Careers in Indoor Environmental

Science & Engineering:

For CE397: Indoor Environmental Technical Exchange

Richard L. Corsi & Glenn Morrison

Some General Thoughts

• Immature field relative to other environmental fields

• Limited regulatory drivers

• Still in need of a great deal of research

• Tremendous opportunity to make a real difference

• Opportunities for entrepreneurs

• Significant international opportunities

• U.S. industry often ahead of government

• # jobs > # of qualified applicants

Employment Sectors

• Academia

• Government research laboratories

• Government agencies

• Consulting / commercial laboratories

• Industrial/ manufacturing R&D

• Not-for-profit

Dedicated experts

vs.

“Dabblers”*

* “Dabblers” is not derogatory

Academia

• AEESP: Atmospheric Chemistry & Air Quality

• 60 list as major area of interest

• 12 list indoor air quality (2 retired + 1 dabbler)

• 9 AEESP members as IAQ faculty

• More that are not AEESP (especially health crowd)

• Morrison / Corsi brainstorm

• 31 faculty members (guess = captured > 70%)

Academia

Academia

• UC Berkeley: Hammond, Nazaroff, Smith ……• U Texas: Corsi, Novoselac, Siegel, ….• EOHSI: Fan, Lioy, Weschler, Zhang, ….• Harvard: Spengler & company• Syracuse: Kahlifa, Zhang, …..

• Some others (research):• Clarkson, Carnegie Mellon, U. Colorado, UC Davis, U Michigan, U Missouri-

Rolla, Purdue, U Nevada Las Vegas, Stanford, Virginia Tech, UTHSC-Houston,

Penn State, RPI, U MN, Texas Tech, U Illinois-Chicago

• Some others (teaching/research):• Humboldt State, New Mexico Tech, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Smith College,

UTEP, UT Tyler ……. Others?

Government Research Labs

• Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) http://eande.lbl.gov/eetd-org-ie.html

• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/863/iaq.html

• National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/indoorenv/

• USEPA National Exposure Research Lab (NERL/HEASD)

http://www.epa.gov/heasd/

• USEPA Indoor Environment Management Branch (in NRML)

http://www.epa.gov/appcdwww/iemb/

Government Agencies

• California Air Resources Board (CARB)http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/indoor/indoor.htm

• USEPA – D.C. (Office of Air & Radiation)http://www.epa.gov/air/index.html

• California Department of Health Serviceshttp://www.cal-iaq.org/index.html

• Others –

• US Department of Defense (Jessica?)

• State and local health agencies

Consulting / Labs• A very wide range

• Mostly small companies

• Problems/diagnostics --- mold and SBS

• A few large(r) companies (some examples below)

• Air Quality Sciences: http://www.aqs.com/DesktopDefault.aspx

• Indoor Air Diagnostics: http://www.iaqinfo.com/

• The Chelsea Group: http://www.chelsea-grp.com/

• Building Sciences Corporation: http://www.buildingscience.com/bsc/

• Aerotech Lab: http://www.aerotechpk.com/

• Research Triangle Institute (RTI):

• Larger environmental consultants

• Often w/ 1 or 2 IAQ experts or dabblers (CDM, CH2M-Hill, URS etc.)

Industry/Manufacturing R&D• Consumer product manufacturers

• SC Johnson, Proctor & Gamble

• Filtration companies

• The Filtration Group, etc.

• Air conditioning companies

• Trane, Carrier, Lennox, etc.

• Coatings/architectural materials

• Sherwin Williams, etc.

• Green building materials

• Large industry (chemical, electronics, etc)

Industry/Manufacturing R&D• Consumer product manufacturers

• SC Johnson, Proctor & Gamble

• Filtration companies

• The Filtration Group, etc.

• Air conditioning companies

• Trane, Carrier, Lennox, etc.

• Coatings/architectural materials

• Sherwin Williams, etc.

• Green building materials

• Large industry (chemical, electronics, etc)

Not-for-Profit

• American Cancer Society

• American Lung Association

• Consumers Union

• Other (MSC, etc.)

Career Calls

• Select individuals from each sector – make a call

• 10 minute background

• 20 minutes of Q and A

• Today = Michael McGinley

• St. Croix Sensory, inc.

• http://www.fivesenses.com/

• Relatively young / entrepreneur

• Small, family-owned business

• Very successful (great niche = odors/perceptions)