INFRAGARD PHOENIX

Terrorism and WMD/Hazard Awareness

Speaker: Dr. Danny Peterson, ASU Environmental Technology Management

Dr. Peterson will provide a brief summary of response to weapons of mass destruction as well as a survey of the various threats and weapons.

Danny Peterson is currently a professor within the Environmental Technology Management program at Arizona State University. Classes which he teaches include graduate and undergraduate courses in Integrated Emergency Management; Terrorism and WMD; National Incident Management System/Emergency Ops Center Management; Water/Wastewater Treatment Technologies; Unit Treatment Technologies; Soils & Groundwater Contamination Remediation; Advanced Project Management; Organization Effectiveness; Management Dynamics; numerous courses in emergency management.

Dr. Peterson has a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from the University of Idaho. He also holds an MBA, a Master of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Public Affairs with a concentration in emergency management and hazardous materials. He is a Certified Emergency Manager and is Board Certified in Homeland Security. He has been a member of Arizona State University faculty since 1994.

Prior to coming to ASU, he spent twenty years in the United States Air Force. During his Air Force career, he held positions as Instructor and Flight Examiner in C-130 aircraft and instructed in T-38's at Williams Air Force Base. Other duties included Chief of Air Base Operability, Air Field Manager, Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Survivability, and Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies. After retiring from the Air Force and prior to coming to Arizona State University, he flew MD-80's for Midway Airlines out of Chicago, Illinois. He also worked for the Arizona Division of Emergency Management and still maintains a close liaison with the State Emergency Response Commission and Arizona Division of Emergency Management.