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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Shelly L. Miller

Associate Professor and Graduate Chair
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Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1996
  • M.S. Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1991
  • M.S. Operations Research and Statistics, Claremont Graduate School, 1987
  • B.S. Applied Mathematics with honors, Harvey Mudd College, 1986

Professional Recognition

  • Distinguished Achievement Award, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, 2006
  • University of Colorado LEAP Fellow, 2005
  • NSF POWRE Award, 2000
  • Environmental Achievement Award, US EPA Region 8, 2000

Research Interests

  • Indoor air quality,
  • Bioaerosol characterization
  • Fine particulate matter
  • Air pollutant control technologies including ultraviolet irradiation and filtration

Dr. Miller is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado. She is also an active faculty member of the interdisciplinary Environmental Engineering Program at CU. Her research interests lie in indoor air quality, health effects and exposure to particulate air pollution, and development and evaluation of indoor air quality control measures. Dr. Miller's current research projects include engineering controls for reducing exposures to infectious diseases, source apportionment of ambient PM2.5 and association with health effects, characterization of environmental conditions in immigrant housing, characterizing ultrafine particles that penetrate into mechanically ventilated buildings, and bioaerosol characterization and control. Dr. Miller has received funding for her research program from the US EPA, CDC, NIOSH, NSF, NIH, and various private foundations and industry sponsors. Dr. Miller received the Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow from the University of Colorado in 1996. In 2000, she received an Environmental Achievement Award from the US EPA Region 8 for her work assessing indoor air quality in schools. Dr. Miller received her B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Selected Publications

  • Hemann J, Brinkman G, Dutton S, Hannigan M, Milford J, and Miller SL, Assessing positive matrix factorization model fit: A new method to estimate uncertainty and bias in factor contributions at the daily time scale, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussion, 8: 2988-3026, 2008
  • Kujundzic, E., Hernandez, M., and Miller, S. L., Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation inactivation of airborne fungal spores and bacteria in upper-room air and in-duct configurations, submitted to Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, 6:1-9, 2007
  • Kujundzic, E., Hernandez, M., Miller, S. L., Particle size distributions and concentrations of airborne endotoxin using novel collection methods in homes during the winter and summer seasons, Indoor Air, 16:216-226, 2006
  • Xu, P.Kujundzic, E., Peccia, J., Schafer, M. P., Moss, G., Hernandez, M., and Miller, S. L., Impact of environmental factors on efficacy of upper-room air ultraviolet germicidal irradiation for inactivating airborne Mycobacteria, Environmental Science & Technology, 39:9656-9664, 2005
  • Henderson, D. E., Milford, J. B., and Miller, S. L., Prescribed burns and wildfires in Colorado: impacts of mitigation measures on indoor air particulate matter, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 55:1516-1526, 2005
  • Kujundzic, E., Angenent, L. T., Zander, D. A., Fabian, P. M., Henderson, D. E., Miller, S. L., and Hernandez, M., Effects of ceiling-mounted HEPA-UV air filters on airborne bacteria concentrations in an indoor therapy pool building, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 55:210-218, 2005
  • Xu, P., Peccia, J., Fabian, P., Martyny, J. W., Fennelly, K., Hernandez, M., and Miller, S. L., Efficacy of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation of upper-room air in inactivating bacterial spores and Mycobacteria in full-scale studies, Atmospheric Environment, 37:405-419, 2003
  • Miller, S. L., Anderson, M., Daly, E., and Milford, J., Source Apportionment of Exposures to Volatile Organic Compounds. I. Evaluation of Receptor Models using Simulated Exposure Data, Atmospheric Environment, 36:3629-3641, 2002
  • Anderson, M., Daly, E., Miller, S., and Milford, J., Source Apportionment of Exposures to Volatile Organic Compounds. II. Application of Receptor Models to TEAM Study Data, Atmospheric Environment, 36:3643-3658, 2002
  • Dutton, S. J., Hannigan, M., and Miller, S. L., Indoor pollutant levels from the use of unvented natural gas fireplaces in Boulder, Colorado, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 51:174-185, 2001