Guna Selvaduray San Jose State University Chemical & Materials Engineering Department San Jose, CA 95192-0082 Tel: (408) 924-3874 Fax: (408) 924-4057 Email: gunas@email.sjsu.edu www.sjsu.edu/faculty/selvaduray • Consultant • Professor • Researcher • Author • Speaker

Active research in earthquake hazard mitigation over the last 15 years, specializing in nonstructural hazard reduction and earthquake caused hazardous materials releases. Fluent in Japanese.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
B. Eng in Mechanical Engineering - Tokyo Institute of Technology (1969)
M.S. in Materials Science - Stanford University (1976)
Ph.D. in Metallurgy - Stanford University (1978)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Plant Engineer, Design Engineer, Engineering Consultant, Research Scientist, University Professor. Twelve years in private sector; twenty years in university teaching, research and administration. Close to thirty years experience in emergency management and disaster mitigation. Executive Director, The Collaborative for Disaster Mitigation.

ACTIVE ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
California Emergency Services Association, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Phi Kappa Phi, ASM International, The Materials Society

FEE STRUCTURE
Professional fees negotiated on scope and content of work, either on an hourly basis or a project basis.

TOPICS FOR SPEAKING, WRITING, & CONSULTING

• Nonstructural hazard mitigation
• Earthquake caused hazardous materials releases
• Corporate earthquake preparedness and planning
• Engineering design for hazard mitigation

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
Fluent in Japanese