I. Personal Information

- Name: Luis Alonso D az-Robles

- ID: 11.162.556-5

- Nationality: Chilean

- Date of Birth: November 10, 1967, Location of Birth: Ovalle, Chile

- Marital Status: Married and two kids

- Address: Belfast # 03175, Barrio Ingl s, Temuco, Chile.

II. Present Occupation

Dean of the College of Engineering

Associated Professor of the School of Environmental Engineering

Vice Director of the Centre of Renewable Energies and Environmental Quality, CREEQ

Director of the Air Quality Unit (AQU), www.uctemuco.cl/aire

Catholic University of Temuco, Temuco, Chile

(011) 56- 45-205483 Fax: (011) 56- 45-205430

E-mails: abp3c8@r.postjobfree.com, abp3c8@r.postjobfree.com

III. Academic Background

Period Major, degree, institution, country

2005 Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Air Quality), Department of Civil &

Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,

Tennessee, United States.

Dissertation Title: Health Risk Assessment Posed by the Mobile Source

Air Toxics on an Urban to Regional Area.

2005 Minor in Statistics, Department of Statistics, University of Tennessee,

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.

1993 Chemical Civil Engineer, Department of Chemical Engineering,

Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile.

Thesis Title: Dynamic Simulation of the Mass and Heat Transfer of an

Industrial Rotator Direct Dryer.

1992 BS in Sciences of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering,

Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile. Research and Consulting

Experience

IV. Research Experience

Dr. D az-Robles has been actively involved in numerous air quality related projects. His

experience covers a broad range of areas, from emission inventory development and

processing, to emission factors, air quality modeling, air quality forecasting models, air

quality monitoring, emissions data acquisition, and health risk. He has worked on

application of scientific principles concerning movement and fate of chemicals at

interfaces of air, water, and earthen solids in environment. It has included methods of

assessing risk posed by presence of those chemicals. His last research work has included

international air quality modeling assessment; characterizing diesel fueled sources and

mobile sources air toxics (benzene, 1,3-butadiene, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein,

and diesel particulate matter) on air quality impacts, and health risk assessment. His

research has also included development of environmental decision support system on

identification and demonstration of how decision support and optimization can assist in

the development of large-scale environmental management and policies.

V. Research and Consulting Areas

- Urban air quality management and air pollution control

- Air quality modeling

- Indoor air quality

- Fate and transportation of pollutants

- Health and environmental risk assessment

- Development of renewable energies and biomass utilization

VI. ISI Publications.

D az-Robles L.A., J.S. Fu, G.D. Reed, Emission Scenarios and the Health Risk Changes

Posed by Priority Mobile Air Toxics on an Urban to Regional Area; an

application in Nashville, Tennessee, Environment International, Submitted March

2010.

Cereceda-Balic F, D az-Robles L.A., Vidal V., Guevara J.L, Cay n J.L., Claudio

Saavedra, and Etcharren P. Speciation of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

in the atmosphere of O'Higgins s region-Chile, Journal of the Air & Waste

Management Association, Submitted March 2010.

D az-Robles L.A., Fu J.S., and Reed G.D., Seasonal Distribution and Modeling of

Diesel Particulate Matter in the Southeast US., Environment International, 35

(6), 956 964, 2009.

Sanhueza P.A., D az-Robles L.A., Torreblanca M.A., Shiappacasse L.N., Silva M.P., and

Astete T.D., Particulate Air Pollution and Health Effects for Cardiovascular and

Respiratory Causes in Temuco City, Chile; A Woodsmoke Polluted Urban Area.,

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 59, (12) 1481-1488, 2009.

D az-Robles, L.A.; Ortega-Bravo, J.C.; Fu, J.S.; Reed, G.D.; Chow, J.C.; Watson, J.G.;

and Moncada, J.A. A Hybrid ARIMA and Artificial Neural Networks Model to

Forecast Particulate Matter in Urban Areas: The Case of Temuco, Chile.

Atmospheric Environment. 42-35-833*-****, 2008.

