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Claudiu T. Lungu, Ph.D. CURRICULUM VITAE

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health Sciences

530 Ryals Public Health Building, 1665 University Boulevard Birmingham, AL 35294-0022

Voice: 205-934-2072 Fax: 205-975-6341 Email: clungu@uab.edu

EDUCATION

1998 Ph.D. Environmental Health Sciences (Industrial Hygiene track),

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 1994 M.S. Physics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 1983 M.S. Nuclear Materials’ Engineering, University of Bucharest, Romania 1981 B.S. Physics, University of Bucharest, Romania

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2013-present Affiliated faculty, Materials Processing & Applications Development Center, UAB wide interdisciplinary research center

2012-present Director, Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety, a NIOSH funded Education and Research Center

2011-present Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

2011-present Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (secondary appointment)

2012-present Director, Pilot/Small Project Research Training program, Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety, a NIOSH funded Education and Research Center

2010-presemt Affiliate faculty, Center for Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration 2005-present Director, Industrial Hygiene Academic Training program, Deep South

Center for Occupational Health and Safety, a NIOSH funded Education and Research Center

2005-2011 Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

1998-2005 Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

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1994-1998 Teaching/Research Graduate Assistant, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

1994-1997 Laboratory Instructor, Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

1991-1994 Teaching/Research Graduate Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

1991 International Atomic Energy Agency Fellow, Central Research Institute of Physics, Budapest, Hungary, February 15 – May 15

1987-1991 Research Scientist, Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania

1984-1987 Research Associate, Institute of Automation, Bucharest, Romania 1983-1984 Research Associate, Research Institute of Nuclear Reactors, Piteşti,

Romania

HONORS and AWARDS

2012 Nominated as one of the “101 Most Influential Professors of Public Health 2012” by MPHProgramsList.com.

2011 Invited keynote speaker for the Graduate School Doctoral Hooding Ceremony, May 7, UAB Birmingham, AL

2010 The Graduate School Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentorship, UAB Birmingham, AL

2009 Leadership Award – American Industrial Hygiene Association, Toronto 2008 Back of the Envelope Award – School of Public Health, UAB

Birmingham, AL 2008 Best poster in session: J.G. Balanay, S. Crawford and C. Lungu:

American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Minneapolis, MN

2007 Outstanding Volunteer, Ionizing Radiation Committee – American Industrial Hygiene Association, Philadelphia, PA

2003 Best Presentation of Podium Session, Gas and Vapor Detection Committee, American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, TX

1998 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

1997 Recognition of Outstanding Graduate Work, Graduate Student Day, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

1996 Elected member, Sigma Xi, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 1994 American Industrial Hygiene Foundation Scholarship, Columbia, SC 1991 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Research Fellowship,

Budapest, Hungary

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS and PROFFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Professional Affiliation:

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Health Physics Society, member since 1995 Sigma-Xi: The Research Scientific Society, member since 1996 American Industrial Hygiene Association, member since 1997 American Industrial Hygiene Association, Alabama Chapter, member

since 2006, treasurer since 2014 Health Physics Society – Alabama Chapter, member since 2008 American Industrial Hygiene Association – Ionizing Radiation Committee, member since

2000, vice-chair 2006 – 2007, chair 2007 – 2009 American Industrial Hygiene Association – International Affairs Committee, member

since 2010 American Industrial Hygiene Association – Academic Special Interest Group (SIG) since

2011 American Chemical Society, member since 2013

Reviewer Journals:

1999-2003 Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 2000, 2013 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Environmental Science & Technology 2000-2001 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Science of the Total Environment 2006 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Environmental Monitoring 2005-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 2011 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 2011 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Annals of Occupational Hygiene 2011 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Environmental Pollution 2012 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Chemical Engineering Journal 2014 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Books: 2007 Reviewer, Modern Industrial Hygiene – Jimmy Perkins – Chapter 23

Gases and Vapors Grants:

2004 Reviewer, South Carolina Space Grant Consortium and South Carolina EPSCoR Program Research Grant

2007-2009 Member, NIH, Small Business Innovation Research [NIH/ZRG1 HOPE 10] Study Section

2009 Member, CDC/NIOSH Occupational Safety and Health Training Project Grants [ZOH1 GGB (51) 1], University of West Virginia TPG Site Visit Workgroup, November, 2009

2010 Member, CDC/NIOSH Special Emphases Panel/Scientific Review Group (SEP) TPG Study Section, January, 2010

2011 Member, CDC/NIOSH Educational and Research Centers [2011/05 ZOH1 EEO (50)] University of South Florida ERC Site Visit Workgroup, January, 2011

Other professional activities:

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2004, 2005 Session arranger, Physical Agents, American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition 2004 Session moderator, Ionizing & Non-ionizing radiation, American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition 2004-2006 Member of the Users Group, Low background Screening and Prototyping

Facility at the Soudan Underground Mine, MN 1997-2007 Contributed with articles and reviews to “The Synergist” – the newsletter of the American Industrial Hygiene Association 2006-2010 Participant, NIOSH-ERC Industrial hygiene program director's annual/ bi

annual meeting 2006-2010 Participant, NIOSH-ERC Hazardous substances academic training

program director's annual meeting 2012 Moderator and host: Deep South Center annual Research Symposium,

April 13, UAB 2012 Participant, NIOSH – ERC Director’s annual meeting, Chicago IL,

October 3, 4. 2013 Moderator and host: Deep South Center annual Research Symposium,

April 12, Opelika 2013 Participant, NIOSH – ERC Directors annual meeting, Denver CO, October

3-5 2014 Third ScienceOne International Conference on Environmental Sciences,

ICES2014 – Member Program Technical Committee Dubai, January 21-23

2014 Participant, Association of University Programs in Occupational Health and Safety (AUPOHS) annual meeting, Washington DC, February 3-4

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2014 Chair, Search Committee for the position of Associate/Assistant Professor

Exposure science/Environmental health, UAB School of Public Health 2013-present Member, President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Committee 2013 Member, Selection Committee for the Alumnus/Alumna of the Year 2012-present Member, Space Committee, UAB School of Public Health 2011-present Member, Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC), UAB School of Public Health 2011-present Member, Admission Committee, Department of Environmental Health

Sciences, UAB School of Public Health 2011-present Chair, Curriculum Committee, Department of Environmental Health

Sciences, UAB School of Public Health 2011-present Chair, Space Committee, Department of Environmental Health Sciences,

UAB School of Public Health 2010 Member, Search Committee for the position of Associate

Professor/Assistant Professor in Industrial Hygiene, UAB School of Public Health

2009-2010 Member, Named Scholarship Award Committee, UAB School of Public Health

2008-2009 Member, DrPH Curriculum Committee, UAB School of Public Health

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2008-2009 Member, Search Committee for the position of Associate Professor/Professor in Industrial hygiene/Environmental health – potential ERC director, UAB School of Public Health

2008-present Member, Ad Hoc Honor Code Review Committee, UAB School of Public Health

2007-present Member, Advisory Committee on Information Technology, UAB School of Public Health

2006-2009 Member, Department representative, EPC Committee, UAB School of Public Health

2006-2008 Member, Search Committee for the Position of Assistant Professor In Environmental Health Policy, Environmental Management, Environmental Disasters, UAB School of Public Health

2005-present Director, Industrial Hygiene academic program, Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety, UAB School of Public Health

2005-2010 Director, Hazardous Substances Academic Training program, Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety, UAB School of Public Health

