Vanderbilt University School of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mark D. Abkowitz

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director, Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies

Office:	Room 292, Jacobs Hall
Address:	Vanderbilt University VU Station B-35 1831 Nashville, TN 37235-1831
Phone:	615/343-3436
Fax:	615/322-3365
Email:	mark.abkowitz@vanderbilt.edu

Dr. Abkowitz specializes in the areas of all-hazards risk management program development, risk assessment, hazardous materials transportation safety & security, and applications of advanced information technology. He is involved in education, research and product development. Dr. Abkowitz has appeared on National Public Radio, Fox National News, and CNBC, discussing various risk management topics. Dr. Abkowitz has served on several national and international committees, including as Chairman of the National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board Committee on Hazardous Materials Transport and as a member of the National Research Council, Committee on Disposal of Transuranic Waste at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. He is currently a member of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, having been appointed to this position by President George W. Bush in June 2002.

Education:

Ph.D: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Civil Eng.—Transportation), 1980
M.S: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Civil Eng.), 1976
B.S: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Civil Eng.), 1974

Research Interests:

All hazards risk management; hazardous materials transportation safety & security; applications of advanced information technology