Dr. Edward Joseph Waller, P.Eng., CAIH, CHP

Dr. Ed Waller has a B.Sc. (Physics) and MScE (Chemical Engineering) from the University of New Brunswick, as well as a PhD (Nuclear Engineering and Science) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.  Dr. Waller is one of a few American Board of Health Physics Certified Health Physicists (CHP) registered and practicing in Canada, and is also certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene as a Certified Associate Industrial Hygienist (CAIH). He is licensed to practice engineering (P.Eng) in Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. 

Dr. Waller is appointed as an Associate Professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), and is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Brunswick (UNB).  Dr. Waller’s research for the past twelve years has been concentrated in the areas of applied health physics, internal and external dosimetry, radiation detection and measurement, and radiation applications.  He is the author of 18 journal papers, over 85 technical reports and 1 book contribution. 

Dr. Waller was invited by the Federal Provincial Territorial Radiation Protection Committee (FPTRPC) to give the key seminar entitled “Balance of Pregnancy Limits for Radiation Workers”, at the Federal Provincial Territorial Radiation Committee (FPTRPC) Consultative Workshop on Dose Limits for Pregnant Worker Exposure to Ionizing Radiation in October 2002.  He has consulted with national and international agencies to perform biological radiation dosimetry estimates for radiation accident victims, and has participated in environmental monitoring near Chornobyl, Ukraine.  Dr. Waller has also managed Canada-wide radiological decommissioning of military bases, and conducted environmental radionuclide surveys around Canada.  His research has taken him all over Canada and the US, as well as the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Sweden, Germany and Australia.  He has also participated in various radiation emergency response, environmental survey and decontamination exercises.

Dr. Waller’s research is in areas of applied health physics, radiation detection and dosimetry, biological effects of radiation, risk analysis, non-intrusive investigation, threat detection and security.