2010-present Director, Pilot/Small Projects Research Training Program, Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety, UAB School of Public Health

2005-2010 Program Coordinator, Pilot/Small Projects Research Training Program, Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety, UAB School of Public Health

2005 Member, Search Committee for the position of Assistant Professor in Industrial Hygiene, UAB School of Public Health

2002-2005 Member, Admission Committee, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

2000-2004 Co-Director, Hazardous Substances Academic Training Program, The Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

2000-2002 Member, Laboratory Committee, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

2002 Member, School of Public Health Consolidation Project Subcommittee, University of Minnesota

2001 Participant, the ABET Accreditation Subcommittee for the Industrial Hygiene program, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

1998-2000 Member, Computer Committee, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

1998-1999 Member, Search Committee for the position of Assistant/Associate Professor in Industrial Hygiene, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CONTINUING EDUCATION

2013 Emerging Issues in Occupational Health and Safety, Opelika AL, April 11 2013 American Society of Safety Engineers Region IV PDC, Birmingham AL,

April 3-5 2013 Creativity in Research, Pt. 1. Professional workshop series, January 25 2012-2013 Blaze Leadership Academy

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2012 Clean Air Initiative – A Scientific and Educational Symposium, September 21

2012 Emerging Sustainable Smart Cities Symposium, February 16, Birmingham, AL

2011 Putting Approaches to Safety Nanotechnology into Practice – Tennessee Valley section, AIHA, October 19, Knoxville, TN.

2011 Faculty Development and Diversity Workshop – JoAnn Moody, September 29 – 30, UAB School of Public Health

2011 Seminar on Grant Writing and Review of NIH Submissions – Norman Braveman, July 27, UAB School of Public Health

2010 Diversity Awareness Education, UAB 2008 Blackboard Vista training 2006 CITI Basic course – February 2001 Responsible Conduct of Research, a two days course/workshop (Part 1

and Part 2), University of Minnesota 2000 Participant, ABET Workshop – Engineering Criteria 2000 – Redondo

Beach, CA, May, 2000 2000 Grant Writing Seminar/Workshop, University of Minnesota 2000 Comprehensive Gas Chromatography Seminar – RESTEK Co.,

Minneapolis, MN

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2012-present Course Master: Environmental Sampling and Analysis ENH 661L (2

semester credits), EHS, UAB 2012, 2013 Guest Lecturer: Environmental and Occupational Exposure

Assessment ENH 611 (3 semester credits) “Variability and Uncertainty in Exposure Analysis; Statistical Methods”, “Exposure Assessment Strategies, GIS”, “Gases and Vapors in the Workplace”, “Occupational Exposure to Aerosols” lectures, EHS, UAB

2012 Course Director: Current Topics in Environmental and Occupational Health ENH 691(1 semester credit), EHS, UAB

2005-2011 Course Master: Air Sampling and Analysis ENH 661 (3 semester credits) EHS, UAB

2005-2008 Course Master: Air Sampling and Analysis Laboratory ENH 662 (1 semester credit EHS, UAB 2007-present Course Co-Master: Fundamentals of Air and Water Pollution ENH 660 (3 semester credits) EHS, UAB 2007-present Global Environmental Epidemiology EPI 616 (2 semester credits), “The indoor environment” lecture, UAB 2009-2011 Fundamentals of Environmental Health Science ENH 600 (3 semester credits), EHS, UAB (“Ionizing Radiation”, “Indoor Air Quality” lectures), Spring semester 2005-2008 Fundamentals of Environmental Health Science ENH 600 (3 semester credits), EHS, UAB (“The Workplace Environment”, “Indoor Air Quality” lectures), Spring and Fall semesters

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2006 Co-Instructor: Interdisciplinary Worksite Evaluation ENH 681 (1 semester credits) EHS, UAB 2006 Co-Instructor: Field Interdisciplinary Studies ENH 682 (2 semester credits) EHS, UAB 2006 Co-Instructor: The Public Health Integrative Experience PUH 690 (2 semester credits) EHS, UAB 2006 Instructor: Special Topics in Environmental and Occupational Health ENH 705 (2 semester credits) EHS, UAB 2005-2006 Instructor: Industrial Hygiene Seminar ENH 691 (1 year credit). EHS, UAB (fall 2005, spring 2006) 200-2005 Course Master: Industrial Hygiene Measurements Laboratory PubH 5175 (2 semester credits). Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota 2003 Instructor: Hazard-Related Exposure to Physical Agents in the Environment PubH 5173 (2 semester credits). Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota 2001-2002 Guest Lecturer: Environmental Microbiology PubH 5180. (Sampling for bio aerosol” lecture) Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota 1999 Co-Instructor: Hazard-Related Exposure to Physical Agents in the Environment PubH 5173. Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota 1991-2003 Guest lecturer: Exposure to Environmental Hazards PubH 5103. Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota, (three lectures: 1999, 2000, two lectures: 2001, 2002, one lecture: 2003) 1998-1999 Guest lecturer: Properties, Behavior and Measurement of Airborne Contaminants PubH 5171. Division of Environmental Health Science, University of Minnesota (2 lectures: 1998, 1999) 1998, 2000 Co-Instructor: Industrial Hygiene Applications PubH 5150. Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota (six lectures: 1998, two lectures: 2000) 1998 Instructor: Introduction to Industrial Hygiene Exposure Assessment and Sampling. Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety, November 16 – 18, 1998, Minneapolis, MN 1998 Workshop Co-instructor with Nicole McCullough (3M), Air Sampling Instrumentation. Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety, November 18, 1998, Minneapolis, MN 1997-1998 Graduate Teaching Assistant: Concepts of Environmental Health Sciences ENHS 660. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 1996-1998 Graduate Teaching Assistant: Industrial Hygiene Evaluation ENHS 761. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 1994-1997 Laboratory Instructor: Nuclear Physics PHYS 511. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

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1991-1993 Instructor: Laboratory Instructor for a series of laboratory classes in Mechanics, Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

MENTORING Postdoctoral Research Associate

2003-2004 Andrea Bartekova - Fulbright fellow in the Department of Wood and Paper Science and Division of Environmental Health Sciences, currently Researcher at Kraft Foods (Birmingham, UK).

Visiting Scientist August 2011 Mehdi Jahan-Giri, Research fellow at the Institute for Work and Health in

Lausanne, Switzerland, Ph.D. candidate in Occupational hygiene, School of public health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

List of Graduate Students:

Student Name

Degree

Major

Advisor’s Role

Date of Degree Completion

Mira Grice MS EHS-U of M Academic Advisor Aug. 2002 Jo Anne Goot MS EHS-U of M Academic/Research May 2003 Sreeram Kailasanathan

MS EHS-U of M Academic/Research May 2004

Pamela Russell MS EHS-U of M Academic/Research May 2005 Jodi Quam MS EHS-U of M Research Advisor Dec. 2003 Steven Phillips MS EHS-U of M Research Adviser May 2003 Rui Yang MS EHS-U of M Academic/Research Dec. 2004 Stefan Saravia MPH EHS-U of M Academic Advisor Dec. 2005 Megan Johnson MPH EHS-U of M Academic Advisor Dec. 2005 Ji Young Park Ph.D. EHS-U of M Academic/Research

