A/Professor Brian Davies

National Honours:

• Member of the Order of Australia

Academic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science (UNSW)
• Doctorate of Philosophy (VUT)

Professional Qualifications:

• Certified Industrial Hygienist, American Board of Industrial Hygiene.
• Certified Occupational Hygienist, Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists

Position:

• Associate Professor in School of Health Sciences

Teaching and Coordinating:

• SHS974 Measurement of Hazardous Substances
• SHS975 Thermal Environment
• SHS977 Control of Hazardous Substances
• SHS980 Epidemiology & Toxicology for OHS Practitioners
• SHS981 Occupational Hygiene in the Oil and Gas Industry
• SHS982 Occupational Hygiene in the Mining Industry
• SHS983 Occupational Hygiene Project

International Awards:

• Recipient of 2002 Yant Award. Presented by the American Industrial Hygiene Association for outstanding contribution to the field of Occupational Hygiene.
• Recipient of 2003 William Steiger Memorial Award. Presented by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists to honour individuals whose efforts have contributed to advancements in Occupational Safety and Health.
• Recipient of 2010 International Occupational Hygiene Association Lifetime Achievement Award.

Affiliations:

• Fellow, Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists.
• Full Member, American Industrial Hygiene Association.

Research Interests:

• The control of diesel particulates in mines
• Statistical treatment of workplace exposure data

Publications:

Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date

Safe Working in Aircraft Fuel Tanks: An Australian Experience ; P Yeung, A  Rogers and B Davies. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Journal Vol. 12 (9) September 1997

Evaluation and Control of Employee Exposure to Diesel Particulate at Several Australian Coal Mines ; S Pratt, A Grainger, J Todd, G Meena, A Rogers and B Davies. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Journal Vol. 12 (92) December 1997

Occupational Hygiene Programmes and Research in the Australian Coal Mining Industry; B Davies. Occupational Hygiene Vol. 4 (3-6) 1998

Diesel Particulate Control Strategies at Some Australian Underground Coal Mines. B Davies. AIHA Journal Vol. 63 (5) September/October 2002

Diesel Particulates – Progress on an old issue , A Rogers and B Davies, Annals of Occupational Hygiene, Vol. 49, No. 6, pp453-456, August 2005

Field Measurement of Diesel Particulate Matter Emissions; J Volkwein, P Meshcler, B Davies and C Ellis, Annals of Occupational Hygiene, Vol 52, No 2, pp 99-105, March 2008

Email: brian_davies@uow.edu.au
Phone: +61 (02) 4221 4438
Mobile: +61 (0)  407 287 406
Office: B41.247