Samuel C. Morris

Environmental Health Scientist

Email: morris3@bnl.gov


Education
Virginia Military Institute (B.S., Civil Engineering, 1965); Rutgers University (M.S., Sanitary Engineering, 1967); University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (Sc.D., Environmental Health, 1973).

Research Interests
Health and environmental risk assessment; Energy systems analysis; Methods of quantifying uncertainty.

Professional Affiliations
Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP), Institute of Professional Environmental Practice; Society for Risk Analysis; American Society of Civil Engineers; Air and Waste Management Association; INFORMS; Adjunct Professor of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie-Mellon University.

Summary of Experience
Responsible for projects to assess health and environmental risk of energy production and use including coal, oil, gas, nuclear, emerging technologies, and waste disposal; to assess risk of waste disposal sites and to model national and state energy systems. Taught at graduate and undergraduate levels, supervised an environmental engineering program, and served as a consultant/advisor to international, federal, and state agencies.

Selected Publications
Morris, S. C., Moskowitz, P. D., Fthenakis, V. M., and Hamilton, L. D. Chemical emergencies: evaluation of guidelines for risk identification, assessment, and management. Environment International 13, 305-10 (1987). (BNL #39592).

Morris, S. C., Lee, J. C., Goldstein, G. A., and Steinberg, M. Comparison of pre- and post-combustion carbon removal. Energy Conversion and Management 33, 747-54 (1992). (BNL #47320).

Morris, S. C. and Meinhold, A. F. Probabilistic risk assessment of nephrotoxic effect of uranium in drinking water. Health Physics, in press. (BNL #60701).

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