Vanderbilt University School of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering

Frank L. Parker

Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering

Office:	Room 284, Jacobs Hall
Address:	Vanderbilt University VU Station B-35 1831 Nashville, TN 37235-1831
Phone:	615/343-2371
Fax:	615/322-3365
Email:	parkerfl@vuse.vanderbilt.edu

Professor Parker has extensive experience in radioactive and hazardous chemical waste, thermal pollution and water resources engineering. He served in the U.S. Army in a variety of engineering positions and, after graduating from MIT, worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Rockland Light and Power Company as a civil and water resources engineer. After graduating from Harvard, Professor Parker worked for a consulting hydraulic engineering firm and then went to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where he became head of Radioactive Waste Disposal Research. He also served as head of Radioactive Waste Disposal Research for the International Atomic Energy Agency. At Vanderbilt, he concentrated on thermal pollution problems and water resources problems for a number of years, but in recent years has concentrated on radioactive and hazardous chemical waste problems, with increasing attention to the policy questions associated with these problems.

Education:

Ph.D: Harvard University, 1955; Water Resources Engineering
M.S: Harvard University, 1950; Civil Engineering
B.S: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948; Civil Engineering

Research Interests:

Hazardous Chemical and Radioactive Waste Disposal Policy
Risk Analysis of Hazardous Chemical Waste Disposal
Risk Analysis of Radioactive Waste Disposal