Other Awards and Honors
2003 Elected Positions and Offices
Yasuo Onishi Appointed to Committee on Understanding Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy and Effects
Yasuo Onishi, a scientist for the Fluid and Computational Engineering Group PNNL has been appointed to the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Understanding Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy and Effects. Dr. Onishi will assist the committee in evaluating the effects and efficacy of chemical dispersants, and evaluating risk assessments related to an oil spill in freshwater, estuarine and marine environments. Dr. Onishi’s principal experience lies in fluid mechanics/hydrology, environmental risk assessment and reactive fluid dynamics of radioactive and chemical wastes. His career also highlights such achievements as being a principal developer of four sediment-contaminant transport models; expertise in the risk assessment and transportation of chemicals and contaminants; and his work on the sediment-contaminant migration and fate is internationally recognized. Dr. Onishi also serves as a graduate adjunct faculty member in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Washington State University. (announced 3/9/2003)