Sununu lives in Newfields with his wife, Valerie, and their three children. Condoleezza Rice is the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and a Senior Fellow on Public Policy. She is the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In addition, she is a founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, an international strategic consulting firm.

akaRadioRed welcomes three on-the-go Creatives. Fern Brady, a former foreign correspondent, is a prolific novelist, children's book author and poet, as well as a publisher, teacher, and head of the Houston Writers Guild. Linda J. Cronin, who holds degrees in Physiological Psychology and Civil/Environmental Engineering, wrote the children's book, Positopia World – The Hidden Portal, creates therapeutic games and toys for children, and started the non-profit Help Children Heal. Tonya Comer, author of In High Heels on a Ladder: The 7 Power Tools for Designing Your Life, left a career in broadcasting to become an award-winning interior designer and licenses her home furnishings products for sale worldwide. Join akaRadioRed for Creativity by Design!

akaRadioRed welcomes three on-the-go Creatives. Fern Brady, a former foreign correspondent, is a prolific novelist, children's book author and poet, as well as a publisher, teacher, and head of the Houston Writers Guild. Linda J. Cronin, who holds degrees in Physiological Psychology and Civil/Environmental Engineering, wrote the children's book, Positopia World – The Hidden Portal, creates therapeutic games and toys for children, and started the non-profit Help Children Heal. Tonya Comer, author of In High Heels on a Ladder: The 7 Power Tools for Designing Your Life, left a career in broadcasting to become an award-winning interior designer and licenses her home furnishings products for sale worldwide. Join akaRadioRed for Creativity by Design!

My special guest is author Stephen Silva who's here to discuss his new book.This book is about the extraordinary and actual discovery of what could be an Extraterrestrial (ET) deposited code and how its solution leads to a response to its message. It correlates interesting factual information from science, history, mathematics, geography, and logic. It also sprinkles just the right amount of deductive reasoning into the mix. It all flows together and leads to a fantastic conclusion. It does not just end with the decision. It concludes by designing and proposing an experiment to put the conclusion to the test. It leaves the reader entertained, educated, and satisfied but wanting more. The process and results presented in this book have never before been conceived, published, or put to the test. It is an original scientific concept that lives somewhere between science fact and science fiction, depending on one's point of view.   Author Stephen J. Silva is an engineer with over 25 years of practical engineering experience. His formal education includes an Associate of Science degree in Offshore Marine Technology from the Florida Institute of Technology and a Civil / Environmental Engineering degree from the University of Vermont. Message from the Author: I hope this book and my website (etcommgroup.com) will encourage honest discussion on extraterrestrial communication and related topics. Everything about the case is open for discussion. Alien existence, UFOs, alien abductions, creation of the universe, "Ancient Astronaut Theory," God and religious implications - it's all on the table at etcommgroup.com.For the record, I had my first and only UFO experience on November 8, 2020, at age 59, and immediately I wrote a blog on my website about it, so go check it out - it will blow your mind. Let it be known that I am a proud and faithful Christian who believes in God. That can be a volatile position for some people when the subject of the creation of humans, extraterrestrials, and the universe is on the table. I encourage and welcome all opinions, theories, positions, and points of view with an open mind.

How has our fragmented approach to safety in health care hindered real progress on medical error? Can we reshape the healthcare landscape through directed collaboration? Join host Karen Wolk Feinstein and guests Leah Binder, president & CEO of The Leapfrog Group; former NTSB chair Christopher Hart, founder of Hart Solutions; Dr. Najmedin Meshkati, professor of Civil/Environmental Engineering, Industrial & Systems Engineering, and International Relations at the University of Southern California; and healthcare executive and patient safety leader Julie Morath, member of the IHI Lucian Leape Institute and PCAST Patient Safety Work Group, for a deep dive into the potential to create meaningful partnerships among patient safety related organizations and finally make substantial progress on preventing harms before they occur.  Read the show notes here: npsb.org/podcast/episode-15-proposing-new-partnerships/

