Director, Center for Risk Studies and Safety (CRSS), Department of Chemical Engineering, Joint Appointment in Mechanical and Environmental Engr University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5070 Office: Room 3349 Engineering II Building and ERC Phone: (805) 893-4900 Fax: (805) 893-4927 E-mail: theo@theo.ucsb.edu Ph.D. University of Minnesota Environmental, Ocean, and Risk and Safety Engineering, Fluid Mechanics/Thermal Sciences Personal Homepage

Our research interests are motivated by environmental concerns resulting from the large-scale hazards of modern technology. The potential for these so-called man-made disasters has been increasing rapidly in the past ten years as the economics of scale push toward ever larger industrial facilities. Inadequately understood manufacturing processes, and increasing proximity to humans, have led to unprecedented accidents. Beyond the extensive damage, such major accidents can be detrimental to the respective technologies themselves.

Last Update: March 13, 2001 - C. Gregory