Standing Committees

Radiation and Laser Safety Committee

The charge to the Committee is to formulate policies and procedures and to provide the oversight necessary to assure the University's compliance with federal and state regulations for the license, purchase, shipment, storage, use, transportation, and disposal of radioactive materials, radiation-producing machines, lasers and other forms of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.  The Committee shall monitor use of radioactive materials and other forms of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation by sub-licensees (if any); review and exercise approval authority of all proposals for the use of, or grants and contracts that involve radioactive materials and sources of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation at UTSA; and assure compliance with all requirements for maintenance of records for the review, approval and monitoring of the licensing, purchase, shipment, storage, use and disposal of radioactive materials and sources of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. Members shall serve a two-year term.

Members:

Ruyan Guo, Chair	Professor of Electrical Engineering	8/31/2013 with vote
Garry Cole	Professor of Biology	08/31/2013 with vote
Hans Heidner	Professor of Biology	08/31/2013 with vote
James MacMillan	Research Compliance Director	ex officio without vote
Wendy McCoy	Lab Safety Manager	ex officio with vote, R&LS Officer
Kelly Nash	Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy	8/31/2013 with vote
JingYong Ye	Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering	08/31/2013 with vote
Curtis Nesbit	Radiation and Laser Safety Coordinator, EHSRM	ex officio, without vote alternate for Wendy McCoy, with vote