Dr. John Stevens
Assistant Professor
Dr. Stevens has been on the faculty of the School of Fire Protection & Safety since 1997. He has been a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) since 1979. Prior to becoming a full-time faculty member in 2001, he served as a Visiting Professor. He has taught courses in Industrial Loss Prevention, Elements of Industrial Hygiene Instrumentation, and short courses in "40-hour HAZWOPER" and "Managing the Incident". He served as Lecturer in Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla from June 1994 to August 1996, where he taught courses in environmental engineering, environmental law and solid waste management.
Dr. Stevens had twenty-eight years experience in engineering, safety, environmental, occupational and radiological health-related activities with the United States Air Force, including eleven years in supervisory positions. He retired from the Texas Air Guard in 1998 as a Lt. Colonel. His Air Force experience includes thirteen years on active duty as a Bioenvironmental Engineer and six years in Civil Service as Chief of Engineering and Environmental Planning/Environmental Engineering Branches for Randolph Air Force Base. Dr. Stevens has coordinated extensively with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), state regulatory agencies controlling occupational health and safety, hazardous waste management and community relations. While on Air Force active duty, he developed, coordinated and supervised the first major United States Air Force uncontrolled hazardous waste site cleanup action, involving a 200 barrel hazardous waste site.
While with the Air Force Reserve, Dr. Stevens developed and coordinated medical readiness training for a 268-person USAF Contingency Hospital, including establishment and supervision of annual disaster exercises.
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