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Engineering Engineer

Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Posted:
November 05, 2012

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William C. Miller, PhD, P.E.

Phone: 215-***-****

Office: 215-***-****

e-mail: abpdgx@r.postjobfree.com

Birthplace: Hays, Kansas, USA

Education

Ph.D. Engineering (Energy Management & Policy), University of Pennsylvania

Master of Science in Environmental Engineering, Drexel University

Master of Science in Sanitary Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Academic Appointments

Temple University, College of Engineering, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2007- )

Senior Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering (2005-2007)

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2001-2005)

Coordinator Civil and Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Program (2003-2007)

Courses Introduction to Engineering, Engineering Mechanics (Statics), Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Hydraulics,

Hydrology, Environmental Modeling, Water & Wastewater Treatment, Air Pollution Control Systems, Senior

Design

Research Interests Renewable Biomass for Environmental Remediation (Amtrak), Environmental Measurement

Systems, Development of Undergraduate Research Programs (Summer Research)

Service: Member, Russell Conwell Society (2008- )

Founding Sponsor, Writing-Intensive Course Prize (2008- )

Member, Writing-Intensive Course Committee, Temple University Writing Center (Appointed 2007)

Member, Employer and Faculty Advisory Board, Temple University Career Center (Appointed 2008)

Advisor, Temple University Student Chapter, National Society of Black Engineers (Appointed 2009)

Member, Temple University General Education Executive Committee (2009-2011)

The Pennsylvania State University, Graduate School of Engineering, Malvern, Pennsylvania

Program Advisor, Environmental Engineering, (1992-1996); including development of the graduate program for

Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering; course instruction; student recruitment, advising;

admissions, faculty recruitment and academic administration.

Instructor, Environmental Engineering, (1996-2001)

Courses - Fundamentals of Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control Systems, Micrometeorology, Environmental Chemistry,

Environmental Modeling and Assessment, Environmental & Natural Resource Economics

Research Interests - Co-Investigator - Investigations of Factors Determining the Occurrence of Ozone and Fine

Particles in Northeastern USA, EPA Grant Number R826373

Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Visiting Associate Research Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, 2000-2001

Adjunct Professor, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Studies Institute (Graduate Program), 1977-1993

Courses - Industrial Ventilation, Small Particle Technology, Fundamentals of Air Pollution, Toxic Air Contaminants,

Design of Air Pollution Control Systems

Professional Affiliations

Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania & Delaware

Memberships:

American Society of Civil Engineers www.asce.org

American Society of Mechanical Engineers www.asme.org

American Geophysical Union www.agu.org

American Meteorological Society www.ametsoc.org

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Professional Positions

City of Philadelphia, Department of Public Health, Air Management Services (AMS)

Administrative Engineer and Director, AMS Computer Center, 1981 September, 2000

Duties: Management of AMS agency computer operations; responsibilities included:

1) the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the data acquisition, quality assurance, and data

analysis systems as required by the U.S. EPA for the AIRS network;

2) cooperative research efforts in the development of air quality standards and health effects information;

3) management of host systems including mainframe (HP 1000 & HP 9000) and a multisite WAN/LAN (office

automation and workstation management).

4) provide general management oversight for the MIS operations of the Public Health Services Division (Air

Management Services, Environmental Health Services, and Medical Examiner s Office).

Staff Engineer, Data Systems Section, 1974 - 1981

Duties: Development and management of technical data processing and reporting systems including the emission

data system, engineering and air quality data evaluation, and air quality dispersion modeling.

Assistant Director, Engineering Division, 1968 - 1974

Duties: Supervisor of the Source Registration Section. Section functions involve the review and issuance of air

pollution installation permits and operating licenses, review of complex sources, and periodic updating of the

emission inventory.

Community Service

Congressman Joe Sestak

Member, Aviation Expert Panel (2006- )

City of Philadelphia, Department of Public Health

Member, Air Pollution Control Board (Appointed 2008)

Foreign Missions

Tianjin City & City of Philadelphia, Technical Exchange Program

Visiting Professor, Nankai University, Tianjin, China (October 1987)

Presented seminars to university students and local environmental agency officials on the subjects of air monitoring

systems and instrumentation.

