Current Employment Status
Full-time,
January 01, 1991-present; (Tenured faculty since 1997)
Professor
and full-time graduate faculty of Occupational Safety & Health in the
Department
of
OSH, Jesse D. Jones College of Science, Engineering and Technology at Murray
State
University
in Murray, Kentucky. Other
responsibilities and duties include research activities,
graduate
program coordinator and graduate students' advisor.
Major assignments and duties
are
on campus.
Teaching Level and Assignment
OSH
687, Wastewater Treatment
Education and Degrees Earned
Post-Doctorate
Fellowship in Industrial Hygiene
Sc.D.
(Doctor of Science)
Environmental
Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene)
Dissertation:
Deposition of MMMF (Ceramic Fibers) in the Lungs of Guinea Pigs
M.B.A.
(Master of Business Administration)
Business
Administration (Business Management)
M.P.H.
(Master of Public Health)
Environmental
Health (Occupational Health & Safety)
B.Sc.
(Bachelor of Science), Magna Cum Laude
Environmental
Health Sciences
Continuing Education
"Management
of Hazardous Wastes and Difficult Industrial Effluents"
Sponsored
by the British Council, New-Castle Upon
Past Work Experience
Post-Doctorate
Fellowship in Industrial Hygiene
(February
1990 to December 1990)
Instructor,
Environmental Health Sciences
(October
1983 to August 1985)
General
Manager
Abbar
& Zainy Company
(February
1982 to June 1983)
Industrial
Hygiene and Health Planning
Kuwait
Oil Company
(June
1978 to January 1980)
Publications and Presented Papers Refer here for details
- Refereed Publications
- Presentations & Abstracts
All dissertation research was conducted at Tulane University,
New Orleans,
Louisiana, 1988-1989, and
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida,
February-December 1990.
MMMF related publications and presentations were generated from
the doctoral
dissertation which was a
part of a research activity under Dr. Yehia Hammad,
funded by the National
Heart, Lung & Blood Institute.
Funded
Research and Current Research Efforts
(Details
will be made available upon request)
Professional Services and Consultations
- Editor and consultant for the National Safety
Council on academic related issues,
1993-present.
- Peer review consultant for NIH, United States Public Health Service,
1992-present.
- Community counseling and advising on
environmental and industrial hygiene issues;
responded
to numerous calls from residents in Western Kentucky and advised them
on how to
handle accidents ranging from the disposal of broken thermometers to
concerns
about asbestos in schools, 1992-present.
- Professional industrial hygiene consultation, 1991-present.
- Conducted an industrial hygiene training course
(40 hours) for Dome International
(ADNOC
Group),
- Consultant for Alley & Associates, Inc., in
reference to noise levels and control design
for Worth, Inc. (Bats Division),
- Member of the Research Management Group for peer
review assignments for the
Philip
Morris External Research Program, 2000-2007.
- Consultant on noise levels for Ryan Foods in
- Consultant on noise levels for Waste Management,
Inc., West Camden Sanitary Landfill,
- Consultant to Governor Patton's education
reforms. Assessment of post-secondary
education
in Kentucky, October 30, 1996.
- Consultant on noise levels associated with
building a dirt stock-car racetrack near
Calvert
City in Marshall County, in Western Kentucky. Also testified as an expert
witness
in the
civil lawsuit hearings related to the case, (Wilson vs. Greer), Summer 1995.
- Industrial hygiene consultant for the Portsmouth-
- Industrial hygiene consultant for the MM-PGDP
emergency preparedness plan,
Paducah,
Kentucky, 1994.
- Consultant on noise levels for Campbell Tobacco
Rehandling Company, Inc., Mayfield,
Kentucky,
May through October 1994.
- Consultant for the Environmental Health Model Internship Workshop, a project
funded
by the
Health Resources & Services Administration to identify model competencies
and
standards
for internships in environmental health graduate programs. New Orleans,
Louisiana,
September 12 & 13, 1994.
- Consultant on excessive noise levels for
conducted a
noise survey for the MCCH as part of community service, May 1992.
- Industrial hygiene consultant for the MM-PGDP emergency preparedness plan,
Paducah,
Kentucky, 1991.
- Assisted in conducting a workshop for KAEC (Kentucky Association of Electric
Cooperative, Inc.),
- Conducted a workshop and seminars for
Evansville,
Indiana,
- Assisted in developing an academic notebook for the Health Science Institute,
Evansville,
Indiana, June 1991.
Accomplishments, Honors, and Awards
-
Received the 2017-2018 Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) "Faculty Advisor of the
Year Award".
-
Nine publications/presentations on deposition of MMMF in the lungs, aerodynamic
equivalent diameter and cyclones.
-
Other publications/presentations related to industrial hygiene, occupational
health,
toxicology, and environmental health
sciences.
- Multiple nominations for the Max-Carman
Award for teaching excellence.
-
Received an invitation from the Department of Environmental and Occupational
Health,
School of Public Health and Information
Sciences at the University of Louisville to serve
as a member of an advisory panel for a
DOE-funded project to study morbidity and
occupational exposure among workers in the
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
-
Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2002.
-
Received the 1994-1995 "Outstanding Teacher Award" selected by the
Occupational
Safety and Health AIHA & ASSE student
chapters at Murray State University.
-
-
National advisory committee member "Environmental Health Faculty/Employer
Forum"- Health Resources & Services
Administration (HRSA) Procurement,
October 1987 to September 1988.
-
Received the Deep South Section AIHA "1987 Academic Award" for
excellent
academic achievement,
-
Sponsored by the British Council to attend a workshop on "Management of
Hazardous
Wastes and Difficult Industrial
Effluents" in New-Castle Upon Tyne and London,
Great Britain,
- Dean's List in all
academic semesters and quarters while attending college.
Professional Memberships
- American Industrial Hygiene Association
(AIHA)
- Middle Tennessee AIHA Local
Section, 2004-present.
- Kentuckiana AIHA Local
Section, 1992-present.
- National AIHA, full
membership, 1991-present.
- AIHA Deep South Section,
full membership, 1987-present.
-
charter member, 1998-present.
- Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor
Society, faculty member, 1992-present.
- Member of the Research Management Group
for peer review assignments for the
Philip Morris External Research Program, 2000-2007.
- Marketing Management Association,
1980-1981.
- National Environmental Health
Association, 1976-1977.
- American Public Health Association,
1974-1976.
Professional Conferences Attended
Regular Participation and Attendance
- The American Industrial Hygiene Association Conference &
Exhibition.
- The KY Governor's Safety and Health Conference &
Exposition, Louisville, Kentucky.
Date-Specific Participation and Attendance
- The ASSE Professional Development Conference & Exposition,
Atlanta, Georgia, (2016).
- The Semiconductor Safety Association Conference, New Orleans,
Louisiana, (2001).
- The Environmental Health Model Internship Workshop, a project
funded by the
Health Resources and Services Administration to
identify model competencies
and standards for internships in environmental
health graduate programs,
New Orleans, Louisiana, (September 12 & 13,
1994).
- The
Teaching Recognition
- Very high scores on annual teaching evaluations.
- Multiple nominations for the Max-Carman
Award for teaching excellence.
-
Received the 2017-2018 Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) "Faculty Advisor of the
Year Award".
References
Available on request.