Articles and Conference Presentations

Dr. Larry Olson

Recent Presentations

  • “Climate Change: Facts, Fiction, and Science.” EIA 2008 Southwest Regional Conference, Las Vegas, February 21, 2008.

  • “Biodiesel from Waste Oils” at Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Lisbon, Portugal, May 2007.

  • “Air Pollution from Biomass Fuels” at the University of Florence in Florence, Italy, May 2007.

  • “Health Effects of Perchloroethylene and Petroleum Solvents” Maricopa County Air Quality Department, Dry Cleaning Seminar, September 2007

 

Journal Articles

  • Experimental Organic Chemistry, Ji Ping and L. Olson, Science Press, Shanghai, 2005.

  • “Management of Chemicals for Sustainable Development.” L.W. Olson in B. Nath and L. Hens, Ed., The World Summit on Sustainable Development: The Johannesburg Conference, Springer, pp. 135-150 (2005).

  • “Health Impact and Control of Particulate Matter.” L. Olson and K. Boison in P. Nicolopoulou-Stamati et al (eds). Environmental Health Impacts of Transport and Mobility, 113-123, Springer (2005).

  • “The Municipal Solid Waste System and Solid Waste Characterization in the Municipality of Veles, Macedonia.” Hristovski, K., Olson, L., Hild, N., Peterson, D. and Burge, S., Waste Management, 27, 1680-1689 (2007).

  • “Arsenate Removal by Nanostructured ZrO2 Spheres.” Kiril D. Hristovski, Paul K. Westerhoff, John C. Crittendon, and Larry W. Olson, Environmental Science and Technology (2008) 42, 3786-90.

  • “Arsenate Removal by Iron (Hydr)oxide Modified Granulated Activated Carbon: Modeling Arsenate Breakthrough with the Pore Surface Diffusion Model.” Kiril D. Hristovski, Paul K. Westerhoff, John C. Crittendon, and Larry W. Olson, Separation Science and Technology, in press (2008).

  • “Second Generation Biofuels.” (2008) Larry W. Olson, Journal of Environmental Management Arizona, Vol 6, No. 1, p. 13.

  • “Pharmaceuticals in Your Drinking Water.” (2008) Larry W. Olson, Journal of Environmental Management Arizona, Vol 6, No. 2, p. 17.

  • “How much of a Threat is Bisphenol A?” (2008) Larry W. Olson, Journal of Environmental Management Arizona, Vol 6, No. 3, p. 13.

  • “Human Guinea Pigs.” (2008) Larry W. Olson, Journal of Environmental Management Arizona, Vol 6, No. 4, p. 12.

Recent Funded Research

  • U.S. EPA, "Expanded Assessment for Naco, AZ", L. Olson, N. Hild, and R. Gordon, $161, 600
  • U.S. Dept of Education, FIPSE Grant in Biofuels, L. Olson, $33,112
  • Honeywell, "Environmental Management Systems, " L. Olson and A. Brown, $44,999
  • Amereco, "Biodiesel Research," L. Olson $44,102 AZ Dept of Transportation, "Effectiveness of Microbe Application to Petroleum Spills," L. Olson and A. Brown, $12,246

 

Dr. Danny Peterson

Presentations

  • “Life Long Learning in Emergency Management: Readiness Challenges.” Arizona Emergency Response Commission. February 2000.
  • “Readiness Through Partnership and Higher Education.” AZ State Emergency Response Commission--hosted in Lake Havasu City, AZ. May 2000.
  • “Educational Challenges in Emergency Services: Embracing Technological Change.” Arizona Emergency Services Association. Mesa, Arizona. June 2000.
  • “Economic Impact and Remediation Technologies for New Arsenic Rule,” Environmental Protection of Arizona (EPAZ), Airport Sheraton, Phoenix, Arizona. October 2002.
  • “Terrorism and WMD—Impacts on OSHA Training.” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Orlando, Fl. March 2003.
  • “Preparedness through Partnerships.” Community Advisory Panel. LDS Center, 2015 East Chandler Heights Road, Queen Creek, AZ. September 2003
  • “Post 9/11 Emergency Management in the U.S.” Invited lecturer at Beijing University, China October 2003.
  • “Fundamentals of Emergency Management.” Short course developed and presented at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. October 2003.
  • “Terrorism Defense: A systems approach.” Arizona State University Capital Center, Phoenix, AZ. February 2004.

Journal Articles

  • “That was duty, honor, and what…?”. Education Journal Vol 20, No. 2. Air University. 1977.
  • “The impacts of disaster exercises on participants.” Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol 8, No. 4. (Co-authored with Ronald Perry). 1999.
  • Larry Olson, Nicholas Hild, and Danny Peterson. (2002) “A Web Based M.S. in Technology Degree in Environmental Technology Management.” Presented at the Eighth Sloan-C Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks: The Power of Online Learning.
  • "Terrorism defense: A new challenge for emergency management." Journal of Environmental Management, vol 1(4), 10-12. 2003.
  • "Mitigating social stress from critical incidents." Journal of Emergency Management, 1(1), 19-26. 2003.
  • "Disconnects between expectations and deliverables among emergency responders," Journal of Emergency Management, vol 2 (2), 17-22. (co-authored with Richard Besserman M.D., Dan Johnston, and Cmdr. Lyle Rodabaugh). 2004.
  • "The municipal solid waste system and solid waste characterization at the municipality of Veles, Macedonia." Waster Management, in press. (co author with Kiril Hristovski—primary author and, Larry Olson, Nicholas Hild, Scott Burge). 2006.
  • "Homeland Security: An academic discipline or a passing fantasy?" AZ Response Commission Gatekeeper, vol VIII, Ed. 1. p. 7. 2007.
  • "Mission Possible: A failure mode and effect analysis of the Federal Emergency Management Agency." Journal of Emergency Management, 5(6), 17-28. (co-author with Jeff Nelson and Kiril Hristovski). 2007.
  • "Alternate Emergency Operations Center." Journal of Environmental Management, vol 6(4), p. 6-7, 14-15. (co-author with Ryan Brown). 2008.