(2003-2005) May 2009

Glenn Sturchio Ph.D. EHS-U of M Academic/Research May 2008 Lakisha Anderson

MPH EHS-UAB Academic/Research Aug. 2006

Amanda Brown MPH EHS-UAB Academic/Research Aug. 2006 Derek Bocard MPH EHS-UAB Academic/Research Aug. 2007 Colin McDaniel MPH EHS-UAB Academic/Research May 2008 Kevin Young MPH EHS-UAB Academic/Research Aug. 2009 Lydia Wade MPH EHS-UAB Academic/Research May 2010 Hatem Aldeeb MPH EHS-UAB Academic/Research May 2010 Michael Russell MPH ENH-UAB Academic/Research Dec. 2010 Rupkatha Bardhan

MPH

EHS-UAB

Academic/Research

May 2011

Jo Anne Balanay PhD EHS-UAB Research Advisor May. 2011 Shaun Crawford PhD EHS-UAB Research advisor Aug. 2011 Norman Bolus MSPH EHS-UAB Research Advisor Aug. 2011

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Doctoral Students

2008 Glenn Sturchio, Ph.D. Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota: Radiation Dose from Radioactive Patients: A New Exposure Assessment Methodology – currently RSO and Safety director, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

2011 Jo Anne Balanay, Ph.D. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, UAB School of Public Health: Adsorption Characteristics of Activated Carbon Fibers (ACFs) for Toluene – currently Assistant professor, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.

2011 Bradley S. Brinkley, DrPH Department of Environmental Health Sciences, UAB School of Public Health: Experimental Determination of Shielding Requirements for PET Medical Facilities – RSO, UAB, deceased.

2011 Shaun Crawford, Ph.D. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, UAB School of Public Health: Characterization and Modeling of Styrene

Brad Brinkley DrPH EHS-UAB Research Advisor May 2011 Celeste Hemphill PhD EHS-UAB Research Advisor

2008-2010 Withdrawn 2011

Brittany Travis MPH EHS-UAB Academic/Research May 2012 Evan Floyd PhD ENH-UAB Research Advisor August 2013 Paula Joe PhD EHS-UAB Research Advisor May 2014 Jonghwa Oh MPH EHS-UAB Academic/Research August 2012 Samantha Connell

MSPH EHS-UAB Academic/Research August 2013

Sarah Garst MPH EHS-UAB Academic/Research August 2013 David Houston MPH EHS-UAB Academic/Research August 2013 Melike Dizbay-Onat

PhD Interdiscipl. Engineering

Research Advisor

Jonghwa Oh PhD EHS-UAB Research Advisor Megan Moore MPH EHS-UAB Academic/Research May 2014 Joseph Fruehbrodt

MPH EHS-UAB Academic/Research May 2014

Gumi Mabvuta MSPH EHS-UAB Academic Adell Meyer MPH EHS-UAB Academic/Research May 2014 Carly Dedeaux MPH EHS-UAB Academic Katie Eversole MPH EHS-UAB Academic Tasha Stanfield MPH EHS-UAB Academic Alexander Ream MPH EHS-UAB Academic Quachel Bazile MSPH EHS-UAB Academic Garrett Godsey MPH EHS-UAB Academic Jeff Hall Jr. MSPH EHS-UAB Academic Stephanie Jacobs MSPH EHS-UAB Academic Rupkatha Bardhan

PhD EHS-UAB Academic/Research

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Emissions from Vinyl Ester Resin Thermoset Composite Material – currently Adjunct Instructor; Samford University, Birmingham Southern College, UAB School of Public Health and owner CRAWSA, LLC.

2013 Evan Floyd, Ph.D. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, UAB School of Public Health: Photothermal Desorption of Toluene from Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Activated Carbon Sorbents – currently Assistant professor, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK.

2014 Paula S. Joe, Ph.D. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, UAB School of Public Health: New NIOSH Headforms: Developing Novel Methods for Fabricating a More Realistic Physical Headform and Custom Facepieces and Evaluating Existing Commercially-Available Respirators

Masters Students Committees:

May 2000 Nicole Flessner, MS Environmental Health/Industrial Hygiene (U of M) – Committee Member Aug. 2000 Mira Grice, MS Environmental Health/General Program (U of M) – Committee Member Oct. 2002 Gina M. Letts, MS Environmental Health/Industrial Hygiene (U of M) – Committee Member July 2005 Britt J. Davis, MPH /Industrial Hygiene (UAB) – Committee Member July 2005 Meredith Tilley, MPH, ENH/Industrial Hygiene (UAB) – Committee Member Oct. 2008 Ashwini Katre, MS ENH (UAB) – Committee Member Dec. 2008 Meghan S. Tipre, MS Epidemiology (UAB) – Committee Member June, 2013 Samantha Connell, MSPH EHS/IH: Comparison of Fabricated Carbon

Nanotube Sorbent Felts and 3M Charcoal Sorbent Wafers to Assess Passive Sampling Capabilities for VOCs – Committee Chair

Doctoral Examination Committees: May 2000 Michael Kingsley, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota Oral Preliminary Examination Committee member Feb.2000 Wei Liu, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Oral Preliminary Examination Committee member March 2003 Seung Won Kim, Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota, Written Preliminary Examination Committee member Feb.2004 Seung Won Kim, Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota, Oral Preliminary Examination Committee member Aug.2004 Michael Kingsley, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Doctoral Dissertation Committee member Dec. 2005 Katrina Wright, ENH, UAB, Preliminary Examination Committee member March 2006 Mark Brooks. ENH, UAB, Preliminary Examination Committee member Nov. 2006 Katrina Wright ENH, UAB, Doctoral Dissertation Committee member March 2007 Mark Brooks, ENH, UAB, Doctoral Dissertation Committee member Oct. 2007 Leshan Elliott, ENH, UAB, Preliminary Examination Committee member Feb. 2008 Gwendolyn Hudson, ENH, UAB, Doctoral Committee member

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Oct. 2008 Leshan Elliot, ENH, UAB, Doctoral Dissertation Committee member Dec. 2008 Lisa McCormick, UAB, Doctoral Committee member Dec. 2008 Gwendolyn Hudson, ENH, UAB, Preliminary Examination Committee member May 2009 Eric Boelhouwer, Systems Engineering, Auburn University, Doctoral Committee member Oct. 2009 Lisa McCormick, UAB, Doctoral Dissertation Committee member Nov. 2009 Michael Pool, ENH, UAB, Doctoral Committee member Sept. 2010 Eric Boelhouwer, Systems Engineering, Auburn University, Doctoral Dissertation Committee member Dec. 2010 Jo Anne Balanay, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Chair Jan. 2011 Gwendolyn Hudson, ENH, UAB, Doctoral Dissertation Committee

member March 2011 Bradley Brinkley, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Chair July 2011 Shaun Crawford, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Chair May 2013 Evan Floyd, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Chair April 2014 Paula Joe, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Chair

Mentored Students Accomplishments: 2013

• Paula Joe, Ph.D. student: 3rd place in the student poster competition, American Society of Safety Engineers Region IV PDC, Birmingham AL, April 3-5

• Jonghwa Oh, Ph.D. student: ASSE Academic Scholarship - $500, American Society of Safety Engineers Region IV PDC, Birmingham AL, April 3-5

• Jonghwa Oh, Ph.D. student: Charles and Caroline Ireland International Student Scholarship, April 8

• Samantha Connell, MSPH student: Alabama Public Health Association Scholarship - $1,000, The 57th Annual Health Education Conference, Birmingham AL, April 3-5

