Dr. Hamid R. Kavianian
Hamid R. Kavianian, Ph.D., CSP; is emeritus professor of Chemical Engineering at California State University Long Beach, and has served as an adjunct professor of safety at the Institute of Safety and Systems Management of the University of Southern California. Dr. Kavianian was a former member of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Operational Readiness Review Team for Occupational Safety and Environmental Requirements, and has served as the Chair of the Process Safety Technical Group of the American Society of Safety Engineers. In addition to safety, environmental, and chemical engineering research and development for Fortune 100 companies, and Argonne National Laboratory, Dr. Kavianian was in charge of the Defense Logistics Agency’s Occupational Safety & Environmental training programs for the Department of Defense personnel in the U.S., Europe, Korea, and Japan. Dr. Kavianian is the author of 6 published textbooks and numerous journal articles and conference papers in the field of chemical and occupational and environmental safety engineering and management. In 2000, Dr. Kavianian was recognized as “Safety Professional of the Year” by Region 1 of the American Society of Safety Engineers which covers the states of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii, and in 1999 was similarly recognized by ASSE’s Orange County Chapter. In 2001, the Associated Engineering Student Body selected Dr. Kavianian as the winner of “Instructor of the Year” award for the College of Engineering at California State University Long Beach.
