Air Quality Team

Michael Claggett Air Quality Modeling Specialist
4001 Office Court Drive, Suite 801 Santa Fe, NM 87507 Ph: (505) 820-2047 FAX: (505) 820-2040 michael.claggett@dot.gov

Education •    Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, The University of Tennessee •    Master of Science, Environmental Engineering, The University of Tennessee •    Bachelor of Science, Engineering Physics, Western Kentucky University

Expertise/Specialty

•    MOBILE Modeling •    CAL3/Project-level Analysis •    Air Toxics •    Particulate Matter •    Air Dispersion Modeling

Licenses and Registrations

•    Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP)

Professional Associations

•    Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA), Member •    Southern Section of the AWMA, Officer •    East TN Chapter of the AWMA, Officer

Professional Highlights

•    Mike´s specialty is designing and conducting studies to assess the effects of transportation projects on ambient air quality and public health. •    Before accepting a position with the Planning and Environment Team of the FHWA Midwestern Resource Center, he worked as an air quality consultant. •    During his career, Mike has consulted for several State Departments of Transportation including Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. •    He has performed numerous air quality impact assessments to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. •    These assessments were for major projects such as a 12-lane freeway in Atlanta; a multi-modal transportation facility in Memphis; and the planned relocation of railways in Augusta. •    He has also worked on a variety of ambient air and meteorological monitoring investigations, including urban-scale background carbon monoxide and lead levels in Atlanta; transport ozone concentrations in Augusta; •    Emergency response to hazardous chemical spills near train derailments in Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas. •    Mike has developed computer models for predicting concentrations near signalized highway intersections; as well as, for predicting occurrences of fog on highways near large industrial sources of water vapor. •    He has also developed computer models for predicting pollutant concentrations from industrial sources in the cavity region of a building wake due to plume downwash; in urban complex terrain; and for conditions of long-range plume transport. •    Mike has conducted research on the accuracy and precision of air dispersion models used nationally to predict concentrations near highways and industrial sources. •    He has developed and taught workshops and graduate level courses on air dispersion modeling. •    Articles authored by Mike have appeared in several professional journals including the Transportation Research Record and Atmospheric Environment. •    He co-authored two chapters in the Environmental Protection Agency´s 1979 update of Air Quality Criteria for Carbon Monoxide.

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