Slide 1Some General ThoughtsEmployment SectorsAcademiaSlide 5Slide 6Government Research LabsGovernment AgenciesConsulting / LabsIndustry/Manufacturing R&DSlide 11Not-for-ProfitCareer CallsCareers in Indoor Environmental Science & Engineering: For CE397: Indoor Environmental Technical ExchangeRichard L. Corsi & Glenn MorrisonSome 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 applicantsEmployment Sectors•Academia•Government research laboratories•Government agencies•Consulting / commercial laboratories•Industrial/ manufacturing R&D•Not-for-profitDedicated expertsvs.“Dabblers”** “Dabblers” is not derogatoryAcademia• 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%)AcademiaAcademia•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 agenciesConsulting / 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 =