Roger
L. Brauer, Ph.D.
Class of 2003
Background:
Roger L. Brauer, Ph.D., was born March 2, 1940 in Julesburg,
Colorado, USA. His youth was spent in Ogden, Utah, and Symco
and Green Bay, Wisconsin. He received his Doctor of Philosophy
degree in 1972 and his Master of Science degree in 1967 from
the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, his Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering and Bachelor of Arts degrees from Valparaiso
University in 1965. He also studied at the University of Wisconsin
- Green Bay and the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.
Professional
Experience:
Dr. Brauer was a practicing engineer, researcher, instructor,
administrator and consultant during his professional career.
Since 1996, he has served as the Executive Director of both
the Board of Certified Safety Professionals and its affiliate
organization, the Council on Certification of Health, Environmental
and Safety Technologists, Savoy, Illinois. From 1990 to 1996
he served the Board as its first Technical Director. Between
1972 and 1990 he was a principal investigator and team leader
at the U.S. Army, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory,
Champaign, Illinois. For twenty years from 1978 to 1998 he
taught safety engineering and ergonomics as an adjunct professor
in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to completing
his doctorate degree, he worked for the Boeing Company in
Seattle, Washington, Borg-Warner Research Laboratory in Des
Plaines, Illinois and Bell Aerosystems in Buffalo, New York.
He has consulted in safety engineering, ergonomics and facilities
planning.
Career
Highlights:
Much of Dr. Brauer’s volunteer service has been with
the American Society of Safety Engineers at the national level.
He was the Vice President for Professional Development, Administrator
of the Engineering Division, Chairman of the Academic Accreditation
Council and served on several committees, including Finance,
Society Restructuring, Restructuring Implementation, and Long
Range Planning and Nominating. He represented the Society
on the Board of Directors of the Accreditation Board for Engineering
and Technology.
Prior
to becoming an employee of the Board of Certified Safety Professionals,
he was a volunteer Director of the Board for seven years and
served as Secretary/Treasurer, Vice President and President.
He has also volunteered service to other organizations, his
local village government and church.
He is
a Professional Engineer in Illinois and Wisconsin, a Certified
Safety Professional and a Certified Professional Ergonomist.
He holds two patents.
He is
the author of six books and numerous technical papers and
publications. He has been a speaker an many local, national
and international conferences and symposia. He is noted for
his benchmark book, used by many in the profession: Safety
and Health for Engineers.
Through
his work at the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, he
has been instrumental in helping to advance the value of and
recognition for the Certified Safety Professional designation
and safety and health professionalism in general. He led the
Board in becoming the first certification in safety, health
and environment to achieve national accreditation. More recently
he guided the Board in becoming one of the first five certifications
in any field to achieve international accreditation through
a new ISO standard.
He received
the Charles V. Culbertson volunteer service award twice in
1985 and 1995 from the American Society of Safety Engineers.
He was the ASSE Divisions Safety Professional of the Year
in 1989. In 1984 he was Researcher of the Year at the Construction
Engineering Research Laboratory and received several performance
award from that organization.
He is
the son of the Reverend Harold (deceased) and Edna Brauer
of Wausau, Wisconsin. He and his wife of 36 years, Char (Charlotte
Shepherd), have two children, Michelle Pinciaro and David
Brauer, and one grandson, Matthew Pinciaro. Dr. Brauer has
resided in Tolono, Illinois since 1969.