• Paula Joe, David Houston, Melike Dizbay-Onat: Presented posters at the American Society of Safety Engineers Region IV PDC, Birmingham AL, April 3-5

• Paula Joe, Jonghwa Oh: Presented posters at the Public Health Research Day, Birmingham AL, April 1

• Megan Moore, MPH student: recipient of the 2013 AIHA Scholarship; 3M Personal Safety Division annual scholarships of promising young EH&S students, May 19

• Joe Fruehbrodt, MPH student: recipient of the 2013 George & Florence Clayton scholarship, May 19; ASSE West Florida Chapter Scholarship

• Jonghwa Oh, Ph.D. student: recipient of the 2013 Rick and Carol Fulwiler Scholarship, May 19

• Melike Dizbay-Onat, Ph.D. student in Interdisciplinary engineering: 3rd place in the student poster competition at the Alabama Composites Conference, June 20

• Evan Floyd, Ph.D. graduate of the IH program took an Assistant Professor position (tenure track) at University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK

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• Jonghwa Oh, Ph.D. student: recipient of the UAB SOPH Vernon Rose scholarship 2013-2014

• Shaun Crawford, Ph.D. instructor and students Paula Joe, Jonghwa Oh, Megan Moore, Adell Meyer, Gumi Mabvuta, participated at the Tennessee Valley Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association Fall Conference and PDC, Knoxville, TN, October 16-18, 2013

• Joe Fruehbrodt attended: SafeBridge Boot Camp - Advanced Concepts to Support Drug Development of Potent Compounds from R&D through Manufacturing, October 15 – 17, Boston MA.

2014 • Melike Dizbay-Onat won 3rd place for $600 in the PhD category among 42

entries in the Physical Sciences & Engineering category for her work on ‘Effects of Carbonization and Activation Parameters on Natural Fiber Derived Activated Carbons’ NSF Science & Technology open house Montgomery, AL, Feb 6-7

• Paula Joe successfully defended her dissertation: “New NIOSH Headforms: Developing Novel Methods for Fabricating a More Realistic Physical Headform and Custom Facepieces and Evaluating Existing Commercially-Available Respirators” March 20, 2014

• Samantha Connell received the UAB School of Public Health Outstanding Student Award in the master’s category, April 2014

• Evan Floyd received the UAB School of Public Health Outstanding Student Award in the doctoral category, April 2014

• Samantha Connell was one of the three UAB School of Public Health Students inducted into the UAB Chapter of Delta Omega Honorary Society, April 2014

• Joe Fruehbrodt (IH, MPH student) presented: Surrogate Monitoring for High Potent Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (HPAPIs) at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX, June 2014.

• Megan Moore (IH, MPH student) presented the poster: Comparison of Nanoparticle Aerosol Filtration Efficiencies using Standard Particulate-filtering Respirator Media versus Activated Carbon Fabrics at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX, June 2014 - awarded best poster in the session.

• Paula S. Joe (IH, PhD student) presented the poster: Novel Method for Designing and Fabricating Facepieces to Accommodate the New NIOSH Headforms at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX, June 2014 - award from the Computer Applications Committee.

• Jonghwa Oh (IH, PhD student) presented the poster: Fabrication of Single-walled Carbon Nanotube (SWNT) Sorbent for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Sampling at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX, June 2014.

• Adell E. Meyer (IH, MPH student) presented the poster: Removal of Contaminants from Water Using a PLA/CNT Composite at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX, June 2014.

• Gumi Mabvuta, MSPH student was awarded the Fred S. Venable – AIHA Deep

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South Section Scholarship, June 2014. • Melike Dizbay-Onat, PhD student in Interdisciplinary Engineering was awarded

the Dennis J. Paustenbach AIHA Scholarship, June 2014. • Katie Eversole, MPH student was awarded the George and Florence Clayton

Scholarship, June 2014.

OUTREACH and OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2013 National Public Health Week, Wicked Case Competition - Advisor to

Team 3: Kung Fu Pandas and Team 10: Team Challenge Accepted (third place), Birmingham AL, April 2 – 4

2012 Science and Technology Honors Program Quick Connections – EHS Participant, October 26

2012 PBR Connections Event: Biotechnology and DoD Applications - Aug. 2, Huntsville, AL

2012 UAB School of Public Health, Judge for the Delta Omega Honorary Society Abstract Student Competition

2011 Reviewer for the Back of the Envelope (BOTE) for Staff applications 2011 UAB Graduate Student Research Day Competition, Judge for the Public

Health section, February 24 2010 Claudiu T. Lungu: Update on the Gulf Oil Spill Accident, Emerging Issues

in Occupational Health and Safety, June 23-24, Destin, FL 2010 UAB School of Public Health, Judge for the Delta Omega Honorary

Society Abstract Student Competition 2009 UAB Graduate Student Research Day Competition, Judge for the Physical

Sciences and Engineering section, March 17 2007 The 8th Annual Public Employees Safety Council of Alabama Conference PESCA, Lecturer, Indoor Air Quality: When Simple Solutions are the Best November 17, Gardendale, AL 2006 American Composites Manufacturing Association – Structural

Composites Conference, Feb. 8-9, Birmingham, AL. participant and judge for the student poster session.

2006 Alabama Environmental Education Consortium (ALEEC) Second Annual Conference: Sustainability and Nuclear Power. April 28-29, Birmingham, AL. participant

RESEARCH SUPPORT Active Grants

CDC-NIOSH 2/3/4/5 T42OH008436 07/01/12 – 06/30/17 Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety $8,114,852 Role: PI, Center director, IH and PPRT programs director (6.0 calendar) CDC NIOSH – 1R21OH010373-01A1 09/01/13-08/31/15 A Novel Desorption Technique for Improved $394,672 Sensitivity in Sampling for Gases and Vapors

Role: PI (3.6 calendar)

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Pending Grants

NIEHS – R01 (Gohlke PI) re-submitted: 07/05/2013 Environmental Exposures Across Urban and $2,200,000 Rural Communities in the Deep South Role: Co-Investigator, (1.2 calendar) Micromeritics Instrumentation Corporation (PI) submitted: 11/05/2013 Grant Program $23,625 ASAP 2020 Upgrade

Completed Grants University of MN Grant-in-Aid of Research (PI) 07/1/99-12/30/00 Radon Sorption of Building Materials; $15,504 Pilot Test Using a Surrogate Gas SPH / Minnesota Medical Foundation (Raynor, PI) 07/01/01-12/31/01 Measuring Air Pollutants near an Urban Ethanol $24,994 Production Facility Role: Co-Investigator, (20%) American Industrial Hygiene Association 07/01/01-06/30/02 Respiratory Protection Committee (PI) $5,000 Effect of Sulfur Dioxide Co-adsorption on the Adsorption Performance of Respirator Cartridges for Organic Vapors NIOSH/ Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Sampling Protocol to Measure Fugitive Emission in the 06/30/00 – 06/29/01 Fiber Glass Reinforced Plastic Industry $5,154 Pilot Project Research Training Program Role: Adviser to student PI Pamela Russel University of Minnesota Grant-in-Aid of Research, 01/01/02 – 12/31/03 Artistry and Scholarship (PI) $19,981 Experimental Study of Aerosol Deposition in the Human Lower Respiratory Tract NIOSH/ Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Study of the Sink Effect Influence on the Vapor 12/01/01 – 06/30/02 Concentration Caused by Volatile Chemical Spills $6,030 Pilot Project Research Training Program Role: Adviser to student PI, Steven Phillips