How has our fragmented approach to safety in health care hindered real progress on medical error? Can we reshape the healthcare landscape through directed collaboration? Join host Karen Wolk Feinstein and guests Leah Binder, president & CEO of The Leapfrog Group; former NTSB chair Christopher Hart, founder of Hart Solutions; Dr. Najmedin Meshkati, professor of Civil/Environmental Engineering, Industrial & Systems Engineering, and International Relations at the University of Southern California; and healthcare executive and patient safety leader Julie Morath, member of the IHI Lucian Leape Institute and PCAST Patient Safety Work Group, for a deep dive into the potential to create meaningful partnerships among patient safety related organizations and finally make substantial progress on preventing harms before they occur.  Read the show notes here: npsb.org/podcast/episode-15-proposing-new-partnerships/

Debra Sabatini Hennelly was the student government president and my UVA Law School class president for the class of '88. She teaches organizations ethical leadership, including how to create psychological safety in the workplace, so that employees will feel empowered to speak up, as an early warning about problems that can be prevented and addressed early. Employee wellbeing is crucial to organizational health. The pandemic's "Great Attrition," or "Great Resignation," underscored the importance of creating an ethical culture in an organization, so that employees feel like they belong, that their voices are heard, and that they are doing work that matters. Debbie also penned a book, Presence in Chaos – 365 Mindful Moments, that contains inspiring daily quotes set against her beautiful original photography, and describes how the book grew out of her experiencing burnout and reaching a personal low point in her life. Debbie helps executives and boards create cultures of integrity and inclusion, which are essential to the resilience of organizations and their people. She uses stakeholder-focused frameworks for managing compliance, ethical and ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) risks and opportunities and helps integrate them into operations and culture. She also coaches legal and compliance professionals, helping them lead effectively and develop strategies for personal resilience. For more than 25 years, Debbie has been creating innovative approaches to managing compliance and fostering ethical leadership—from boardrooms to break rooms—with organizations ranging from small entities to some of the largest multinationals. Her expertise is rooted in her multi-disciplinary background in engineering and law, cultivated through her decades of corporate leadership roles and consulting experience. Her passions for learning, teaching and "connecting the dots” fuel her ability to inspire authenticity, engagement and accountability. Debbie founded Resiliti in 2004 (originally, as Compliance & Ethics Solutions), to provide ethical leadership, culture and compliance consulting and training. Resiliti offers a comprehensive suite of services, including holistic risk management, ESG strategies, culture mapping and experiential learning. They help bring to life organizational values and build cultures of integrity that support the perspectives and dignity of each individual in a team and across an organization. Debbie is an adjunct professor in Fordham University School of Law's Program on Corporate Ethics and Compliance. Debbie spent almost 15 years in legal and compliance leadership roles—AT&T; Lucent Technologies; Avaya; BP; Avon Products; as well as general counsel and chief compliance officer for two privately-held chemical companies, reporting to their CEOs and meeting quarterly with their boards of directors. Her experience holding senior in-house roles in public and private companies, as well as working in two ethics and compliance service providers, has enabled her to acquire an uncommon perspective from both sides of the client/vendor relationship. Prior to her corporate experience, Debbie practiced law with two major law firms in Washington, DC, and New Jersey. Before practicing law, she was a civil and environmental engineer, supervising construction for Exxon. Debbie is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management and the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics. She speaks frequently at conferences and writes on several platforms. Debbie earned her B.S.E. in Civil/Environmental Engineering from Duke University and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. Learn more about her work at Resiliti.com and PresenceInChaos.com, and follow her on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/maria-leonard-olsen/support

