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Cyril J. Durrenberger

Biographical Sketch

Cyril Durrenberger is a Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering and a Research Fellow at the Center for Energy and Environmental Resources at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests lie in issues related to air quality with a focus on atmospheric modeling and emissions inventory development. He spent 28 years with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission and the Texas Air Control Board prior to joining the University of Texas. 

While with the state agencies he authored 18 technical papers on aspects of modeling and emission inventory presented at national professional meetings of the Air Pollution Control Association, Air and Waste Management Association and American Meteorological Society. Mr. Durrenberger assisted the Environmental Protection Agency in developing the guidance for the new 8-hour ozone standard and the fine particulate standards. He was on the national steering committee for the Emissions Inventory Improvement Program and a member of the Executive Steering Committee and Cochair of the Emissions Committee for North Atlantic Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone. While with the state agencies he was project manager for photochemical modeling activities for the five near nonattainment areas in Texas and regional modeling. He was a technical advisor for the development of the ozone state implementation plans for the Beaumont/Port Arthur, Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston/Galveston ozone nonattainment areas. He authored many reports while working at the state agencies and was co-author for the Accelerated Science Evaluation of Ozone Formation in the Houston/Galveston Area reports on meteorology, modeling and emissions inventory (www.utexas.edu/research/ceer/texaqsarchive). His current research is focused on using the results from that Texas Air Quality Study to provide a sound scientific basis for air quality management in Texas.

Mr. Durrenberger received his B.A. degree in Mathematics, with honors, from Texas A&M University in 1964. He received his M.A. degree in Mathematics and M.S. degree in Environmental Health Engineering from The University of Texas, Austin in 1966 and 1977, respectively. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas.

Positions

2001 - present Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Texas
2001- present Research Fellow at Center for Energy and Environmental Resources, University of Texas.
1997 - 2001 Senior Engineer, Technical Analysis Division, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC)
1993 - 1997 Assistant Division Director, Air Quality Planning Division, TNRCC
1991 - 1993 Assistant Deputy Director, Air Quality Planning, Texas Air Control Board (TACB)
1990 - 1991 Director, Control Strategy Division, TACB
1984 - 1990 Chief, Modeling Section, TACB
1978 - 1984 Staff Member, Modeling Section, TACB
1973 - 1978 Staff Member, Methods Development Section, TACB
1971 - 1973 Staff Member, Source Sampling Division, TACB
1968 - 1971 Assistant Instructor, Math Department, University of Texas
1966 - 1968 Armour Officer, United States Army
1967 Instructor in Mathematics, University of Kentucky, Fort Knox
1964 - 1966 Teaching Assistant, Math Department, University of Texas

Education

1964 B. A., Mathematics with honors, Texas A&M University
1966 M. A., Mathematics, University of Texas
1977 M. S., Environmental Health Engineering, University of Texas