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NIOSH/ Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Study of the Membrane Windscreen Influence on the 12/01/01 – 06/30/02 Diffusive Sampler Performance $12,091 Pilot Project Research Training Program Role: Adviser to student PI, Jodi Quam NIOSH/ Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Study of the Effect of Ethanol Interference in Toluene 02/25/03 – 06/30/03 Sampling $14,097 Pilot Project Research Training Program Role: Adviser to student PI, Sreeram Kailasanathan University of Minnesota International Travel Grant for Faculty 05/23/04–05/28/04 For participation to the 11th International Congress of the $500 Radiation Protection Society, Madrid, Spain NIOSH/ Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Characterization of New Composite Microporous 09/30/03- 07/30/04 Fibers (CMF) as Gas and Vapor Adsorbents $12,058 Pilot Project Research Training Program Role: Adviser to student PI, Ji Young Park CDC NIOSH- K01 (SERCA) OH00184-01 (PI) 09/30/00-09/29/04 Adsorption of Gas Phase Contaminant Mixtures $158,337 Prairie Island Tribal Council (Alexander, PI) Prairie Island Health Study; 01/01/05-12/31/05 Phase I: Feasibility Work Scope $114,970 Role: Co-Investigator (5%) University of Minnesota, Grant in Aid of Research (Kushman, PI) 07/14/04-07/13/06 The Soudan Low Background Counting Facility: $20,550 A Proposal to Develop an Intercollegiate Collaboration Role: Co-Investigator (5%) Jefferson County Department of Health (Oestenstad PI) 08/01/06-07/31/07 South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness $28,868 Proposal to Design and Develop Level One of a Web-based Environmental Health Specialist Certificate Program Role: Co-Investigator (5%) UAB – School of Public Health BOTE Award (PI) 01/05/09 – 06/05/09 Use of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for $21,038 Personal Air Sampling

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DHS/MACRO 35242-8S-1231 (Becker PI) 08/01/08 –07/31/09 Comprehensive Guide to Existing RDD $171,821 Public Education Resources Role: Co-Investigator (5%) CDC NIOSH – R01 08-ROH008080B (PI) 08/03/05 – 07/31/10 Adsorption of Gas Phase Contaminants $515,000 UAB/SOPH Gulf Oil Response Pilot Project (PI) 10/01/10 – 03/31/11 Method Development for the Use of Dispersant as $20,000 Leading Indicator of Oil Contamination and Exposure Following the Gulf Oil Spill NIEHS – 1R21ES18730-1 Sathiakumar (PI) 07/01/10 – 6/30/12 Prenatal Exposure to Solid Fuel Smoke and Birth $270,000 Outcomes in Sri Lanka Pilot study to evaluate relationship between exposure to solid fuels smoke during pregnancy and birth outcomes among infants born to mothers in Sri Lanka Role: Co-Investigator (0.6 calendar) USDHS; CAZADOR, LLC Becker (PI) 09/01/10 – 8/31/12 Task Force Project 6: Protective Action Guides $206,485 Role: Co-Investigator (0.6 calendar)

Not Funded Grant Applications

CDC NIOSH - R21 (PI) submitted first: 02/16/2011 Development of a 3D Scanning Approach for Designing Better Fitting Respirators

NSF- IGERT Stanishevsky (PI) submitted first: 07/01/2012 Nanofibers for Resource Efficiency in the 21st Century Role: Co-Investigator NIEHS – R25 Superfund Research Program (PI) submitted first: 02/26/2013 Mixed Reality Health and Safety Training for $750,000 Emerging Technologies NSF - Research Initiation Grants in Engineering submitted first: 03/24/2013 Education (RIGEE) (Vaidya PI) $150,000 Research in Engineering Education of Nano-Bio Materials for Safer Environment and Industrial Emissions Reduction Role: Co-Investigator, (10%) Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation – Postdoctoral submitted: 08/14/2013

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Program in Environmental Chemistry (Kharlampieva PI) $120,000 Biodegradable Photocatalytic Microsponges for Oil Spill Environmental Remediation Role: Co-PI EPA Healthy Schools (Gohlke PI) submitted: 10/08/2013 The School “HERO” Project: Health Environment and $989,136 Respiratory Outcome Role: Co-Investigator (1.2 calendar) EPA Indoor Air and Climate Change submitted: 01/23/2014 Influence of the HVAC usage pattern on indoor air $999,908 pollution levels in residential homes Role: PI (3.0 calendar)

BIBLIOGRAPHY Manuscripts

* Shows corresponding (senior) author role

1. C Dumitru, C Lungu, S Iosif Cs-134 and Cs-137 Body Contamination of Human Adults in the Bucharest Area in the Aftermath of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 42:45-49, 1992.

2. C Feigley, D Underhill, C Lungu, and T Riley The Sampling Rates of Diffusive Samplers Measured in the Laboratory and in Simulated Use as Personal Samplers. Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J. 57:551-557, 1996.

3. C Lungu and D Underhill The Effect of Moisture on the Adsorption of Xenon by Activated Carbon. Health Physics 77:298-303 1999.

4. LM Brosseau, P Raynor, C Lungu Employers’ Expectations of Knowledge and Skills of Masters-Trained Industrial Hygienists. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 2:1-7, 2005.

5. A Barteková, P Huelman, C Lungu* The Potential Exposure of Residents to Emissions from Building Materials used in a New Composite Panel House. The Air & Waste Management Association’s 98th Annual Conference & Exhibition Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota, ISBN 0-923204-88-1, 2005.

6. Lisa Brosseau and Claudiu Lungu “The Nature and Properties of Workplace Airborne Contaminants” in Occupational Hygiene 3rd edition Blackwell Publishing Ltd. (Book chapter), May, 2005.

7. A Bartekova, C Lungu*, R Shmulsky, P Huelman, and JY Park Laboratory Evaluation of Oriented Strand Board Samples with respect to Volatile Organic Compounds Emission. Forest Product Journal 56(2):85-90 2006.

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8. A Bartekova, C Lungu, M Cheple, and P Huelman Research Summary of Indoor

Air Quality Monitoring with respect to Volatile Organic Compounds Concentration in New Composite Panel Houses. The Air & Waste Management Association’s 99th Annual Conference & Exhibition Proceedings, New Orleans, LA. June 2006, Session #: AB-7a I (1), Paper#413, ISBN 10: 0-9232-0480-6, 2006.

9. JG Balanay, and CT Lungu* Exposure of Jeepney Drivers in Manila, Philippines, to Selected Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). Industrial Health, 47:33-42, 2009.

10. Y Zhang, S Banerjee, R Young, C. Lungu, and G Ramachandran Bayesian Modeling of Exposure and Airflow Using Two-Zone Models. Annals of Occupational Hygiene 53(4):409-424, 2009.

11. S Crawford CT Lungu* Influence of Temperature on Styrene Emission from a Vinyl Ester Resin Thermoset Composite Material. Science of the Total Environment, 409:3403-3408, 2011.

12. JG Balanay, S Crawford, and CT Lungu* Comparison of Toluene Adsorption among Granular Activated Carbon and Different Types of Activated Carbon Fibers (ACFs). Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 8:573–579, 2011.

13. P Joe, Y Ito, A Shih, RK Oestenstad and CT Lungu* Comparison of a Novel Surface Laser Scanning Anthropometric Technique to Traditional Methods for Facial Parameter Measurements. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 9: 81–88, 2012.