Today's guest is Costa Samaras, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.Costa Samaras began his career as a civil engineer working on several multibillion-dollar infrastructure megaprojects in New York, including rebuilding the subway line underneath the World Trade Center after September 11th. After pursuing his Masters in Public Policy at NYU and his Ph.D. in Public Policy and Civil & Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, Costa served as a Senior Engineer and Policy Analyst at the RAND Corporation and an Adjust Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon. Costa has also led analyses on energy security, strategic basing, and infrastructure issues faced by the Department of Defense. Since 2014, Costa has been an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He has published studies examining electric and autonomous vehicles, renewable electricity, transitions in the energy sector, was a contributor to the 4th National Climate Assessment and was one of the Lead Author contributors to the Global Energy Assessment. Costa also developed the course "Climate Change Adaptation for Infrastructure," one of the first civil and environmental engineering courses in the world that teaches climate change adaptation to engineers. Costa joins me to talk about the clean energy transition and why climate mitigation and resiliency are paramount as we built the infrastructure of the future. Costa explains his research at Carnegie Mellon and what motivated him to focus on climate as a civil engineer. We also have a lively discussion about voluntary individual action versus significant systems changes and why policy and public engagement is essential to address climate change. Costa is a great guest with a wealth of knowledge on resiliency, automation, and the energy transition.Enjoy the show!You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at info@myclimatejourney.co, where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded June 23rd, 2021For more information about Costa's research, visit: https://www.costasamaras.com/For more information about this episode, visit: https://myclimatejourney.co/episodes/costa-samaras

    Caption: A team led by researchers at the University of Washington Tacoma, UW and Washington State University Puyallup have discovered a chemical that kills coho salmon in urban streams before the fish can spawn. Shown here Edward Kolodziej (left), an associate professor in both the UW Tacoma Division of Sciences & Mathematics and the UW Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering; Jenifer McIntyre (right), an assistant professor at WSU School of the Environment in Puyallup; and Zhenyu Tian (background), a research scientist at the Center for Urban Waters at UW Tacoma, are at Longfellow Creek, an urban creek in the Seattle area. Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington   Coho Salmon have been dying off in urban areas of the Pacific Northwest for years. Scientists have been working hard to figure out why, but have thousands of chemicals to sort through that enter creeks through storm runoff.     Caption: A team led by researchers at the University of Washington Tacoma, UW and Washington State University Puyallup have discovered a chemical that kills coho salmon in urban streams before the fish can spawn. Shown here Zhenyu Tian (left), a research scientist at the Center for Urban Waters at UW Tacoma; Jenifer McIntyre (right), an assistant professor at WSU School of the Environment in Puyallup; and Edward Kolodziej (right, background), an associate professor in both the UW Tacoma Division of Sciences & Mathematics and the UW Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, are at Longfellow Creek, an urban creek in the Seattle area. Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington   Edward P. Kolodziej is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington with a Civil and Environmental Engineering background and currently working at the Center for Urban Waters. He was part of a study that isolated the preservative compound 6PPD found in tires as the culprit responsible for killing coho salmon.     Edward joins the Zero Waste Countdown from Tacoma to tell us all about the study, why salmon are so important to the health of our ecosystems, how the culprit was found, and what we can do going forward to prevent salmon die-offs.     Caption: A preservative in vehicle tires keeps them from breaking down too quickly. 6PPD reacts with ozone and is transformed into multiple chemicals, including the toxic chemical the researchers found that is responsible for killing coho salmon. Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington  

Anita Shao is a PhD student in Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. Originally from Tianjin, China. she earned her B.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on electrochemical sulfur recovery from anaerobic effluents to facilitate fertilizer production.

Welcome to episode 15 of the Plantarion Podcast!  Danni McGhee talks with some of the members of the Howard University Student Sustainability Committee and how we climate strike for the planet.SUBSCRIBE TO PLANTARION PODCAST ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLAYER!Interview with the HUSSCThe Howard University Student Sustainability Committee (HUSSC), is a unified coalition of students and sustainable orgs/student groups with the goal of increasing sustainability on Howard's campus and in engaging the surrounding community in the DMV.Destiny Hodges is a junior interdisciplinary major at Howard University from Birmingham, Alabama. Her mission is to educate and uplift the stories of marginalized communities--specifically the Black community-- impacted by environmental inequity by using media as a form of narrative organizing.Travis Flowers is an alum of Howard University with a B.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Montego Bay, Jamaica. In his spare time, he exercises his creativity to develop Caribbean inspired vegan recipes and is a proud author of his very own recipe book "Vegan by Chef Flowazboi".Audre’ana Ellis is a senior Environmental Studies major and Political Science minor at Howard University from Hampton, VA. She believes it is important for people of color to be key players in the environmental movement because marginalized communities are affected first and worst by environmental hazards and unjust laws.Jaylin Ward is a junior interdisciplinary journalism major from the Bronx, New York at Howard University. Through every initiative in her professional tenure, she strives to achieve inter-generational healing through access to knowledge, education, and real food. (0:00) Welcome to the Plantarion Podcast(2:06) Introducing HUSSC(4:49) What is HUSSC and what is your mission?(5:30) How did Travis, Destiny, Audre'ana & Jaylin get involved with HUSSC?(11:10) The Climate Strike at Howard(13:56) Climate Change Club & Other sustainability organizations and initiatives on campus(15:45) What does HUSSC does to help bring awareness to sustainability practices(18:25) What sustainable activities do you do on campus?(22:57) Sustainability tips you can do today!(29:10) Upcoming virtual events for HUSSC(31:07) Covid-19 & Food Access(33:46) Follow HUSSC on social media Follow HUSSC & their initiativesInstagramTwitterFollow Plantarion on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & Youtube!SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS EPISODE ON OUR LATEST INSTAGRAM POST!CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO PLANTARION ON YOUTUBE