United Nations Development Programme

Northeast Asia Project: Air Quality and Continuous Emission Measurement Workshop; Workshop Chairman and

Facilitator, Fushun City, Liaoning Province, China, April 1-12, 1996. Workshop participants included representatives

from Shenyang, Fushun, Beijing, Ulaan Baatar, and Seoul, Korea. Activities included meetings with local and

provincial environmental and political officials, technical presentations by experts, and a three day inspection tour of

air monitoring stations and power plant CEMs in Anshan, Dalian, Fushun, and Shenyang. The meeting process

included the coordination of multilingual translation of Chinese, Korean, Russian, and English.

Selected Publications

Miller, William C., "Gray Iron Foundries Without Cupolas: Emission Reduction and Operating Experience," Technical

Paper, Third International Clean Air Congress, Dusseldorf, West Germany, October 1973.

McCourt, Joseph and Miller, William C., "Complex Source Regulation in Philadelphia," Technical Paper, American

Society of Civil Engineers Annual Convention, Philadelphia, September, 1976.

Miller, William C., Continuous Air Monitoring Using an HP1000 Controlled Data Acquisition System," Technical Paper,

INTEREX -1985 Conference, Washington, D.C., September, 1985.

Miller, William C., "Development of an environmental risk characterization methodology for the Philadelphia Energy Risk

Study," Technical Paper, International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems - ISESS 95, Pennsylvania

State University, Malvern, Pennsylvania, June, 1995.

Miller, William C., "Philadelphia Energy Risk Study," Invited Paper, Workshop on Air Quality and Continuous Emission

Monitoring in Northeast Asia, United Nations Development Programme, Fushun City, Liaoning Province, China,

April 1-12, 1996.

Miller, William C., Airborne Trace Metal Emissions from Electric Utility Generating Facilities in the Philadelphia Region:

Public Health Risk and Environmental Policy, Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, May, 1998.

Doddridge, B.G., Philbrick, C.R., Clark, R.D., Allen, G.A., Miller, W.C. "Characterization of the Lower Troposphere by

Instrumented Aircraft During the NARSTO North East Corridor Oxidant and Particle Study (NEC-OPS)," Technical

Paper, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 6-10, 1998.

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Philbrick, C.R., Clark, R.D., Koutrakis, P., Doddridge, B.G., Miller, W.C., Rao, S.T., Georgopolous, G., Newman, L.

"Investigations of Ozone and Particulate Matter Air Pollution in the Northeast (NE-OPS 98)," Technical Paper,

PM2000: Particulate Matter and Health, AWMA Specialty Conference, Charleston, SC, January 24-28, 2000.

Miller, William C., Development of Historical Coefficient-of-Haze Datasets as a Surrogate for Fine Particle Air Quality

Data, Technical Paper, American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, May 26-31, 2002.

Dissertation Abstract

Airborne Trace Metal Emissions from Electric Utility Generating Facilities in the Philadelphia Region: Public

Health Risk and Environmental Policy (Towne Engineering Library, University of Pennsylvania)

This study analyzes the intertemporal variation in the emission of trace metals carcinogens from fossil fuel burning

electric power generating facilities in a densely populated urban area, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The public health risk of

exposure to these carcinogens over a multi-decade study period is estimated and analyzed to determine the effect of the

variation in emissions.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently attempting to determine whether additional

control programs are appropriate for power plants in order to address these risks. In addition, such risk determinations are

also relevant in the development of EPA s Clean Air Power Initiative and the development of climate change policy.

The overall conclusion drawn from this study is that the contemporary emissions of trace metal carcinogens from

power plants in the United States poses a relatively small risk to public health and this risk has decreased dramatically in

recent decades. Since the risk reduction accompanied a pollution control effort that occurred throughout the country for

other pollutants (notably particulate matter and sulfur dioxide), and further controls are likely to be required for these same

units for other environmental concerns (e.g., eutrophication, fine particles, regional haze, etc.), it would appear that future

reductions in trace metal carcinogens can best be obtained as a concomitant benefit of these other regulatory efforts.

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