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Hilary I. Inyang is the Duke Energy Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science, Professor of Earth Science and Director of the Global Institute for Energy and Environmental Systems at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Prior to his current position, he was University (titled) Professor, Dupont Young Professor and Director of the Center for Environmental Engineering, Science and Technology (CEEST) at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Previously he taught at George Washington University, Washington, DC; Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana; and University of Wisconsin, Platteville. Professor Inyang also served at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1991-1993) as a Senior Geoenvironmental Engineer and subsequently as the President of Geoenvironmental Design and Research (GDR) Inc., a small research firm that he founded in 1993. From 1997 to 2001, he was the Chair of the Environmental Engineering Committee of the USEPA Science Advisory Board, and also served on the Effluent Guidelines Committee of the National Council for Environmental Policy and Technology, both of which dealt with key issues that presently fall within the scope of environmental security. He has authored/co-authored more than 160 research articles, book chapters, federal design manuals and the textbook, Geoenvironmental Engineering: principles and applications, published by Marcel Dekker (ISBN: 0-8247-0045-7). His expertise includes environmental security issues such as radiation control engineering, monitoring and containment technologies for released contaminants and inhibition of dusts that may spread contaminants and pathogens through the air.
Professor Inyang has contributed on a continual basis and in a leadership role to several scholarly publications. He is an associate editor/editorial board member of eight refereed international journals and contributing editor of three books, including the United Nations Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (Environmental Monitoring Section). He has been selected as the Co-chair and keynote speaker of the Technical Committee of the 2003 First International Conference on City and Industrial Security to be held in Nanjing, China (Oct. 29-31). He led the expert group on performance monitoring technologies to support the containment system expert group convened by the US Department of Energy, DuPont Corporation and the USEPA to develop and publish the 1995 state-of-the-art waste containment systems book for use in practice. He has served on more than 60 international, national and state science/engineering panels and committees and has, since 1995, co-chaired several international conferences in seven countries. Professor Inyang has given more than 62 invited speeches and presentations on a variety of technical and policy issues at many institutions and agencies in several countries. Among these presentations are the ALCOA Endowed Lecture at Carnegie-Mellon University (2002); the Earth Day Celebrations Lecture at Spellman College, Atlanta; the AMOCO Foundation Lecture at Iowa State University (1996); and the Goldberg and Zoino Lecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1994). Professor Inyang holds a Ph.D. (1989) with a double major in Geotechnical Engineering and Materials and a minor in Mineral Resources from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa; an M.S. (1986) and B.S. (1985) in Civil Engineering from North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota; and a B.Sc. (Honors, 1981) in Geology from the University of Calabar, Nigeria. His research has been sponsored by NOAA, FHWA, USDOE, USDOD, USNRC, DuPont Corporation, Sandia National Laboratory, Duke Energy Corporation and the National Science Foundation. From his research contributions to advances in Geoenvironmental science and engineering, professional practice in many countries, and public policies on energy and environmental issues, he has received several professional honors, including selection as a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, the 1999 Chancellor’s Medal for Distinguished Public Service of the University of Massachusetts, Lowell; 2001 Swiss Forum Fellow selection by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); the 1996 National Research Council Young Investigator Selection; 1992 Eisenhower-Jennings Randolph Award of the International Public Works Federation/World Affairs Institute tat was instituted to honor the international achievements of former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower; and the 1991 American Association for the Advancement of Science/USEPA Environmental Science and Engineering Fellowship.
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