On today’s episode, Stacey Bruzzese welcomes Valarie King-Bailey back to talk about testing automation and how new technologies impact Computer Systems Validation (CSV).Stacey and Valarie cover a variety of topics:With Parma moving toward AI, IoT, Big Data and more, what are some of the trends specific to Computer Systems Validation?Over the next 12 months, what are some of the greatest obstacles to full integration of technologies for pharma companies?How do manufacturers choose between on-site servers, private cloud and public cloud options?What does the hosting choice mean for Cybersecurity professionals supporting the life science space?What will the impact be on traditional Computer Validation best practices?What does an integrated solution look like, and what steps must industry leaders take to move in the right direction?What parting thought does Valarie have for the listener? Valarie King-Bailey, is CEO of OnShore Technology Group –a Chicago-based global IV&V firm. Valarie has over 30 years of validation experience in the engineering and life sciences disciplines. She has conducted validation exercises for leading life sciences companies across the globe. She holds a B.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin -Madison and an MBA in Information Systems from Keller Graduate School of Management. She received a lifetime achievement award from the University of Wisconsin College of Engineering and is a UW College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni.Voices in Validation brings you the best in validation and compliance topics. Voices in Validation is brought to you by IVT Network, your expert source for life science regulatory knowledge. For more information on IVT Network, check out their website at http://ivtnetwork.com.

On today’s episode, Stacey Bruzzese welcomes Valarie King-Bailey to talk about women in Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.Stacey and Valarie talk about a variety of topics:Valarie talks about her experience at the Women in Validation Empowerment Summit that she attended during Validation Week.Valarie discusses what she believes keeps women from pursuing careers in the engineering fieldHow does Valarie interpret the statistics that show women earn less than men in engineering and whether women need to prove themselves repeatedly to get the same recognition and respect as menWhat make Valarie different from the 70% of women who earned bachelor’s degrees in engineering but have since left the industry?Does direct dialog backed by data earn women credibility in the workplace?How does Valarie view the low numbers and women in leadership positions and what can be done to change this?What can leadership teams do to create a more consistent and unbiased plan for promoting women in STEM?Valarie King-Bailey, is CEO of OnShore Technology Group –a Chicago-based global IV&V firm. Valarie has over 30 years of validation experience in the engineering and life sciences disciplines. She has conducted validation exercises for leading life sciences companies across the globe. She holds a B.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin -Madison and an MBA in Information Systems from Keller Graduate School of Management. She received a lifetime achievement award from the University of Wisconsin College of Engineering and is a UW College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni.Voices in Validation brings you the best in validation and compliance topics. Voices in Validation is brought to you by IVT Network, your expert source for life science regulatory knowledge. For more information on IVT Network, check out their website at http://ivtnetwork.com.

As the legalization of various forms of marijuana and hemp continues, we're seeing interest in farming it as a crop grow along with it. Bob Crumley, is the Founder of Founders Hemp and an early adopter and leader in the industry establishing one of its first vertically integrated companies.  The world produces more plastic waste than ever, adding about 300 million additional tons per year—nearly equivalent to the weight of the entire human population. Close to 80 percent ends up in landfills or the environment.  It’s time to work on solutions and Northwestern University just launched a new program on plastics, ecosystems and public health. We’re joined by Dr. Aaron Packman, a Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering with Northwestern. 