D az-Robles L.A., Fu J.S., and Reed G.D., Modeling and Source Apportionment of

Diesel Particulate Matter. Environment International, 34 (1), 1-11, 2008.

Tonn B.E., Peretz J.H., Reed G.D., and D az-Robles L.A., Ozone Concentrations

Around the Great Smoky Mountains, Futures Research Quarterly, 21:3:56

(2005).

Peretz J.H., Tonn B.E., Garnmeister S., Reed G.D., D az-Robles L.A. Impact of Status

Quo on Air Pollution in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Public

Works Management & Policy, 2005 10: 170-185.

VII. Participation in seminars, conferences, and congresses

2010 Luis A. D az-Robles, Juan Moncada-Herrera, Nicol s Schiappacasse P., Pablo

Etcharren, Francisco Cereceda-Balic, Robert Flocchini, Paul Wakabayashi,

Nathalie Araneda, Ingrid P rez, Source Apportionment of PM2.5 in Temuco,

Chile, Using Factor Analysis and IMPROVE Sampling. A Seasonal Analysis.

Extended Abstract 250, A&WMA International Specialty Conference:

Leapfrogging Opportunities for Air Quality Improvement, Xi an, China, 2010.

2010 Luis A. D az-Robles, Eddio Carim n, Pablo Etcharren, Francisco Cereceda-

Balic, Cristian Varela-Bruce, Modeling the Biogenic Emissions using

WRF/MCIP/MEGAN in Chile; a Comparison among three Urban Areas.

Extended Abstract 252, A&WMA International Specialty Conference:

Leapfrogging Opportunities for Air Quality Improvement, Xi an, China, 2010.

2010 Francisco Cereceda-Balic, V ctor Vidal C, Juan L. Guevara, Luis A. D az-Robles

et al., Speciation of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in the Atmosphere of

O'Higgins s Region-Chile. A&WMA International Specialty Conference:

Leapfrogging Opportunities for Air Quality Improvement, Xi an, China, 2010.

2010 Francisco Cereceda-Balic, Nicol s Schiappacasse, V ctor Vidal, Luis A. D az-

Robles et al., Atmospheric PAHs Determination: Influence of the Air Sampling

Time Program in the Occurrence of Artifacts. A&WMA International Specialty

Conference: Leapfrogging Opportunities for Air Quality Improvement, Xi an,

China, 2010.

2010 Luis A. Diaz-Robles, Nathalie Araneda, Ingrid P rez, Joshua S. Fu, and Nicol s

Schiappacasse, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Changes Posed by

Residential Wood Combustion Scenarios on an Urban Area; an Application in

Temuco, Chile. School of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering,

Catholic University of Temuco, Temuco, Chile, Extended Abstract 2010-A-1191-

AWMA, Proceedings of the A&WMA s 103th Annual Conference & Exhibition

2010, Calgary, Canada. 2010.

2010 Luis A. Diaz-Robles, Juan C. Ortega, Mar a Paola Silva, and Marcela Guerrero,

Particulate Air Pollution and Health Effects for Cardiovascular and Respiratory

Causes over an Industrial Neighborhood; Linking Epidemiological Time Series

Studies and the Power of a Health Perception Survey. Extended Abstract 2010-

A-1411-AWMA, Proceedings of the A&WMA s 103th Annual Conference &

Exhibition 2010, Calgary, Canada. 2010.

2009 Eddio Carim n Linares, Luis A. Diaz-Robles, Cristian Varela-Bruce, and Pablo

Etcharren Ulloa, School of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering,

Catholic University of Temuco, Temuco, Chile, 8th Annual CMAS Models-3

User's Conference, October 19-21, 2009 Chapel Hill, NC

2009 D az-Robles L.A., Etcharren P., Moncada-Herrera J., Araneda N., P rez I.,

Flocchini R., Wakabayashi P., Schiappacasse L.N, and Cereceda-Balic F.,

Source Apportionment of High Episodes of PM2.5 in Temuco, Chile, Using

Factor Analysis and IMPROVE Sampling., Extended Abstract 2009-A-641-

AWMA, Proceedings of the A&WMA s 102th Annual Conference & Exhibition

2009, Detroit, Michigan, US.

