Dr. Ken Blehm

Dr. Kenneth Blehm, a Professor in the Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, has been nominated and selected as a Fellow of the American Industrial Hygiene Association. He will be honored during the association’s annual conference May 14-19 in Portland, Ore.

The AIHA Fellow designation recognizes individuals who have been Full members in good standing for a minimum of 15 years and have made recognized contributions to industrial hygiene or related disciplines, either through research, leadership, publications, education, or service to AIHA. Only 5 percent of the AIHA membership can qualify for the Fellow Award.

Dr. Blehm currently holds a joint appointment as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education at the College level, and he supports industrial hygiene teaching and research at the department level. His research interests are in the areas of noise exposure assessment, noise control, program assessment and human factors (behavior-based safety and error correction).

Included in his past accomplishments are enhancements to the undergraduate environmental health program and internships plus inroads in distance education; control of reverberant noise in public and school facilities through assessment and followed by controls provided by site personnel; and the use of behavior-based safety concepts to address errors leading to near misses or similar outcomes in the workplace.

Dr. Blehm has received the CVMBS Outstanding Academic Advising Award for Undergraduate Education; the Environmental Health Student Association Outstanding Professor Award; and the 2004 Milton M. Miller Award for Outstanding Environmental Health from the Colorado Environmental Health Association among other awards and honors.

The American Industrial Hygiene Association is one of the largest international associations serving the needs of occupational and environmental health and safety professionals practicing industrial hygiene in industry, government, labor, academic institutions, and independent organizations.