14. E Floyd, CT Lungu, and J Gohlke An Evaluation of Sediment Data from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, 1(3): 341-350, 2012.

15. JG Balanay, CT Lungu* Morphologic and Surface Characterization of Activated Carbon Fibers. Adsorption Science and Technology, 30(4): 355-368, 2012.

16. CT Lungu*, M Dizbay-Onat, U Vaidya: Physical Adsorption Properties of Natural Fibers and Natural Fiber-Based Activated Carbons for CO2 Emissions. Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Composite Materials, June 24-28, Venice-Italy, 2012.

17. PS Joe, E Floyd, CT Lungu* Physical Fabrication and Verification of New NIOSH Digital Headform Designs with Skin-analog for Use in Fit Testing Journal of the International Society for Respiratory Protection, 29(2): 82-93, 2012 (appeared in 2013).

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18. E Boelhouwer, J Davis, A Franco-Watkins, N Dorris CT Lungu Comprehension

of hazard communication: Effects of Pictograms on Safety Data Sheets and Labels. Journal of Safety Research 46:145-155, 2013.

19. S Crawford, CT Lungu* Application and Limitations of a Mass Transfer VOC Emission Model for a Dry Building Material. Atmospheric Environment 81:25-31, 2013.

20. JG Balanay, A Bartolucci, CT Lungu* Adsorption Characteristics of Activated Carbon Fibers (ACFs) for Toluene: Application to Respiratory Protection. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 11(3):133-143, 2014.

21. Veronika Kozlovskaya, Jun Chen, Chrysanty Tedjo, Xing Liang, Javier Campos-

Gomez, Jonghwa Oh, Mohammad Saeed, Claudiu T. Lungu, and Eugenia Kharlampieva pH-Responsive Hydrogel Cubes via Sequential Polymer Assembly: Synthesis and Release of Doxorubicin in Cancer Cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2:2494 – 2507, 2014.

22. Paula S. Joe, Phillip C. Shum, David W. Brown, and Claudiu T. Lungu* A

Novel Method for Designing and Fabricating Low-Cost Facepiece Prototypes. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 11(10):665-671, 2014.

23. E Floyd, K Sapag, J Oh, CT Lungu* Thermal Desorption of Toluene from Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes and Granular Activated Carbon under Continuous Light Irradiation. Accepted to Annals of Occupational Hygiene, July 2014.

24. JG Balanay, E Floyd, CT Lungu* Breakthrough Curves for Toluene Adsorption on Different Types of Activated Carbon Fibers: Application in Respiratory Protection. Accepted with revisions to Annals of Occupational Hygiene, July 2014.

25. M Dizbay-Onat, CT Lungu, JG Balanay, U Vaidya* Preparation and Characterization of Flex, Hemp and Sisal Fiber Derived Mesoporous Activated Carbon. Submitted to Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, August 2014.

Oral Presentations

1. Lungu, C. and Dumitru, C: Determination of Internal Contamination in the Aftermath of the Chernobyl Accident using the Whole Body Counter (Romanian), Annual Meeting of the Romanian Physics Society, Cluj, Romania, October, 1990.

2. Lungu, C. and Dumitru, C: In Vivo Measurements of the Internal Contamination (of the Human Body) after the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Charleston Chapter of the Health Physics Society Meeting, Columbia, SC, August, 1993.

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3. Feigley, C., Underhill, D., Lungu, C.: Body Effect on the Diffusive Sampler Mass Transfer. Fall Meeting of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, Carolinas Section, Myrtle Beach, SC, October, 1994.

4. Lungu, C.: Humidity Effect on the Adsorption by Activated Carbon of Toxic Compounds. The Spring Meeting of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, Carolinas Section, Charlotte, NC, March, 1997.

5. Lungu, C.: Adsorption on Charcoal: Black Magic or Physics? Presentation at the Graduate Student Day Session, Columbia, SC, April, 1997.

6. Lungu, C.: From Chernobyl to Tokaimura; Facts and Fiction. Special Seminar of the Environmental and Occupational Health Division, Minneapolis, MN, November, 1999.

7. Lungu, CT: Sorption of Radioactive Xenon in Building Materials; Implications for Radon Sampling. Fall Meeting – North Central Chapter of the Health Physics Society, Lake Elmo, MN, October 2002.

8. Lungu, CT: Novel Materials in Occupational and Environmental Health Applications. NSF Workshop on Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Green Materials and Products, UAB School of Engineering, Birmingham, AL, July 2012.

9. Lungu, CT: Application of New Technological Advances in the Industrial Hygiene Practice. Southeast Mine Safety & Health Conference, Birmingham AL, November 4-7, 2013.

Conference Proceedings, Papers and Abstracts

1. Kingsley, M.L., Davidson, J., and Lungu, C.: A proposed Challenge Gas Mixture for Indoor Gas Contaminant Removal Equipment. Proceedings of the Air Filtration Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October, 20-21, 1999.

2. Lungu, CT and Kingsley M.: Radon Sorption of Building Materials. American

Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA, June 2001.

3. Russell P. and Lungu, CT: Assessing Worker Exposure to Styrene in the Reinforced Fiber Glass Industry from Limited Personal and Area Sampling. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA, June 2001.

4. Brosseau, LM, Lungu, CT. Ramachandran, G. Raynor, P: Expectations of

Employers Hiring Entry-Level Masters-Trained Industrial Hygienists, American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Dallas, TX, 2003.

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5. Quam, J. and Lungu CT: A Laboratory Comparison of Active and Passive Sampling for the Monitoring of Styrene. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Dallas, TX, May 2003.

6. Phillips, S. and Lungu, CT: Building Material Sink Effect Influence on Vapor

Concentration from Volatile Organic Chemical Spills. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Dallas, TX, May 2003.

7. Kailasanathan, S. and Lungu, CT: Granular Activated Carbon Adsorption

Capacity for Low Concentration Binary Mixtures of Toluene and Sulfur Dioxide. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Dallas, TX, May 2003.

8. Rui, Y. and Lungu, CT: Airflow Patterns around a Mannequin – Determination

of Critical Parameters for Indoor Air Modeling American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA, May 2004.

9. Park, JY and Lungu, CT: Granular Activated Carbon Adsorption of Toluene-

Ethanol Binary Mixture American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA, May 2004.

10. Lungu, CT: Determination of 137Cs Biological Half-Life from Individual Whole

Body Counter Measurements, Following the Chernobyl Accident. 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA), Madrid, Spain, May 2004.

11. Bartekova, A. Huelman, P. and Lungu, CT: Emissions from Building Materials

used in a New Experimental House. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, May 2005.

12. Bocard, D. Crawford, S. McDaniel, C. and Lungu, CT.: Modeling Styrene

Concentration Profile Emitted from Vinyl Ester Resin. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, June 2007.

13. McDaniel, C. Crawford, S. and Lungu, CT: Influence of Temperature on the

Evaporation Rates of Styrene, Vinyl Ester Resin and Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, June 2008.

14. Balanay, JG. Crawford, S. and Lungu, CT: Comparison of Adsorption

Characteristics between Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) and Activated Carbon Fibers (ACF) for Toluene. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, June 2008.

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15. Balanay, JG. Crawford, S. Lungu, CT: Toluene Adsorption on Various Types of Activated Carbon Fibers. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Toronto, June 2009.