2009 Cereceda-Balic F., Fadic X., Llanos A., Vidal V., Schiappacasse L.N, D az-

Robles L.A., and Etcharren P. Application of a new methodology for

determining Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in atmospheric aerosols

using different filter configurations, PUF and XAD-Denuder., Extended Abstract

2009-A-623-AWMA, Proceedings of the A&WMA s 102th Annual Conference

& Exhibition 2009, Detroit, Michigan, US.

2009 Cereceda-Balic F., Fadic X., Llanos A., Vidal V., Schiappacasse L.N, D az-

Robles L.A., and Etcharren P. Obtaining PAH Concentration Ratios and

Molecular Markers for Residential Wood Combustion: Temuco, a Case Study.,

Extended Abstract 2009-A-600-AWMA, Proceedings of the A&WMA s 102th

Annual Conference & Exhibition 2009, Detroit, Michigan, US.

2008 Sanhueza P., D az-Robles L.A., "Particulate Air Pollution and Health Effects for

Cardiovascular and Respiratory Causes in Temuco City, Chile." Paper # EE-1a-

186-AWMA, Proceedings of the A&WMA s 101th Annual Conference &

Exhibition 2008, Portland, Oregon, US.

D az-Robles L.A., Ortega-Bravo J.C. A Hybrid ARIMA and Artificial Neural

2007

Networks Model to Forecast Particulate Matter in Urban Areas: The Case of

Temuco, Chile. Paper # AB-1a (1)-522-AWMA, Proceedings of the A&WMA s

100th Annual Conference & Exhibition 2007, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, 2007.

D az-Robles L.A., Fu J.S., and Reed G.D., Health Risk Assessment Posed by

2006

Primary Diesel Particulate Matter and Vapor Air Toxics in Southeastern US,

Paper # EE-1c (2)-417-AWMA, Proceedings of the A&WMA s 99th Annual

Conference & Exhibition 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana, US, 2006.

D az-Robles L.A., Fu J.S., and Reed G.D., Seasonal Distribution and Modeling

2006

of Diesel Particulate Matter in the Southeast US, Paper # AB-1a (2)-491-

AWMA, Proceedings of the A&WMA s 99th Annual Conference & Exhibition

2006, New Orleans, Louisiana, US.

D az-Robles L.A., Reed G. D., and Fu J. S., University of Tennessee. Diesel

2005

Particulate Matter Modeling and Inhalation Cancer Risk in Nashville, Tennessee,

using Models-3/CMAQ. Poster presentation at the 4th Annual CMAS Models-3

User's Conference. UNC-Chapel Hill, 26-28 September 2005.

http://cf.cmascenter.org/html/2005_conference/conf_agenda.cfm

D az-Robles L.A., Reed G. D., and Fu J. S., University of Tennessee. Source

2005

Apportionment of Diesel Particulate Matter in the Southeastern United States

Using Models3-CMAQ. Proceedings of the 14th International Emissions

Inventory Conference, Session 5. Las Vegas, Nevada, 2005.

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/conference/ei14/index.html

2005 Vllasi E, D az-Robles L.A., Yun J, University of Tennessee. "A Methodology to

Validate the 2002 Air Toxics Inventory for Tennessee." Proceedings of the 14th

International Emissions Inventory Conference, Session 10. Las Vegas, Nevada,

2005. http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/conference/ei14/index.html

2004 D az-Robles L. A., Greene D., Reed G. D., and Fu J. S., University of Tennessee.

The Effect of Switching Mobile Sources to Natural Gas on the Ozone in the

Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Proceedings of the A&WMA 97th

Annual Conference & Exhibition 2004. Session: ET-1b: Cost and Emission

Control Effectiveness of Transportation Control Measures, Indianapolis, Indiana,

2004.

