KLAUS WILLEKE, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus (University of Cincinnati)
Biographical Sketch
1952-1960 | Adolfinum, Moers,
Federal Republic of Germany, Abitur, 1960 |
1960-1963 |
Univ. of New
Hampshire, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1963 |
1963-1965 |
Stanford
University, M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1964 |
1965-1966 |
Von Kármán
Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-St-Genèse, Belgium, Diploma, 1966; Thesis:
Experimental Determination of the Electrical Conductivity of an Argon Plasma with and
without Seeding |
1966-1969 |
Stanford
University, Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1969; Dissertation: "Shock-Tube Study of the Transient Thermal
Behavior of Gases at High Temperatures" |
1964-1965 | Research Assistant, Hotshot Tunnel Facility, Stanford University |
1966-1967 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University |
1967-1969 | Research Assistant, Shock Tube Facility, Stanford University |
1969-1970 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching near Munich, Germany |
1970-1976 | Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota |
1972-1973 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan |
1976-1981 | Associate Professor of Environmental Health, Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati |
1981-Pres. | Professor of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati |
1983-1984 | Visiting Professor, Institut für Strahlen und Umweltforschung, Neuherberg bei München, Germany, and Hunan Medical College, Changsha, Peoples' Republic of China |
1985-1990 | Associate Director of Department of Environmental Health |
1986-1988 | Director of Graduate Education Programs in Environmental Hygiene Science and Engineering |
1987-2003 | Adjunct Professor of Industrial Engineering, University of Cincinnati |
1992-1993 | Visiting Professor, Technical University of Munich and GSF-Institute for Environmental Research (Neuherberg), Germany |
1991 | Recipient, Richard Akeson Excellence in Teaching Award, Univ. of Cinci |
1993 | Outstanding Aerosol Paper Award (with P. Baron and W. Heitbrink), American Industrial Hygiene Association |
1994 | Outstanding Aerosol Paper Award (with C.C. Chen and M. Lehtimäki), American Industrial Hygiene Association |
1995 | University of Cincinnati 1995 Faculty Achievement Award |
1996 | International Aerosol Fellow Award - given every 2 years by the International Aerosol Research Assembly, the umbrella organization of all national and discipline specific aerosol associations. |
1996 | Outstanding
Aerosol Paper Award (with Y. Qian, J. Donnelly, S. Grinshpun, V. Ulevicius) American
Industrial Hygiene Association |
1997 | John
White Respiratory Protection Award, Am. Ind. Hygiene Assoc. |
1997 | Best Aerosol Paper Award; American Industrial Hygiene Association |
1998 | John
White Respiratory Protection Award, Am. Ind. Hygiene Assoc. |
1999 | Best Poster Award, American Industrial Hygiene Association |
2000 | Swift Memorial Award for the 2000 Outstanding Aerosol Paper, AIHA. |
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MAJOR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS SINCE 1990 |
1990 | Invited Lecturer, Gesellschaft für Strahlen und Umweltforschung, Frankfurt and München, Germany; Universität Duisburg, Germany; Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany |
1990 | Invited Lecturer, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, DC |
1990 | Invited Lecturer, Central Institute for Labor Protection, Warsaw, Poland; Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland; National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland; University of Kuopio, Finland; Research Centre of the Finnish Defence Forces, Lakiaka, Finland; National Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland; National Institute of Occupational Health, Stockholm, Sweden |
1990 | Session Chairman and Speaker, Third International Aerosol Conference, Kyoto, Japan |
1990 | Invited Lecturer, Toyahashi University, Japan; National Institute of Industrial Health, Kawasaki, Japan |
1991 | Invited Speaker, Airborne Aerosol Inlet Workshop, Boulder, CO |
1991 | Invited Panelist, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, Salt Lake City, UT |
1991 | Invited Plenary Session Lecturer, First Symposium on Pollution Control and Health Effects of Aerosols, Taipei, Taiwan; Invited Speaker, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan; National Taiwan University, Taipei |
1991 | Session Chairman and Speaker, Tenth American Association for Aerosol Research Conference, Traverse City, MI |
