Shelly
L. Miller Assistant
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E-mail: shelly.miller@colorado.edu |
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Phone: (303) 492-0587 |
http://stripe.colorado.edu/~shellym |
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Fax: (303) 492-3498 |
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Ph.D. (1996) Civil and
Environmental Engineering,
Dissertation Title: “Characterization
and Control of Exposure to Indoor Air Pollutants Generated by Occupants.”
Committee: William Nazaroff (Chair), Robert Harley, Catherine
Koshland
M.S. (1991) Environmental
Engineering,
M.S. (1987) Operations
Research and Statistics,
B.S. (1986) Applied
Mathematics with honors,
Air
pollutant exposure assessments; engineering control technology for reducing
indoor air pollutant levels; indoor aerosols and bioaerosols; indoor air quality
modeling, including statistical and physical models
University of Colorado,
Boulder, Mechanical Engineering, Chancellor’s Fellow,
1996-1998
University of California,
Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate Student Researcher,
1992-96
Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Indoor Environment Program, Graduate Student Researcher,
1991-95
U.S. Naval Weapons Station,
Concord, CA, Data Systems, Operations Research Analyst,
1990
Claremont Graduate School,
Mathematics, Research Team Leader, 1986-1987
TRW, Inc., San Bernardino,
CA, Navigation Engineering, Member of the Technical Staff,
1986-1988
University of Colorado,
Boulder, Mechanical Engineering, Air Pollution Control Engineering MCEN
4131/5131; Indoor Air Pollution MCEN 4141/5141; Measurements Laboratory MCEN
3027
Peccia,
J., Werth, H., Miller, S. L., and Hernandez, M., Effects of relative humidity on
the ultraviolet induced inactivation of airborne bacteria, Aerosol Science & Technology, in
press, 2000
Miller, S. L. and Macher, J.
M., Evaluation of a methodology for quantifying the effect of room air
ultraviolet germicidal irradiation on airborne bacteria, Aerosol Science & Technology, 33: 274-295, 2000
Rahn, R. O., Xu, P., and
Miller, S. L., Dosimetry of room-air germicidal irradiation using spherical
actinometry, Photochemistry and
Photobiology, 70: 314-318,
1999
Nicas, M. and Miller, S. L.,
An evaluation of the reported efficacy of upper room ultraviolet germicidal
irradiation against airborne mycobacteria, Applied Environmental and Occupational
Hygiene, 14: 317-328,
1999
Miller, S. L., Cheng, Y. S.,
and Macher, J. M., Welcome to a special issue on bioaerosol generation and
sampling, Aerosol Science and
Technology, 30: 93-99,
1999
Hernandez, M., Miller, S.
L., and Macher, J. M., A combined fluorochrome method for quantitation of active
and inactive airborne bacteria, Aerosol
Science & Technology, 30:
145-160, 1999
Nazaroff, W. W., Nicas, M.,
and Miller, S. L., Framework for evaluating measures to control nosocomial
tuberculosis transmission, Indoor
Air, 8: 204-218,
1998
Miller, S. L., Branoff, S.,
and Nazaroff, W. W., Exposure to toxic air contaminants in environmental tobacco
smoke: an assessment for California based on personal monitoring data, Journal of Exposure Analysis &
Environmental Epidemiology, 8:
287-311, 1998
Miller, S. L., Leiserson,
K., and Nazaroff, W. W., Nonlinear least-squares minimization applied to tracer
gas decay for determining air flow rates in a two-zone building, Indoor Air, 7: 64-75, 1997
Miller-Leiden, S., Lobascio,
C., Macher, J. M., and Nazaroff, W. W., Effectiveness of in-room air filtration
for tuberculosis control in healthcare settings, Journal of the Air & Waste Manage
Assoc, 46: 869-882,
1996
Wampler, D., Miller-Leiden,
S., Nazaroff, W. W., Gadgil, A., Litvak, A., Mahanama, K.R.R., and Nematollahi,
M., Effectiveness of smokeless ashtrays, Journal of the Air & Waste Manage
Assoc, 45: 494-500,
1995
Nero, A. V., Miller-Leiden,
S., Nolan, D. A., Price, P. R., Rein, S., Revzan, K. L., Wollenberg, H. A., and
Gadgil, A. J., Statistically based methodologies for mapping of radon actual
concentrations - the case of Minnesota, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 56: 215-219, 1994
Anderson,
M., Miller, S. L., and Milford, J. B. Source apportionment of exposure to toxic
volatile organic compounds, Engineering Solutions to
Indoor Air Quality Problems Symposium, Raleigh, NC, 17-19 Jul
2000
Duffy, M. E., Dutton, S.,
Mackie, T., Wysmuller, S., Rabinovitch, N., and Miller, S. L. Pilot indoor
environmental intervention study in grade schools and residences to reduce
childhood asthma symptoms, Engineering Solutions to Indoor Air Quality Problems
Symposium, Raleigh, NC, 17-19 Jul 2000
Xu, P., Peccia, J.,
Hernandez, M., and Miller, S. L. The efficacy of upper room ultraviolet
germicidal irradiation in inactivating airborne microorganisms under incomplete
mixing conditions, Engineering Solutions to Indoor Air Quality Problems
Symposium, Raleigh, NC, 17-19 Jul 2000
National Science Foundation, POWRE, S. Miller (Principal Investigator), Bioaerosols: Gaining Expertise through Education and Research, $75,000 1.5 year grant funded Mar 2000
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, S. Miller (Principal Investigator), Pilot Indoor
Environmental Intervention Study in Day-care Centers and Grade Schools to Reduce
Childhood Asthma Symptoms, $25,400, one-year grant funded Sep
1999
National Science Foundation,
D. W. Toohey (Principal Investigator), A. M. Middlebrook, S. L. Miller, M. A.
Tolbert, O. B. Toon, Major Research Instrumentation Grant, Atmospheric Chemistry
Directorate for Geosciences, Development of an Integrated System for Analyses of
Aerosol Composition and Chemistry, $703,500
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, S. Miller
(Principal Investigator) and M. Hernandez, Efficacy of Ultraviolet Irradiation
in Controlling the Spread of Tuberculosis, $99,000, one-year contract funded Oct
1999
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, S. Miller and J. Milford (Principal Investigator), Source
Apportionment of Exposure to Toxic Volatile Organic Compounds, $129,700,
two-year grant funded Sep 1998
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, S. Miller
(Principal Investigator), M. Hernandez, and K. P. Fennelly, Efficacy of
Ultraviolet Irradiation in Controlling the Spread of Tuberculosis, $353,000,
three-year contract funded Sep 1997
Environmental Achievement Award, US EPA Region 8, 2000
NSF Engineering Education
Scholar, Carnegie Mellon University, 1998
Chancellor’s Postdoctoral
Research Fellowship for Academic Diversity, University of Colorado,
1996-1998
International Society of
Indoor Air Quality and Climate
International Society of
Exposure Analysis
American Association for
Aerosol Research
Air and Waste Management
Association
Association for
Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
Limited, mostly non-scholarly (conferences) visits to