May 21st, 2004

2004

Coal Gasification: What are you afraid of? The American Institute of Chemical

Engineering, Oak Ridge, TN, US.

December 7-10th, 2004

2004

Society for Risk Analysis, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, US.

June 14th, 2001

2001

PROCHILE Araucania Seminar Environment and Competitively: A challenge

for the exporting sector from the Araucania Region. Temuco

October 6-8th, 1999

1999

XVIII Congress in Engineering Education, Chilean Engineering Education

Association, SOCHEDI, University of Concepcion, Chile.

September 2-4th, 1998

1998

AIDIS-Chile, Seminar Operation of Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment

Plants. Santiago, Chile.

1996 SERCOTEC, Competing with Quality Market, Conversations among Big

Business and its Supplier Development Provider, Santiago, Chile.

1995 Unilever Chile S.A., Total Quality Course, Vi a del Mar, Chile.

1994 Unilever Chile S.A., Managing the Risk Prevention and First Aid, Ex Planta

Lontue, Chile.

VIII. Research and Consulting GRANTS

Period Fund, institution, name of the study, budget, responsibility

INNOVA-CORFO project Centre for Renewable Energies and

2010-2014

Environmental Quality (CREEQ). US$ 781,000, Vice-Director.

2010-2014 FONDEF (Fund for the Promotion of Scientific and Technological

Development) project Research and generation of air pollutant emission

factors for residential wood combustion of national importance. US$

1,412,000, Director.

FONIS (Health Research Funding) project, Ultrafine particulate matter

2009-2010

pollution, mortality, and morbidity at Temuco; susceptibility among the

elderly and children." US$ 120,000, Director.

2009-2011 FONDEF (Fund for the Promotion of Scientific and Technological

Development) project, Research and Development of a Technological

Packet to Produce Cellulosic Ethanol from Hybrid Poplars in Chile." US$

1,150,000, Vice-Director

INNOVA-CORFO, Technologies Development for firewood burning,

2009-2011

cleaner and more efficient for domiciliary use." US$ 1,100,000, Vice-

Director

CONAMA Los Lagos Project, Determination of the saturated zone of

2009

particulate matter in Osorno US$ 10,000, (Director)

CONAMA Araucania Project, Emissions scenarios analysis using

2009

WRF/SMOKE/CMAQ at Temuco, a non-attainment area for particulate

matter US$ 30,000, (Director)

CONAMA Valparaiso Project, General Analysis and Proposal for the

2009

Atmospheric Decontamination Plan of Ventanas. US$ 34,000, (Co-

Inventigator)

CONAMA O Higgins Project, Diagnostic study of the VOCs inventory

2008

and photochemical campaign at Rancagua city. US$ 104,000, (Vice-

Director)

CONAMA Bio-Bio Project, Emissions Inventory Development for

2008

Metropolitan Concepcion, Chile. US$ 32,000, Principal Investigator (PI)

CONAMA Bio-Bio Project, Emissions Inventory Development for

2008

Chillan and Los Angeles Urban Areas, Chile. US$ 62,000, Principal

Investigator (PI)

CONAMA Bio-Bio Project, Short term effects analysis due to

2008

atmospheric pollution over mortality and morbidity by respiratory and

cardiovascular diseases in the Concepcion and Talcahuano area, Chile.

US$ 32,000, PI

FNDR-CONAMA Araucan a, Catholic University of Temuco, Emissions

2008-2010

Measurement from Wood Devices., which includes to build and

implement an emissions laboratory with EPA s standard methods to

measure emissions, and estimate emission factors for the main wood

devices used in the south of Chile to heating or cooking. UCT-FNDR

30040008-0, US$ 66,000, PI

Mega Monitoring of Temuco s Air Quality International Collaboration

2008-2009

with the University of California, Davis, University of Siena, Italy,

Universidad T cnica Federico Santa Mar a, Chile, CONAMA Araican a,

and Catholic University of Temuco, Principal Investigator (PI).