16. Wade, L. Balanay, JG. Lungu, CT: Physisorption as a Method to Determine

Surface Area and Porosity of PPE Materials. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Toronto, June 2009.

17. Brinkley, B. White, S., Yester, M. Lungu, C.: Calculation of Broad Beam

Transmission Factor for 511-keV Photons Using Energy Spectra Measured in the Presence of Scatter. American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 51st Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA July 2009.

18. Balanay, J.G. Crawford, S. Lungu, CT: Adsorption Characteristics of Various

Types of Activated Carbon Fibers (ACFs) for Toluene. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Denver, CO May 2010.

19. Crawford, S. and Lungu, C.: Characterization of Styrene Emissions from a

Thermoset Composite Material over a Range of Temperatures. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Denver, CO May 2010.

20. Aldeeb, H. and Lungu, C.: Radiation Dose Received During Routine Instrument

Calibration. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Denver, CO May 2010.

21. Joe, PS. Lungu, CT and Ito, Y: Comparison of Traditional and Surface Laser

Scanning Anthropometric Techniques for Facial Dimensions. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Denver, CO May 2010.

22. Floyd, E. Smith, P. Lungu, CT and Maples, E.: Comparison of Carbon

Nanotubes to Activated Carbon for Air Sampling. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Denver, CO May 2010.

23. Crawford, S. and Lungu, CT: Characterization and Modeling of Styrene

Emissions from a Thermoset Composite Material over a Range of Temperatures. Alabama Composites Conference, Birmingham AL, August 2010.

24. Crawford S. and Lungu, CT: Characterization and Modeling of Styrene

Emissions from a Thermoset Composite Material over a Range of Temperatures. Society of Plastics Engineers’ Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition, Detroit MI, September 2010.

25. Balanay, J.G. Crawford, S. and Lungu, CT: Testing Activated Carbon Fibers for

Respiratory Protection Use. 8th International Scientific Conference of the

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International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA), Roma, Italy, September 2010.

26. Floyd, E. Gohlke, J. and Lungu, CT: Process Safety Failure Results in

Increased Gulf Sediment Contamination During the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR, May, 2011.

27. Joe, PS. Lungu, CT: Use of 3D Methods to Design Respirator Facepieces for

Testing New NIOSH Headforms’ Representativeness. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR, May, 2011.

28. Hemphill, C. Oestenstad, K. Balanay, J. Lungu, CT: Characterization of

Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth and Felt. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR, May, 2011.

29. Bardhan, R. Maples, E. Liu, RM. Squadrito, G. Lungu, CT: Low Dose Ionizing

Radiation Induced Oxidative Damage in Occupationally Exposed Radiation Workers. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR, May, 2011.

30. Crawford, S.A. and Lungu, CT: Validation, Expansion and Application of a

Mass Transfer Model to Predict Diffusive Styrene Emissions from a Composite Building Material. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR, May, 2011.

31. Balanay, J. Lungu CT: Adsorption Characteristics of Activated Carbon Fibers

for Toluene: Application on Respiratory Protection. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR, May, 2011.

32. Dizbay-Onat, M. Balanay, J. Lungu, CT: Carbon Capture with Natural Fiber-

Based Activated Carbon Composites SPE-Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, September 13-15, 2011.

33. Floyd, E. Lungu, CT: A Novel Desorption Technique for Improved Sensitivity in

Environmental Air Sampling. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, June 2012.

34. Joe, PS, Lungu CT: New NIOSH Digital Headform Physical Fabrication and

Verification. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, June 2012.

35. Oh, J. Floyd, E. Lungu, CT: Comparison of Desorption Efficiency (DE) of

Vapor and Liquid Dosing Methods on Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) and Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) Beds with Various Concentrations of Toluene.

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American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, June 2012.

36. Connell, SL. Jankovic, JT. Hollenbeck, SM. Lungu, CT: An Assessment of

Oxygen Deficiency Hazards within Research and Development (R&D) Laboratories. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, June 2012.

37. Dizbay-Onat, M. Vaidya, U. Floyd, E. and Lungu CT: Application of Natural

Fiber Derived Activated Carbon as Respiratory Filter. American Society of Safety Engineers, Region IV Professional development Conference, Birmingham, AL, April 2013.

38. Houston, D. Bullock, B. Floyd, E. Lungu, CT: Comparison between Short Term

and Time Weighted Average Air Sampling and Analysis. American Society of Safety Engineers, Region IV Professional development Conference, Birmingham, AL, April 2013.

39. Joe, P. and Lungu, C.: Physical Fabrication and Verification of New NIOSH

Digital Headform Designs with Skin-analog for Use in Fit Testing. American Society of Safety Engineers, Region IV Professional development Conference, Birmingham, AL, April 2013.

40. Oh, J. Floyd, E. Lungu, CT: Desorption Efficiency Comparison: Vapor Dosing

and Liquid Dosing of Granular Activated Carbon and Carbon Nanotube Sorbents. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Montreal, CA, May, 2013.

41. Connell, S. Floyd, E. Lungu CT: Comparison of Fabricated Carbon Nanotube

Sorbent Felts and 3M™ Charcoal Sorbent Wafers to Assess Passive Sampling Capabilities for VOCs. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Montreal, CA, May, 2013.

42. Houston, D. Bullock, B. Floyd, E. Lungu CT: Comparison between short term

and time weighted average air sampling and analysis. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Montreal, CA, May, 2013.

43. Dizbay-Onat, M. Vaidya, U. Floyd, E. Lungu CT: Preparation and

Characterization of Sisal Derived Activated Carbon for Respiratory Applications. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Montreal, CA, May, 2013.

44. Dizbay-Onat, M. Vaidya, U. Floyd, E. Lungu CT: Comparison of Flax, Hemp

and Sisal Fiber Derived Activated Carbon for Respiratory Filter Application. Alabama Composites Conference, Birmingham AL, June 18-20, 2013.

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45. Floyd, E. Lungu CT: Photo Thermal Desorption of Toluene from Processed Single Walled Carbon nanotube and Activated Carbon Sorbents. Alabama Composites Conference, Birmingham AL, June 18-20, 2013.

46. Oh, J. Floyd, E. Lungu, CT: Comparison of Two High Performance

Carbonaceous Materials for Air Sampling. Alabama Composites Conference, Birmingham AL, June 18-20, 2013.

47. Megan Moore; Claudiu Lungu, Ph.D.; Burton Ogle, Ph.D., CIH, CSP; Tracy

Zontek, Ph.D., CIH, CSP; Scott Hollenbeck, CIH; John Jankovic, CIH presented the poster: Industrial Hygiene Sampling in Research and Development (R&D) Laboratories, at the Women in Science Symposium at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 1, 2013.

48. Floyd E, Connell S. Oh, J. Lungu CT: Fabrication of Single Walled Carbon

Nanotube Adsorbent Pads and the Photo-Thermal Desorption of Toluene from these Pads. NanoBio Summit 2013, Montgomery AL, October 17-18, 2013.

49. Oh J, Floyd E, Lungu CT: Comparison of Desorption Efficiency (DE) of Vapor

and Liquid Dosing Methods on Coconut Shell Charcoal (CSC) and Single Walled Carbon Nanotube (SWNT) Sorbents. Tennessee Valley Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association Fall Conference and PDC, Knoxville, TN, October 16-18, 2013.

