Fred Champion Professor and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Education
- 1989, Master's Degree, Aerospace Engineering, University of Minnesota
- 1988, Master's Degree, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota
- 1986, Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Aristotelean University of Thessaloniki
- Doctoral Degree, Environmental Engineering, Harvard University
Biography
B.S. - 1986, Aristotle University of Thessalonki, Greece
M.S. - 1988, University of Minnesota
M.S. - 1989, University of Minnesota
Sc.D. - 1994, Harvard University
Professor Costas Sioutas of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has been appointed as the first holder of the Fred Champion Professorship in Civil and Environmental Engineering, effective July 1, 2007. The appointment recognizes Costas exceptional distinction and will be for a term of five years. The professorship was created from the Fred Champion endowment, which also supports the Fred Champion endowed chair.
Professor Sioutas, ScD, is the Co-Director of the Southern California Particle Center (SCPC), established in late 1999 by the US EPA. He started his academic career at the Harvard School of Public Heath in 1995, and joined the faculty of the VSOE in 1998. His research is focusing on developing technologies for measuring the physico-chemical characteristics of air pollutants, with an emphasis on particulate matter (PM) and determining their toxic properties. Findings from his work have been extensively used in legislation, including the revision of US EPA National Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) on particulate matter (PM) and also by the state of California.
Costas has authored over 400 peer-reviewed journal publications, and holds 14 U.S. patents in the field of aerosol instrumentation. He is a Fulbright Fellow (1986), a recipient of the 3M Circle of Technical Excellence Award (1991), a recipient of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award (2000), a recipient of the AAAR David Sinclair award, and a member of the Air Quality Advisory Committee on PM for the State of California (as of 2001).
Research Summary
* Air pollution
* Aerosol technology
* Particle Sampling
* Pollution Control
Recent Research interests
Southern California Particle Center and Supersite (research Center funded by EPA and CARB) Acute Cardiopulmonary Responses to Oxidant Gases and Ambient Particulate Pollution in Los Angeles residents Relationship between ambient PM and heart rate variability and cardiac arrhythmia in elderly populations in the Los Angeles Basin.
Awards
- 2022 World Scientist Rankings , 2023 Top 0.5% of AD Scientific Index -
- 2014 American Association for Aerosol Research David Sinclair Award
- 2013 USC USC Senior Faculty Research Award
- 2012 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Executive Council (Board of Trustees)
- 2012 Science of Total Environment Associate Editor
- 2011 AGU/Atmospheric Environment Haagen-Smit Prize winner for best publication in Atmospheric Environment
- 2011 US EPA 2010 Scientific and Technological Achievement Award
- 2010 Aerosol and Air Quality Research (AAQR) Co-Editor-in-Chief
- 2009 ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT Editorial Advisory Board
- 2007 USC Fred Champion Professorship in Civil and Environmental Engineering
- 2006 Environmental Science & Technology Excellence in Review Award
- 2005 Institute of Scientific Information Top 1% Authors Worldwide in Engineering for the period 1997-present
- 2000 USC Viterbi Research Award
- 1991 3M 3M Circle of Technical Excellence
- 1986 Fulbright Foundation Fellowship
- 1983 Foreign Academy Affilication
- 1982 National (Greek) Scholarship Foundation (IKY) Honorary Scholarship for outstanding performance (1981-1985)
- 1981 Honorary Prize, National (Greek) Scholarship Foundation (IKY) for ranking first in Mechanical Engineering admission exam
- - Atmospheric Environment Journal - Elsevier Top cited article for The journal Atmospheric Environment in 2010-2011