DIUCT, Research Direction, Catholic University of Temuco, Chemical

2007-2009

dispersion, fate, and transport of pollutants over air and soil resources base

on the high performance Cluster Beowulf architecture as tool to solve

complex problems of scientific calculus. DIUCT number 2006-2-03, US$

30,000, PI.

2006-2007 FNDR-CONAMA Araucan a, University of Santiago of Chile, Catholic

University of Temuco, Short term effects analysis due to particulate

matter atmospheric pollution over mortality and morbidity by respiratory

and cardiovascular diseases in Temuco, Chile. US$ 24,000, Co-PI.

CONAMA Maule, Catholic University of Temuco, Environmental

2007-2008

impact assessment generated by the presence of pollutants in the

Mataquito River and Design of an Environmental Restoration and

Recovering Plan. Water Quality Modeling, US$ 312,000. Co-PI

2004-2005 Waste Management Research and Educational Institute, University of

Tennessee, Source apportionment of diesel particulate matter in the

southeastern United States using advanced air quality modeling. Co-PI

2003-2005 Waste Management Research and Educational Institute, University of

Tennessee, Air Toxic Pollutants Control to Reduce Health Risks in

Tennessee." US$73,010, Co-PI.

2002-2004 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), University of Tennessee,

Air Quality Initiative for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

US$750,000. Co-PI.

FNDR Regional, Catholic University of Temuco, Comprehensive

2002-2003

Emission Inventory Development of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the

Araucania Region, Chile. PI

1993-1996 Unilever Chile S.A., COPRONA S.A., Production Department,

Optimization of the Grape Seed Oil Production, PI.

1993-1996 Unilever Chile S.A., COPRONA S.A., Production Department,

Optimization of the Oil Winterization Process, PI.

IX. Teaching

Period Institution, graduate program, course

2007-to date Catholic University of Temuco, Master of Environmental Engineering

Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control

Air Quality Modeling, Applied Time Series

Environmental Risk Assessment

2006-2008 Catholic University of Temuco, Master of Territorial Planning

Research and Applied Multivariate Statistics.

2000-2001 Catholic University of Temuco, Major in Environmental Management.

Waste Management

Institution, undergraduate program, course, period

Catholic University of Temuco, under graduate programs of Environmental Engineering,

Chemical Engineering, and Industrial Engineering:

Air quality management and air pollution control (2006-to date)

Air quality modeling (2006-2008)

Pollutant Fate Modeling & Environment Risk Assessment (2006-2008)

Introduction to engineering (2007)

Solid waste management (2006)

Waste water treatment (1999-2001)

Transport phenomena (1998-2001)

Heat transfer (1998-2001)

Dynamic simulation and process control (1998-2001)

X. Thesis advising

Year Student, institution, title, status, responsibility

2010 Ignacio Fern ndez, Catholic University of Temuco, "Environmental Risk

Assessment for Mercury Exposure Emitted from Coal Burning Power Plants in

the Puchuncav Area." Starting, Advisor

2010 Delia Franco Espinoza, Catholic University of Temuco. "Installation and start

up of a Suitcase Dilution Tunel for measuring emission factors from wood

stove devises." Starting, Advisor

2010 Guisselle Soto, Catholic University of Temuco, "Source Apportionment of

PM2.5 in Temuco, Chile, Using PMF and UNMIX models and IMPROVE

Sampling." Starting, Advisor

Samuel Cort s, Catholic University of Temuco, Mortality and morbidity short

2010

term effects due to particulate matter in Chile, re analysis using gam.exact.

Almost done, Advisor

Cristian Varela, Catholic University of Temuco, Health Risk Assessment due

2010

to SO2 exposure using CMAQ Air Quality Modeling: the Case of Puchuncav -

Ventanas. Finished, Advisor.