50. Joe P, Lungu CT: Development and Evaluation of Silicon Skinned NIOSH

Headforms. Tennessee Valley Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association Fall Conference and PDC, Knoxville, TN, October 16-18, 2013.

51. Melike Dizbay-Onat, Claudiu Lungu and Uday Vaidya: Development of

Composite Adsorbent Materials: Activated Carbon Derived From Sisal Fiber Industrial Waste. SAMPE (Society of Advancement of Material and Process Engineering) Tech '13 Conference, Wichita, KS, October 21-24, 2013.

52. Melike Dizbay-Onat, Claudiu T. Lungu and Uday Vaidya: Effects of

Carbonization and Activation Parameters on Natural Fiber Derived Activated Carbons. NSF Science & Technology open house - 3rd place in the PhD category among 42 entries in the Physical Sciences & Engineering category, Montgomery, AL, Feb 6-7, 2014.

53. Megan Moore, Evan Floyd, Claudiu T. Lungu: Comparison of Nanoparticle

Aerosol Filtration Efficiencies using Standard Particulate-filtering Respirator Media versus Activated Carbon Fabrics. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX, June, 2014 – best poster in session.

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54. Paula S. Joe, Claudiu T. Lungu: Novel Method for Designing and Fabricating Facepieces to Accommodate the New NIOSH Headforms. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX, June, 2014 – award from the Computer Application Committee.

55. Jonghwa Oh, Evan Floyd, Claudiu T. Lungu: Fabrication of Single-walled

Carbon Nanotube (SWNT) Sorbent for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Sampling. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX, June, 2014.

Invited Presentations

1. Feigley, C., Underhill, D., Riley, T. and Lungu, C: The Sampling Rates of Diffusive Samplers as Measured in the Laboratory and in Simulated Use as Personal Dosimeters. “International Symposium: Measurement of Toxic and Related Air Pollutants” sponsored by the Air and Waste Management Association, Research Triangle Park, NC, May 1995.

2. Lungu, C.: Adsorption of Noble Gases on Activated Carbon; Moisture Effect. Division of Environmental and Occupational Health - Special Seminar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, March, 1998.

3. Lungu, C.: The Effect of Moisture on the Adsorption of Xenon by Activated Carbon. 15th Review Meeting of the Center for Filtration Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, May 7 1999.

4. Lungu, CT: Temperature Profile of a Respirator Cartridge for Organic Vapors during Adsorption. American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition, Toronto, June 1999.

5. Lungu, CT: Building Materials as Radon Sinks. American Radiation Safety Conference and Exposition, Cleveland, OH, June 2001.

6. Lungu, CT. and Kailasanathan, S: The Effect of Sulfur Dioxide Co-adsorption on the Toluene Adsorption Performance of Activated Carbon. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, San Diego, CA, June 2002.

7. Lungu, CT and Russell, P.: Comparison of Styrene Exposure in Two Open Mold Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Manufacturing Sites. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, San Diego, CA, June 2002.

8. Lungu, CT and Quam, J.: Membrane Damage Influence on Diffusive Sampler Performance. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Dallas, TX, May 2003.

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9. Lungu, CT and Park, JY: Comparing the Adsorption of Toluene and Ethanol on Granular Activated Carbon American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA, May 2004.

10. Claudiu T. Lungu: Adsorption in Industrial Hygiene; Conventional and Less Conventional Applications. Special Seminar of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, November, 2004.

11. Claudiu T. Lungu: Using Personal Protective Equipment in Complex Environments: Challenges and Solutions. Special Seminar of the School of Health Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH January, 2005.

12. Claudiu T. Lungu: Evaluation of Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted from Motor Vehicles and from Building Materials. Seminar of the School of Public Health Louisiana State University - Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA February, 2005.

13. Claudiu T. Lungu: Evaluation of Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted from Motor Vehicles and Building Materials. Seminar of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT March, 2005.

14. Lungu, CT and Park, JY: Comparing the Adsorption Characteristics of a New Composite Material with Granular Activated Carbon. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, May 2005.

15. Sturchio, G. and Lungu, C: Uncertainties in Calculating the Radiation Exposure from Radioactive Patients. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Chicago, IL, May 2006.

16. Lungu C. Crawford, S. and Bocard, D: Estimate of Exposure to Styrene Emitted from Thermoset Composite Materials using a Small Environmental Test Chamber. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, June 2007.

17. Lungu, C. and Crawford, S.: Laboratory Determination of Styrene Emission from Thermoset Composite Materials. Second International Conference on Environment – The Athens Institute for Education and Research (AT.IN.E.R.), Athens, Greece, August 2007.

18. Sturchio, G. and Lungu, C: Exposure Assessment of Radioiodine Therapy Patients – Implication for Patient Release. International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) Regional Congress for Central and Eastern Europe, Braşov, Romania, September 2007.

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19. Claudiu T. Lungu: Community Impacts of the Chernobyl and Fukushima Incidents. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR, May, 2011.

20. Lungu, CT Dizbay-Onat, M. Vaidya, U.: Carbon Capture with Natural Fiber-Based Composite Adsorbents. 15th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM15), Venice, Italy, June 2012.

21. Balanay, JG. Lungu, CT: Breakthrough Curves for Toluene Adsorption on Different Types of Activated Carbon Fibers: Application for Respiratory Protection. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Montreal, CA, May, 2013.

22. Floyd, E. Lungu, CT: Photo Thermal Desorption of Toluene from Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube and Activated Carbon Sorbents. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Montreal, CA, May, 2013.

23. Joe, P. Floyd, E. Lungu, CT: Fabrication and Verification of New NIOSH Headform Designs with Skin-Analog. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Montreal, CA, May, 2013.

24. Crawford, S. Lungu, CT: Styrene Emission from a Thermoset Composite Material; Experimental Data and Modeling. Alabama Composites Conference, Birmingham AL, June 18-20, 2013.

25. Floyd, E. Lungu, CT: Estimating Integrated VOC Exposure in Near Real-Time. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX, June, 2014.

26. Lungu, CT. Oh, J. Floyd, E: Photo Thermal Desorption of Toluene from Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Adsorbent Pads in Air Samplers, accepted for podium presentation at CIMTEC 2014, 6th Forum on New Materials, Montecatini Terme, Italy, June 15-19, 2014.

Reports and Other Publications 1. Lungu, Claudiu T: Method for Regeneration of Industrial X-Ray Tubes (Romanian).

Thesis, for the fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Science degree, Department of Physics, University of Bucharest, Romania, 1983.

2. Lungu, Claudiu T: Low Gamma Energy Measurement System for the Quantification

of Natural Uranium Deposition in the Human Lungs. Technical report at the completion of the IAEA fellowship training, Central Research Institute for Physics, Budapest, Hungary, 1991.

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3. Lungu, Claudiu T: Body Effect on the Diffusive Sampler Mass Transfer. Thesis, for the fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Science degree, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1994.

4. Lungu, Claudiu T: The Effect of Humidity on the Physical Adsorption of Radioactive

Xenon by Activated Carbon. Dissertation, for the fulfillment of requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1998.

5. Russell, P. and Lungu, C.: Assessing Worker Exposure to Styrene in the Reinforced

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Guide to Existing Radiological Dispersal Device Public Education Resources, U.S. DHS Project Report, January, 2010.

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of the CDC/NIOSH R01 grant, ROH008080B, December 2010. 8. Judson Kenoyer, Claudiu Lungu, and Ron Beethe: “Health Physics Resources and

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