The purpose of the Radiation Safety Committee is to establish and to administer regulations concerning standards and procedures designed to minimize the hazards associated with the use of materials and equipment that emit radiation. Persons with expertise in applications of radioactive materials and radiation devices are preferred for membership due to the technical nature of the Committee's work.

The Radiation Safety Committee is required to meet at least once per quarter. 

This Committee reports through the Director of Environmental Health and Safety to the Vice President for Administration.

COMPOSITION

*1. Chairman of Radiation Safety Committee
*2. The Radiation Safety Officer
*3. Alternate Radiation Safety Officer**
*4. Biological Sciences - Individual User of Radioactive Material(s)
*5. Biomedical Sciences - Individual User of Radioactive Material(s)
*6. Chemistry - Individual User of Radioactive Material(s)
*7. Environmental and Plant Biology - Individual User of Radioactive Material(s)
*8. Edison Biotechnology Institute - Individual User of Radioactive Material(s)
*9. Edwards Accelerator Lab - Individual User of Radioactive Material(s)
10. Graduate Student - From a science department
11. Purchasing Department - Familiar with radioactive purchasing and delivering
12. Physical Plant - Familiar with the facilities and custodial maintenance of buildings in which radioactive material is used
13. Innovation Center - Business uses of radioactive material
14. Vice President for Administration
15. Administration

Total: 15

*Notes voting members - a simple majority of voting membership will constitute a quorum.

**May be appointed The Radiation Safety Officer by the Chairman of the Radiation Safety Committee or The Radiation Safety Officer, only.

COMMITTEE ROSTER

All University committees follow the academic-year calendar. All students serve one-year terms. Undergraduate students are indicated by US and graduate students by GS. Faculty and administrators generally serve three-year terms; the year a committee member's term expires is shown to the right of the person's name. Individuals who are not students and who have no year to the right of their names have ex officio appointments.

Faculty
David Ingram '10 (Chair)  ingram@ohio.edu
Ken Brown '12
Mark Berryman '12
Robert Colvin '11
Muhammed Faik '10
Frank Horodyski '12
Thomas Massey '11
Nick Okada '10

Students
Tapash K. Deb, GS

Administrators
Matt Gibbs '10 Contract Administrator Procurement Services
Amy Wells '12 Director, Communication and Marketing
Lawrence Gingerich, Hazardous Materials Coord/Group Leader
Steve Mack, Director, Building and Grounds Services
Susan Hopkins, Records Management Associate Enviro Health & Safety
David Hopka, Vice President for Administration Finance
Martin Tuck, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
Alan Watts, Radiation Safety Officer