Miguel Morales, Catholic University of Temuco, Design and fluid dynamic

2010

simulation of a dilution tunnel to sample VOCs and particulate matter from

combustion processes; a FLUENT software application. Finished, Advisor

Ingrid P rez, Catholic University of Temuco, Health risk assessment due to

2010

PAHs exposure at Temuco; a Models-3/CMAQ simulation. Finished, Advisor

Nathelie Araneda, Catholic University of Temuco, Emissions scenarios

2010

analysis to reduce PAHs at Temuco; a Models-3/CMAQ simulation. Finished,

Advisor

Eddio Carim n, Catholic University of Temuco, Biogenic Sources Emission

2009

Inventory using WRF/MEGAN model. Finished, Advisor.

Patricio Rojas, Catholic University of Temuco, Concentration Prediction of

2009

Fine Particulate Matter Using AOD from MODIS, CALIPSO, and MISR

Satellites: The Case of Santiago of Chile. Finished, Advisor

Carlos O ate, Catholic University of Temuco, Mobile Sources Emission

2009

Inventory for Temuco using MOBILE6.2 and NONROAD models: 2005 and

2020. Finished, Advisor.

Francisco Hohmann, Catholic University of Temuco, Hybrid ARIMA and

2009

Artificial Neural Networks Models to Forecast Particulate Matter in Urban

Areas: A Cluster Analysis. Finished, Advisor

Sergio D vila, Catholic University of Temuco, Installation and start up of a

2008

laboratory for measuring particulate matter and gases emissions from wood

stove devises. Finished, Advisor

Evelyn Castel, Catholic University of Temuco, Area Sources Emission

2008

Inventory for Temuco 2005 and 2020. Finished,, Advisor.

Jaime Andr s Romero Acevedo, Catholic University of Temuco, Hexanuronic

2008

acid removal in eucalyptus kraft pulp using peracids Finished, Co-Advisor.

2007 Felipe Humberto Barrientos Watson, Catholic University of Temuco,

Characterization and Treatment of Liquid Effluents from a Cellulose

Bleaching Step with Per-acids. Finished, Co-Advisor.

Juan Carlos Ortega, Catholic University of Temuco, A Hybrid ARIMA and

2007

Artificial Neural Networks Model to Forecast Particulate Matter in Urban

Areas: The Case of Temuco, Chile. Finished, Advisor.

2006 Viviana Espinoza Carrasco and Susana S nchez Valenzuela, Catholic

University of Temuco, Technical and Economical Study for the Integral

Management of Municipal Solid Waste of Temuco and Surrounding Counties.

Finished, Co-Advisor.

Claudia del Carmen Paredes Tapia, Catholic University of Temuco, Study of

2006

the technical and economic feasibility for the implementation of a manual

landfill manual for the Ercilla county, Chile. Finished, Co-Advisor.

Carolina Camelio and Carola Soto, Catholic University of Temuco, Emissions

2003

Inventory of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Araucania Region, Chile.

Finished, Advisor.

Daniela Fari a, Catholic University of Temuco, Design of an aerobic

2002

biological pilot waste water treatment plant for teaching. Finished, Advisor.

2001 Jos Ra l Henr quez L. y Jorge Mauricio Sandoval Err zuriz, Catholic

University of Temuco, Feasibility study on the technical and economic

recovery and purification of bovine hemoglobin through the ultrafiltration

process in the slaughterhouses of Chile. Finished, Co-Advisor

Martin Fierro, Catholic University of Temuco, Process optimization of the

2000

trementine recovering in CMPC Celulosa S.A., Planta Pac fico. Finished,

Advisor.

Antonieta Pilar Molina Inostroza, Catholic University of Temuco, Reverse

2000

osmosis process simulation under a spiral configuration for the heavy metals

elimination from industrial wastewater .Finished, Advisor.

2000 Waldemar Andr s Cepeda Valenzuela, Catholic University of Temuco,

Estimating the ecological risk associated with discharges of urban effluents in

the middle of the river Caut n, Temuco, Region IX, Chile. Finished, Co-

Advisor.

