Mr. Herman,a Board Certified Diplomate in Forensic Engineering, has thirty years of experience including industrial hygiene, toxicology and engineering. An example is the design and application of Engineering Controls and personal protection equipment including design and development of a completely new high efficiency respirator to reduce or eliminate the hazards of airborne dusts, mists, and fumes, vapors and gasses. Experience has included the development of processes and procedures to accomplish the required work and prevent injury.
Research and studies have included most types of air-borne toxins, many which cause pulmonary fibrosis, respiratory and central nervous system or other organ damage. This has included the identification of target organs and the specific effects of the exposed toxins, including the scientific literature and the medical basis to support findings. Mr. Herman has just completed co-authoring the chapter for the 3rd edition of the medical text; "The Human Voice: The Science and Art of Clinical Care". An expert on effects of artificial theatrical fog, he has authored and presented many papers including the June 2003 Journal of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers paper. "Forensic Engineering Critique of Toxic Chemical Exposures. Assessment and Protection".
Mr. Herman draws against his experience in Nuclear Engineering and later with determination of nuclear weapons effects, the planning and analysis of nuclear weapons tests including the toxicology of radiation, heat and fallout from nuclear detonations relative to the protection of populations.
Mr. Herman conducted one of the three independent research investigations performed for the U.S. Congress entitled, “Determination of the number of nuclear weapons which could be dropped during a war at which time total annihilation of the world’s population would take place”. Examples of other work include: safety methods for manufacture using exotic toxic materials such as machining beryllium, the mining and use of mercury, coal and other ores, as well as safety and monitoring of asbestos installation and removal, abrasive blasting, all forms of welding and metal removal, chemical laboratories, HVAC design and renovation, etc.
Mr. Herman served several years in various capacities with the Kaiser Jeep Corporation and was responsible for manufacture and assembly of motor vehicles in many countries. This work involved most manufacturing processes and included the establishment of safety programs and standards in countries which did not yet have their own standards,
Mr. Herman has invented a number of products in the healthcare and health and safety fields. In 1974 he was retained by RACAL to engineer the modifications so that it would meet U.S. NIOSH standards and approval. He later engineered a completely new High Efficiency Powered Air Purifying Respirator System, which has been sold throughout the U.S.A. It is 99.97% effective against dusts, mists and fumes to 0.3 microns in size. Mr. Herman won a First Place Engineering Excellence Award from the American Consulting Engineers Council for this project. In addition, he has been given numerous other engineering awards for his work.
In his capacity as Consulting Engineer and Industrial Hygienist, Mr. Herman has helped to guide and direct many industries in the preparation of their safety programs, manuals, warning labels, service and maintenance, human factors and safety applied to actual practices in industry. He has served on their crisis control committees and worked with their insurance carriers. He has been an officer and corporate director of several U. S. and International Corporations.
Mr. Herman has served on the Panel of Expert of the American Lung Association. He is a member of the American Chemical Society and its Chemical Health and Safety Division, the American Industrial Hygiene Association and its Respiratory Protection Committee (Past Chair. of its Respirator Prot. Info. Sub. Committee), the American Society of Professional Engineers, the D.C. Society of Professional Engineers, Past member: Society of Automotive Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers and its Aerospace Division, the American Society of Safety Engineers, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Consulting Engineers Council and the Consulting Engineers Council of Metropolitan Washington.
Mr. Herman has served on panels of the U.S. National Academy of Science. He served as an Advisory Panel Member of the Office of Technology Assessment (U. S. Congress), and as a consultant to N.A.S.A., The General Accounting Office, and The US Patent Office. and others.
