ROBERT F. SAWYER

 

SHORT RESUME

 

BS, MS Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University (1957,58). MA Aeronautical Engineering, Ph.D. Aerospace Science, Princeton University (1963,66). U.S. Air Force, to Captain (USAFR), rocket propulsion research (1958-61). Prof. of the Graduate School, University of California at Berkeley and Senior Research Engineer at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1966-). Chair Energy and Resources Group (1984-88). Class of 1935 Professor of Energy (1988-91). Visiting Professor of Energy and Environment, University College London (1995-). Research in combustion, rocket propulsion, fire safety, pollutant formation and control, toxic wastes, motor vehicle emissions, regulatory policy. More than 330 publications, 2 books.

 

Member California Air Resources Board (1975-76). Senior Policy Advisor, USEPA Office of Air and Radiation (1994-95). Chair Bay Area Air Quality Management District Advisory Council (2002). Co-Chair EPA Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee (1995-2003), Member EPA Blue Ribbon Panel on Fuel Oxygenates (1998-99). Member of Health Effects Institute Research Committee (1982-2000), Chair Health Effects Institute Special Committee on Emerging Technologies (2000-). Past President, The Combustion Institute, Fellow of the SAE, member ASME, AIAA, AWMA, AAUP. Registered Professional Engineer, California (Mechanical Engineering and Fire Protection Engineering).

 

February 2003