1991 | Invited Speaker, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC |
1992 | Invited Speaker, Ten Year Anniversary of the Japan Association of Aerosol Science and Technology, Ohta, Japan |
1992 | Invited Speaker, Occupational Health Seminar, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea |
1992 | Invited Participant, International Conference on Ecological Approaches to Environment and Health in Urban Areas in Central and Eastern Europe, Katowice and Cracow, Poland |
1992 | Invited Lecturer, Universität Mainz, Germany |
1993 | Invited Lecturer, Universität Duisburg, Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany |
1993 | Chairman, 12th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Oak Brook, IL |
1993 | Invited Lecturer, Nordic Association for Aerosol Research Symposium, Lilleström near Oslo, Norway |
1994 | Session Chair and Speaker, European Aerosol Conference, Blois, France |
1994 | Invited Speaker, Scientific Conference on Obscuration and Aerosol Research, U.S. Army Edgewood Research Center, MD |
1994 | Session Chair and Speaker, Fourth International Aerosol Conference, Los Angeles, CA |
1994 | Invited Speaker, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV |
1994 | Invited Speaker, Conference on Tuberculosis Control in the Workplace, Rockville, MD |
1995 | Invited Lecturer, U.S. Army Proving Groungs, Dugway, UT |
1995 | Invited Speaker, American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
1995 | Invited Speaker, Workshop on Aerosol Inhalation, Lung Transport and Deposition, and the Relation to the Environment, Warsaw, Poland |
1995 | Invited Speaker, Institute of Physics, Vilnius, Lithuania |
1995 | Invited Speaker, Army Research Center, Edgewood, MD |
1996 | Keynote Speaker, NIOSH Occupational Aerosol Research Conference, Columbus, Ohio |
1996 | Plenary Lecturer, 15th Annual Conference of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Orlando, Florida |
1996 | Invited Speaker, University of Karlsruhe, Germany |
1997 | Invited Speaker , American Filtration and Separation Society Conference, Minneapolis |
1997 | Invited Plenary Lecturer, 11th Biannual Congress of the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine, Sendai, Japan |
1997 | Invited Speaker, NIOSH, Morgantown, WVA |
1998 | Invited Speaker, Conference on Bioaerosol Collection, Dahlgren, VA |
1998 | Invited Lecturer, Academy of Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania |
1998 | Invited Lecturer, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia |
1999 | Session Chair and Speaker, European Aerosol Conf., Prague, Czech Republic |
2000 | Session Chair and Speaker, European Aerosol Conf., Dublin, Ireland |
Diplomate of the American Board of Industrial Hygiene, certified in Comprehensive Practice of Industrial Hygiene, May 1981, No. 2070 |
EPA-Certified Asbestos Building Inspector and Management Planner, 1988 |
State of Ohio Certified Asbestos Hazard Evaluation Specialist, since 10-88, #3960 |
Member, Aerosol
Technology Committee, American Industrial Hygiene Association, 1976-1981, 1987-1991. |
Member, Safety and
Occupational Health Study Section, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
1978-80. |
Board Member,
Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung, 1980-82. |
Member, Education
Committee, Am. Assoc. for Aerosol Research, 1986-89. |
Member, Committee
on Respiratory Protection, Am. Assoc. for Aerosol Research, 1987-1989. |
Member,
"Particle Total Exposure Assessment Methodology" Program Peer Review Committee,
EPA, 1989-1991. |
Member, Bioaerosols
Committee, Am. Conf. of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, 1989-1998. |
Member, ANSI Z88
Subcommittee on Respiratory Protection from Infectious Aerosols, 1990-1999. |
Editorial Board
Member, Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 1993-2000. |
Member, Board of
Directors, American Association for Aerosol Research, 1994 - 1997. |
Chair, Aerosol
Science and Technology (Journal) Committee, 1995-1996. |
Co-Chair,
Membership Review Committee of the Int. Aerosol Research Assembly, 1996. |
Member, Nominations
Committee, American Assoc. for Aerosol Research, 1996-1998. |
Member, Am. Soc.for
Testing and Materials, Committee F11 on Vacuum Cleaners, 1997-2000. |
American
Association for Aerosol Research |
American Board of
Industrial Hygiene |
American Conference
of Governmental Industrial Hygienists |
American Industrial
Hygiene Association |
Gesellschaft für
Aerosolforschung |
International
Association for Aerobiology |
Pan American
Aerobiology Association |
Klaus Willeke has given lectures in German, French, and Lithuanian. |