Dr. Hilary Inyang

Prof. Inyang is the Duke Energy Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science, Professor of Earth Science and Director of the Global Institute for Energy and Environmental Systems at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. He is currently the President of the International Society for Environmental Geotechnology (ISEG) and the Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction (GADR).

Prior to his current position, he was University (titled) Professor, DuPont Young Professor and Director of the Center for Environmental Engineering, Science and Technology (CEEST) at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Previously he taught at George Washington University, Washington, DC; Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana; and University of Wisconsin, Platteville. Professor Inyang also served at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1991-1993) as a Senior Geoenvironmental Engineer and subsequently as the President of Geoenvironmental Design and Research (GDR) Inc., a small research firm that he founded in 1993. From 1997 to 2001, he was the Chair of the Environmental Engineering Committee of the USEPA Science Advisory Board, and also served on the Effluent Guidelines Committee of the National Council for Environmental Policy and Technology.

Professor Inyang has authored/co-authored more than 180 research articles, book chapters, federal design manuals and the textbook, Geoenvironmental Engineering: principles and applications, published by Marcel Dekker (ISBN: 0-8247-0045-7). His research and professional focus are on contaminant leaching and dusting from materials, containment systems and materials for barriers, energy systems and geohazards.

Professor Inyang has contributed on a continual basis and in a leadership role, to several scholarly publications. He has been an associate editor/editorial board member of 27 refereed international journals and contributing editor of three books, including the United Nations Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (Environmental Monitoring Section). Professor Inyang served on more than 100 technical and policy panels of governments and professional societies, and has given more than 100 invited speeches and presentations on a variety of technical and policy issues at many institutions and agencies in several countries. Among these presentations are the 10th Anniversary Lecture of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment in Seoul, Korea (2005); the Annual University Lecture of the University of Calabar, Nigeria (2005); the Dean Rusk Public Lecture of Davidson College, NC, USA (2005); the Charles Jones Lecture at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA (2004); ALCOA Endowed Lecture at Carnegie-Mellon University (2002); the Earth Day Celebrations Lecture at Spellman College, Atlanta; the AMOCO Foundation Lecture at Iowa State University (1996); and the Goldberg and Zoino Lecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1994).

Professor Inyang has chaired/co-chaired international conferences in the United States, Brazil, Finland, China and Nigeria. Professor Inyang holds a Ph.D. with a double major in Geotechnical Engineering and Materials and a minor in Mineral Resources from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa; an M.S. and B.S. in Civil Engineering from North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota; and a B.Sc. (Honors) in Geology from the University of Calabar, Nigeria. His research has been sponsored by NOAA, FHWA, USDOE, USDOD, USNRC, DuPont Corporation, Sandia National Laboratory, Duke Energy Corporation and the National Science Foundation. For his research contributions to advances in geoenvironmental science and engineering, professional practice in many countries, and public policies on energy and environmental issues, he has received several professional honors, including selection as a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, the 1999 Chancellor's Medal for Distinguished Public Service of the University of Massachusetts, Lowell; 2001 Swiss Forum Fellow selection by the American Association for the Advancement of Science ; the 1996 National Research Council Young Investigator Selection; 1992 Eisenhower-Jennings Randolph Award of the International Public Works Federation/World Affairs Institute that was instituted to honor the international achievements of former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower; and the 1991 American Association for the Advancement of Science/USEPA Environmental Science and Engineering Fellowship.
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