Christian Mois s B ez Valles, Catholic University of Temuco, Concentration

2000

of sulphate cadmium and nickel sulphate solutions using a reverse osmosis

system. Finished, Co-Advisor.

2000 Luis Wolfredo Alejandro Henr quez, Catholic University of Temuco,

Application of the ISO 14000 standard in the IX Region, Chile. Finished,

Co-Advisor.

Marcelo Cofr, Catholic University of Temuco, Water quality modeling of the

1999

Cautin river. Finished, Advisor.

XI. Management Experience

Dr. D az-Robles is the Dean of the College of Engineering since January 2009. He

provides leadership and vision and oversees all aspects of the College's activities,

including academic planning and faculty recruitment, budgetary and personnel matters,

fund raising, and management and development of physical resources. Dr. D az-Robles

has been responsible for developing relations and enhancing connections with leaders

from other disciplines, schools, and industry and for raising the College's profile both

within the University and externally, in national and international contexts. So far, the

College of Engineering has a total of 60 full-time faculties, lecturers, and staff members,

1000 undergraduate students, and 35 graduate students. The College offers one MS

degree, and six B.S. degrees; Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering,

Informatics Engineering, Accounting, Commercial Engineering, Industrial Engineering,

and a Common Engineering Plan.

Dr. D az-Robles is the Director of the Air Quality Unit since 2006. He is responsible for

the operation of Laboratories, including oversight and leadership for Strategic Planning

for it and supporting research and consultant activities. His responsibilities includes

assisting faculty in identifying new multidisciplinary research opportunities, reviewing

project proposals, managing grants and contracts and developing research collaborations

with North American Universities, European Universities, Chilean Universities,

International Associations, and local Government Agencies.

Dr. D az-Robles was the Head of the School of Environmental Engineering (SEE)

between January 2006 and January 2008. He was responsible for the operation of the

School, including oversight and leadership for Strategic Planning for the School, current

graduate and undergraduate programs, development of new programs, and support of

research activities. His responsibilities included mentoring new faculties, assisting faculty

in identifying new multidisciplinary research opportunities, reviewing project proposals,

managing grants and contracts and developing research collaborations with North

American Universities, Chilean Universities, International Associations, and local

Government Agencies. Dr. D az-Robles has also been responsible for fiscal planning and

resource management, supervising office staff and technicians. Actually, the SEE has a

total of 13 full-time faculties, lecturers, and staff members. The SEE offers three B.S.,

Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Industrial Engineering, and one

M.S. in Environmental Engineering.

As Process Refinery Engineer at the Unilever Chile S.A. (1993-1997), Dr. D az-Robles

was responsible for the operation, production, and health and safety of the two oil

refinery plants, Lontue Plant and Panamericana Norte Plant. It included leadership for

115 employees at Lontue Plant, development of new products, quality control, training,

production planning, and transportation management of the products and raw materials.

XII. Membership in Professional and Honorary Societies

Air and Waste Management Association (A&WMA). Member from 2002 to day.

2003-2004, President of the Graduate Student Chapter

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN 37996-2010, US

423-***-**** Fax: 423-***-****

Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the First China A&WMA

International Specialty Conference; Leapfrogging Opportunities for Air Quality

Improvement, May 10-14, 2010, Xi an, Shaanxi Province, China.

Reviewer of the 2009 AWMA s Critical Review, Remote Sensing of Particulate

Pollution from Space: Have we Reached the Promised Land?

Chair of the Atmospheric Chemistry Technical Council of the A&WMA 2010-2013

Vice-Chair of the Atmospheric Chemistry Technical Council of the A&WMA 2007-

2009

Chairman (Editor) of an AB-1 and AB-2 Sessions at the 103th A&WMA

Conference, June 2010, Calgary, Canada.

Chairman (Editor) of an AB-1 and AB-2 Sessions at the 102th A&WMA

Conference, June 2009, Detroit, Michigan, US.

Chairman (Editor) of an AB-1 and AB-2 Sessions at the 101th A&WMA

Conference, June 2008, Portland, Oregon, US.

