Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 1991 – North Carolina State University
B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1980 – University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
Certifications
Engineering-in-Training Certificate, Idaho, 1980
Professional Experience
Dean, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, 2006-2016
Interim Dean, College of Engineering and Architecture, 2005-2006
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Engineering and Architecture, 2003-2005
Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Engineering and Architecture, 2002-2003
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2003-present
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1997-2003
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1991-00
Site Technician, Mountain Cloud Chemistry Project, NCSU, 1987-91
Senior Process Control Engineer, ARCO Petroleum Products, 1981-86
Process Engineer, Chevron, Western Region Production, 1980-81
Awards
Richard Crain Faculty Award for Distinction in Ethics Teaching, 2003
Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award in Civil Engineering, 1999
Leon Luck Faculty Award, Most Effective Faculty Member, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1998
Recipient of NSF Career grant, 1995
Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award, 1994
Research Interests
Atmospheric aerosols – sampling methods and chemical characterization
Receptor modeling
Atmosphere-biosphere interactions – field, laboratory and modeling experiments
Airborne particulate matter – emission measurements and windblown dust
Teaching
Atmospheric Aerosols
Air Pollution Control
Introduction to Environmental Engineering
Principles of Environmental Engineering
Engineering Ethics and Professionalism
Ethics Issues in Science and Technology
Publications
Finn, D., B. Rumburg, C. Claiborn, W. Bamesberger, W.F. Siems, J. Koenig, T. Larson, and G. Norris (2001) “Sampling Artifacts from the use of Denuder Tubes with Glycerol Based Coatings in the Measurement of Atmospheric Particulate Matter”, Environmental Science and Technology 35 (40-44).
B. Rumburg, R. Alldredge, and C. Claiborn (2001) “Statistical Distributions of Particulate Matter and the Error Associated with sampling Frequency”, Atmospheric Environment 35(16): 2907
R. Villasenor, C. Claiborn, B. Lamb, and S. O’Neill (2001) “High Wintertime Particulate Matter Episodes in a City in Complex Terrain”, Atmospheric Environment 35/36 (6479-6491).
Claiborn, C., T. Larson, and L. Sheppard (2002) “Testing the Metals Hypothesis in Spokane, WA”, Environmental Health Perspectives 110 (supplement 4): 547-552.
Pang, Y., L.A. Gundel, T. Larson, D. Finn, L.-J.S. Liu, and C.S. Claiborn (2002) “Development and Evaluation of a Novel Personal Particulate Organic and Mass Sampler (PPOMS)”, Environmental Science and Technology 36 (5205-5210).
Wilson, W.E., J.C. Chow, C.S. Claiborn, W. Fusheng, J. Engelbrecht, and J.G. Watson (2002) “Monitoring of Particulate Matter Outdoors”, Chemosphere, 49 (1009-1043).
Kim, E., T.V. Larson, P.K. Hopke, C. Slaughter, L.E. Sheppard, C. Claiborn (2003) “Source Identification of PM2.5 in an Arid Northwest US City by Positive Matrix Factorization”, Atmospheric Research, 66 (291-305).