Today we flash back to a great Research to Practice show with Brett C. Singer, PhD. Dr. Singer is the Staff Scientist and Group Leader of Indoor Environment in the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). He is also a Principal Investigator in the Whole Building Systems Group in the Building Technologies and Urban Systems Division. Dr. Singer conceives and leads research projects related to air pollutant emissions and physical-chemical processes, and pollutant exposures in both outdoor and indoor environments, aiming to understand real world processes and systems that affect air pollutant exposures.    The recent focus of Dr. Singer's work has been indoor environmental quality and risk reduction in high performance homes, with the goal of accelerating adoption of IAQ, comfort, durability and sustainability measures into new homes and retrofits of existing homes. Key focus areas of this work are low-energy systems for filtration, smart ventilation and mitigation approaches to indoor pollutant sources including cooking. Dr. Singer co-developed the Population Impact Assessment Modeling Framework (PIAMF). He holds a PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley

In this episode, ITE Member William J. (Jeff) Davis, Ph.D., Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Daniel Bornstein, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Health, Exercise, and Sport Science, discuss the intersection of transportation and health. Jeff and Dan are colleagues at The Citadel in Charleston, SC, USA.

In this episode, ITE Member William J. (Jeff) Davis, Ph.D., Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Daniel Bornstein, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Health, Exercise, and Sport Science, discuss the intersection of transportation and health. Jeff and Dan are colleagues at The Citadel in Charleston, SC, USA.

Dr. David Sanchez Assistent Professor, University of Pittsburgh   Biofilms play a central role in the ecosystem’s ability to sustain life and provide goods and services for economic development. In the biosphere they support key biochemical transformations that clean water, provide fertilizer and allow you to digest your food. What else can they do? Are engineers able to electrically harness the talents of the “best chemists in the world”? Join a discussion with Dr. Sanchez on how engineers are reconceptualizing the role of biofilms in creating innovative sustainable technologies. Dr. Sanchez is an Assistant Professor Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and the Assistant Director for the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh. His research is focused on fusing sustainability principles and design thinking to address our Water and Energy grand challenges for both natural systems and the built environment. Current projects include engineering biofilm-electrodes, designing hydroponic systems for phytoremediation, improving electrocatalytic water disinfection technologies for aquaculture, and creating real-time environmental quality sensor platforms. Engineering education research also plays a major role in his work as his team looks at creating innovative K-12 engineering programs, infusing Sustainable Design into engineering curricula, and evaluating the role of extra-curricular innovation/entrepreneurship landscape in student formation. He serves as the Faculty Director for the Design EXPO, the Innovation/Entrepreneurship Bootcamp and the university-wide Sustainability Certificate.   Recorded Monday, March 13, 2017 at Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, PA.

This week we are excited to welcome Dr. Brett C. Singer to IAQ Radio. Dr. Singer is the Staff Scientist and Group Leader of Indoor Environment in the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). He is also a Principal Investigator in the Whole Building Systems Group in the Building Technologies and Urban Systems Division. Dr. Singer conceives and leads research projects related to air pollutant emissions and physical-chemical processes, and pollutant exposures in both outdoor and indoor environments, aiming to understand real world processes and systems that affect air pollutant exposures. The recent focus of Dr. Singer's work has been indoor environmental quality and risk reduction in high performance homes, with the goal of accelerating adoption of IAQ, comfort, durability and sustainability measures into new homes and retrofits of existing homes. Key focus areas of this work are low-energy systems for filtration, smart ventilation and mitigation approaches to indoor pollutant sources including cooking. Dr. Singer co-developed the Population Impact Assessment Modeling Framework (PIAMF). He holds a PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Mathematics in Energy Production by Margot Gerritsen, Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Mechanical and Civil & Environmental Engineering by courtesy, Stanford University Part 1: Mathematics’ role in extracting fossil fuels. Part 2: Math’s use in alternative energies.