Member of the Sub Technical Committee of the AWMA s for Critical Reviews,

2008-2010.

Co-Chairman (Editor) of an AB-1 Session (Particulate matter pollution) at the 100th

A&WMA Conference, June 26-28, 2007, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US.

XIII. Achievements/Honors/Awards

Research Excellence Award, Catholic University of Temuco, 2009.

Academic Excellence Award, Catholic University of Temuco, 2008.

Regional Personality of the Year Award, Productive Development Area,

Araucania, 2007.

MECESUP UCT-02, Ph.D. Scholarship for the academic years 2002-2004.

Best World Wide Student Chapter of the A&WMA, 2003-2004. Dr. D az-Robles

was the President.

English Language Institute at the University of Tennessee, two Honor Certificates.

(2002)

Ranked first in the 1985 Academic Aptitude Exam, (P.A.A. in Spanish) (Chemistry

and Biology) at the Limar Province, Chile.

XIV. Relevant Experience:

January 2009-to date: Dean of the College of Engineering, Catholic University of

Temuco, Chile.

May 2010-to date: Vice-Director of the Centre for Renewable Energies and

Environmental Quality, CREEQ, Catholic University of Temuco, Chile.

January 2006-to date: Director of the Air Quality Unit, Catholic University of

Temuco, Chile.

January 2006-February 2008: Head of the School of Environmental Engineering,

Catholic University of Temuco, Chile.

January 2009 to date: Associate Professor, Environmental Science School, Catholic

University of Temuco, Chile.

August 1998-December 2001: Academic Secretary, Environmental Science School,

undergraduate program, Catholic University of Temuco, Chile.

March 1998-December 2008: Assistant Professor, Environmental Science School,

Catholic University of Temuco, Chile.

September 1993-December 1997: Process Refinery Engineer, Lontue and

Panamericana Norte Plants, COPRONA S.A., Unilever Chile S.A. January-February

1990: Professional Practice, Department of Supply, Compa a Minera Panulcillo

S.A., ENAMI, Chile.

January-February 1992: Professional Practice, Department of Production, Envases e

Impresos S.A, Buin Plant, Santiago, Chile

January-February 1991: Professional Practice, Chemical Laboratory, Compa a

Minera Panulcillo S.A., ENAMI, Chile.

XV. Representation and Participation Activities:

Member of the Council of the Deans of Colleges of Engineering, 2009-to date

Member of the Consultative Council, COREMA Araucan a Region, 2006-2008.

Official Representation of the Catholic University of Temuco President during June

2007 in US. Visit at the University of Tennessee, Desert Research Institute, and the

University of California, Davis, US.

XVI. Extension activities

2010 Reviewer of the Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

DAAD Project Strategic Management of College of Engineering,

2009-2011

Catholic University of Temuco, Technical University of Berlin, and

Escuela Polit cnica Nacional, Ecuador, co-investigador (Decano)

2009 Extensi n project, Open House of the College of Engineering. Director

2007 Reviewer Journal Gesti n Ambiental

2004 Reviewer FONDECYT 106/0706 Project: A Hybrid approach to urban air

quality modeling.

Reviewer of the Project Calculation of Liquid-Vapor Equilibrium binary

2000

mixtures through equations of state of Redlich-Kwong Family.

Universidad de Playa Ancha.

XVII. Other skills

Languages: English and Spanish.

Computer skills: Site Conceptual Exposure Model (SCEM) Builder, Multimedia

Models (Level I, II, and III), Air Dispersion and Air Quality Models (SCREEN,

CALINE, ISC, AERMOD, OZIPPR, MOBILE6.2, NMIM, SMOKE, EGAS, CMAQ,

MCIP, MM5 (NCAR using bluesky machine), PAVE, Water Quality Models

(AQUATOX, WASP7.0, CORMIX), MATLAB and Neural Networks, FORTRAN,

and Statistic Software (SAS, SAS Enterprise Miner, NCSS, and JMP).

Luis Alonso D az Robles, Ph.D.

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