Instructors
The 2007 instructors are:
John W. Poston, Sr., Ph.D.
Dr. Poston has over 40 years of experience in radiation protection. A health physicist of international renown, he has chaired numerous scientific committees and advisory boards and is a life member of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. Dr. Poston is a professor and the former department head of the Texas A&M University Department of Nuclear Engineering. He has recently been asked by the White House to accept a Presidential Appointment on a congressional advisory board.
Ian S. Hamilton, Ph.D., CHP
Dr. Hamilton is an associate professor of radiologic science and the incoming director of the Consulting Medical Physics Practice for the Baylor College of Medicine Department of Radiology. Dr. Hamilton is the former Health Physics Program director for the Texas A&M University Department of Nuclear Engineering, where he taught undergraduate- and graduate-level health physicists and nuclear engineers for over 10 years. In addition, Dr. Hamilton is ABHP certified in the comprehensive practice of health physics, and is licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as a Senior Reactor Operator. Dr. Hamilton got his start in "things nuclear" as an enlisted technician in the U.S. Navy's nuclear power program.
Matthew G. Arno, Ph.D., P.E., CHP
Dr. Arno has over 10 years of experience in the nuclear field, having worked for Lockheed Martin as a safety analysis/facility safety engineer for several years and as a visiting assistant professor for the Texas A&M Department of Nuclear Engineering in addition to the consulting work he now does. He has a bachelor's and master's degrees in Nuclear Engineering, a Ph.D. in Health Physics, and is a licensed Professional Engineer with the state of Texas. In addition, he is ABHP certified in the comprehensive practice of health physics.
Stewart C. Bushong, Sc.D., FACR, FACMP
Dr. Bushong is a professor of radiologic science at Baylor College of Medicine and holds Texas Medical Physics License Number 0001. He has published over 130 peer-reviewed scientific articles and 33 books. His prime book, Radiologic Science for Technologists, has become the cornerstone in many radiologic tech instruction programs. Like the other instructors in this course, Dr. Bushong is very personable and is recognized far and wide for being able to distill difficult concepts into easy-to-understand "penguins."
Benjamin R. Archer, Ph.D., FACR, FACMP
Dr. Archer is a professor of radiologic science at Baylor College of Medicine. He is certified in diagnostic physics by the American Board of Radiology and the American Board of Medical Physics. He has served on numerous national committees and task groups. Most recently, Dr. Archer co-chaired the NCRP report on shielding for diagnostic medical facilities (NCRP Report No. 147).
James E. Martin, Ph.D., CHP
Dr. Martin is an associate professor of radiological health at the University of Michigan. He served 25 years with the U.S. Public Health Service and the Environmental Protection Agency during which he directed environmental studies for nuclear weapons and nuclear facilities; and developed radiation protection standards for uranium fuel cycle facilities and radioactive wastes. He is certified by the American Board of Health Physics and has served in various assignments including an advisory committee to the Secretary of Energy for nuclear weapons safety, Chair of the Michigan Toxic Substance Control Commission, and three National Research Council committees.
Douglas A. Johnson, MS, MHP, CDR USNR
Cmdr. Johnson is a Reserve Navy Radiation and Environmental Health Officer with operational, teaching, and auditing experience at US, Asian, and European military facilities. His civilian career included National Defense work in nuclear power and weapons safety. He was a Regional Manager with the Texas Bureau of Radiation Control and Senior Health Physicist at Texas A&M with broad laboratory and vet/med work and laser safety. He was General Manager of the 10 MeV National Center for Electron Beam Food Research and authored and contributed to numerous research projects and papers. Cmdr. Johnson is currently the Associate Director of the National Science Foundation¹s Integrated Ocean Drilling Program for Health, Safety, and Environment and is a Lecturer at the University¹s Department of Nuclear Engineering.
Kenneth L. Miller, M.S., CHP
Ken Miller is professor of radiology and director of the Division of Health Physics at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University in Hershey , Pennsylvania. He is comprehensively certified in health physics by the American Board of Health Physics and in medical health physics by the American Board of Medical Physics. Miller serves on numerous federal, state and local advisory committees and since 1998 he has been Editor-in-Chief of Operational Radiation Safety.
Robert Emery, Dr. PH, CHP, CIH, RBP
Dr. Robert Emery is the assistant vice president for Safety, Health, Environment and Risk Management for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and associate professor of Occupational Health at the University of Texas School of Public Health. He has over 25 years of experience in the field of health and safety. Dr. Emery is the author of many peer-reviewed articles on practical health and safety topics and makes frequent presentations at the local and national level.