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Members of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board |
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B. John Garrick, Ph.D., P.E., was appointed to the Board as Chairman on September 10, 2004, by President George W. Bush. He is an executive consultant. His areas of expertise include the application of the risk sciences to complex technological systems in the space, defense, chemical, marine, and nuclear fields. Mark D. Abkowitz, Ph.D., was appointed to the Board by President George W. Bush on June 26, 2002. Dr. Abkowitz is professor of civil and environmental engineering at Vanderbilt University. His areas of expertise include transportation safety and security, systems analysis, all-hazards risk management, and applications of advanced information technologies. Wm. Howard Arnold, Ph.D., P.E., was appointed to the Board on September 10, 2004, by President George W. Bush. He is a private consultant. His areas of expertise include nuclear project management, organization, and operations. Thure E. Cerling, Ph.D., was appointed to the Board by President George W. Bush on June 26, 2002. Dr. Cerling is Distinguished Professor of Geology and Geophysics and professor of biology at the University of Utah. His areas of expertise include terrestrial geochemistry and geochemistry processes. David J. Duquette, Ph.D., was appointed to the Board by President George W. Bush on June 26, 2002. Dr. Duquette is department head and professor of materials engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His areas of expertise include physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of metals and alloys. George M. Hornberger, Ph.D., was appointed to the Board on September 10, 2004, by President George W. Bush. He is Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vanderbilt University. His research is aimed at understanding how hydrological processes affect the transport of dissolved and suspended constituents through catchments and aquifers. Andrew C. Kadak, Ph.D., was appointed to the Board on September 10, 2004, by President George W. Bush. He is Professor of the Practice in the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His areas of expertise include nuclear management and the development of advanced nuclear reactors. Ronald M. Latanision, Ph.D., was appointed to the Board by President George W. Bush on June 26, 2002. Dr. Latanision is emeritus professor of materials science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a principal in Exponent, a science and engineering firm. His areas of expertise include materials processing and corrosion of metals and other materials in aqueous environments. Ali Mosleh, Ph.D., was appointed to the Board on September 10, 2004, by President George W. Bush. He is Nicole J. Kim Professor of Engineering, director of the Reliability Engineering Program, and director of the Center for Risk and Reliability at the University of Maryland. His areas of expertise include methods for probabilistic risk analysis and reliability of complex systems. William M. Murphy, Ph.D., was appointed to the Board by President George W. Bush on March 20, 2006. He is professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences at California State University, Chico. He has expertise in geochemistry, including the interactions of nuclear wastes and geologic media. Henry Petroski, Ph.D.,P.E., was appointed to the Board on September 10, 2004, by President George W. Bush. He is Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University. His areas of expertise include the interrelationship between success and failure in engineering design. He also has a strong interest in the nature of invention, as well as in the history and evolution of technology. |