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Juan Carlos Ramirez-Dorronsoro, PhD

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Valparaiso University, IN

Dr. Juan Carlos Ramirez-Dorronsoro, PhD, is and associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Valparaiso University where he teaches civil and environmental engineering courses. Dr. Ramirez-Dorronsoro holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad del Valle, a Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) and a PhD in Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Dr. Ramirez-Dorronsoro has more than 11 years of professional experience in the industrial and environmental engineering field with an additional 15 years of teaching college level engineering and environmental courses in the U.S. Dr. Ramirez' mechanical engineering experiences include work in food, metal, and paper processing plants with positions as Corporate Energy Engineer, Production Engineer, and Maintenance Manager.

In the environmental field, Dr. Ramirez-Dorronsoro has worked as an Environmental Engineer Consultant testing stack and process air emission in diverse industries in U.S.A, including industrial and agricultural operations. These experiences include work as the Quality Assurance and Quality Control Manager for a five-year long and $14-million National Air Emissions Monitoring Study (NAEMS) project where he wrote 20 standard operating procedures (SOP) revised and approved by the U.S. EPA.

Dr. Ramirez various academic experiences include teaching courses in the Civil, Agricultural & Biological Engineering departments at Purdue University, the Environmental Science Department at Ball State University, the Environmental Engineering Technology program at Shawnee State University, as founder professor of the Environmental Engineering program at Marietta College, an Valparaiso University. In addition, he has served in diverse organizations, including his current position as Chair of the Measurements, Monitoring and Controls Division (AA) of the Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA).

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