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This podcast explores topics relevant to current and future engineering students through conversations with practicing engineers, engineering faculty, and engineering students.
In this episode, Paul explores what it's like to be an engineer at an air quality agency by interviewing Dr. Simin Mehrabani, who works at the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD). The South Coast AQMD is a government agency responsible for improving the air quality for over 15 million people in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
Simin received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Southern California, and currently is a Senior Air Quality Engineer for the South Coast AQMD. In this role she supervises a team of air quality engineers who review engineering evaluation reports and issues permits to industries involved in coating and printing operations.
In the interview, Simin discusses the various divisions within the South Coast AQMD, how the South Coast AQMD works with state and federal agencies to improve air quality, the types of jobs available to engineers at air quality agencies, and how engineering students can gain a foothold in this field.
South Coast AQMD website:http://www.aqmd.gov/
South Coast AQMD air quality mobile app:https://www.aqmd.gov/docs/default-source/news-archive/2020/enhanced-mobile-app-dec10-2020.pdf
South Coast AQMD Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP):http://www.aqmd.gov/home/air-quality/clean-air-plans/air-quality-mgt-plan
West Coast Section of Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) website:https://wcsawma.org/
Rule 219 for equipment not requiring a written permit:http://www.aqmd.gov/docs/default-source/rule-book/reg-ii/rule-219.pdf
Rule 1401 on toxic air contaminants:http://www.aqmd.gov/docs/default-source/rule-book/reg-xiv/rule-1401.pdf
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Episode edited by Paul Nissenson. Recorded on December 28, 2021 via Zoom.
The Engineering Student Experience Podcast
This podcast explores topics relevant to current and future engineering students through conversations with practicing engineers, engineering faculty, and engineering students.
