Education

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Industrial Health. Doctor of Public Health Degree in Environmental Health, Environmental Health Management, 1985. 
• East Carolina University, Greenville NC. Department of Environmental Health. Master of Science in Environmental Health Degree. General Environmental Health and Industrial Hygiene, 1986.
• Emory University, Atlanta GA. School of Medicine, Division of Allied Health Professions. Master of Medical Science Degree in Radiological Health, 1973.
• Adrian College, Adrian MI. Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics, 1971.
• University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 1970.

Professional Experience

• East Carolina University - Associate Professor - Tenured June 1, 1994.
• Department of Health Education and Promotion, Environmental Health Sciences and Safety program - School of Health and Human Performance. Associate Professor, August 2002 to present.
• Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Safety - School of Industry and Technology. Associate Professor, August 1999 to August 2002.
• Department of Family Medicine - School of Medicine. Associate Professor, July 1993 to July 1999. Associate Director, Division of Prospective Health, July 1993 to 1998.
• Department of Radiation Oncology - School of Medicine. Assistant Professor, July 1991 to July 1997.
• Department of Environmental Health - School of Allied Health Sciences, Associate Professor, July 1992 to 1998. Adjunct Associate Professor, July 1988 to June 1992.
• Department of Physics - College of Arts and Sciences. Adjunct Assistant Professor, July 1991 to 1993. Adjunct Instructor, January 1989 to January 1992.
• Department of Preventative Medicine and Public Health Policy. Assistant Professor, July 1989 to July 1991.
• Radiation Safety Officer/Director of Radiation and Biological Safety - School of Medicine, November 1976 to July 1999.
• U.S. Public Health Service - Commissioned Officer, Health Services Officer. Bureau of Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration - DHHS, November 1973 - June 1976. Rockville, MD. Inactive Reserves, June 1976 to Present.
• Strahlung Services - Radiation Safety Consulting Firm. Consultant/Owner, June 1998 to Present.

Courses Taught

• EHST 2110 Introduction to Environmental Health Sciences
• EHST 2500 Introduction to Radiological Health
• EHST 3292 Introduction to Safety
• EHST 3600 Air Pollution
• EHST 4990 Environmental Health Internship
• EHST 5800 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
• EHST 6250 Occupational Ergonomics
• EHST 6600 Air Quality Control Methods and Devices
• EHST 6700 Industrial Hygiene
• EHST 6290 Fire Protection and Prevention

Certifications

• Certified Industrial Hygienist - CIH, American Board of Industrial Hygiene #4555
• Certified Safety Professional - CSP, Board of Certified Safety Professionals #10005
• Registered Sanitarian - RS/REHS, National Environmental Health Association
• OSHA General Industry Outreach Trainer - (10 and 30 hour General Industry courses)
• OSHA Construction Outreach Trainer - (10 and 30 hour Construction courses)

Professional Societies

• American Biological Safety Association
• American Industrial Hygiene Association
• American Board of Industrial Hygiene
• American Academy of Industrial Hygiene
• American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
• American Society of Safety Engineers
• Carolinas Section of the American Industrial Hygiene
• National Environmental Health Association
• Health Physics Society
• Co-Chair Exhibits Committee - Health Physics Society National Midyear Symposium, Raleigh, NC January 21-24, 1991
• Health Physics Society - North Carolina Chapter President, 1983-84
• President/Elect 1982-83, 1979-80
• International Radiation Protection Association
• Triangle Area LASER Safety Organization

Professional Service

• Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Technical Committee for UL 2334
• Standard for Alternative Treatment of Technologies for the Disposal of Medical Waste
• N.C. Radiation Protection Commission Radioactive Material Control Committee
• Non-Ionizing Radiation Committee
• International Atomic Energy Agency

Grants - funded

• Energy Section of NC Department of Commerce, State Energy Program (SEP) - North Carolina. U.S. Department of Energy. $117,000 awarded 2000, Extended to 2002- Project Director. Use of Landfill Gas in the Incineration of Biomedical/Radioactive Waste and the Development of an Environmental Engineering Technology Program.
• Enhancement of Environmental Health Program Recruiting Strategies Number: 002923-2002-0074 - Granting Agency: Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs (AEHAP) - Award: $5,000/year, renewable for three years.
• "Development of an Environmental Technology Program and the Use of Landfill Gas in the Incineration of Biomedical/Radioactive Waste." North Carolina Department of Commerce Energy Section and DOE. D.D. Sprau, W. Koch and D. Lancaster. $149,000
• "East Carolina University Occupational Safety and Health Consortium." National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Training Grant. Co-Directors - M.A. Friend, D.D. Sprau, M.L. Swinker, and Y.J. Lao. #1T01 OH07257-01 1995-1996 $46,656

Publications - recent

• An Evaluation of Two Sample Preparation Methods for Measuring 3H and 14C in Incinerator Ash and Spent Line. Ben Edwards, Le-Xuan Thai, Daniel Sprau. Health Physics January 2002 Vol. 82 Number 1 Pages 109-113.
• Sprau, Daniel D., Handbook of Chemical Health and Safety, edited by Robert J. Alaimo. American Chemical Society, 2001. P704. Chapter 63 on Radiation Fundamentals. ISBN 084 1236704.
• Management of Radioactive Waste From the Use of Radionuclides in Medicine. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna. IAEA-TECDOC 1183, November 2000.
• Sprau, Daniel D., and Emery, Robert J., Chapter 29 on Radiation, Environmental Health Secrets, edited by Luanne Kemp Williams and Ricky Langley, MD, MPH. ISBN 1560534087.
• International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Technologies, Published CD July 2000
• The New East Carolina University Medical Waste Incinerator Combining a Wet Scrubber with Granular Carbon Bed For Air Pollution Control to Meet New Source Performance Standards D. D. Sprau, W.R. Koch, D. R. Lancaster, Y.J. Lao, School of Industry and Technology, East Carolina University; D. Sanders, EMCOTEK; R.J. Emery, Houston Health Science Center, The University of Texas.
• (Waste to Energy)2 Authors: Daniel D. Sprau, Dr. PH, William R. Koch, MSE, David R. Lancaster, PE, MBA, School of Industry and Technology, East Carolina University
• Sprau, D.D. et. al., "Management of small quantities of radioactive waste" IAEA-TECDOC-1041 International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna Austria, September 1998

Honors

• Elected to Epsilon Nu Eta National Environmental Health Honor Society
• Invited to a private meeting with Surgeon General C. Everette Koop to discuss the Commission Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, Rockville, MD, December 1988.

Community Service

• United Way Volunteer - Office Representative since 1985
• Member - N.C. Team of Radiological Emergency Volunteers
• Chamber of Commerce - Greenville - Pitt County Environment & Utilities Committee member since 1989
• Leadership Institute 1988
• Volunteer - Sadie Saulter Elementary School PTA - President 1993-1994
• Computer laboratory - one hour/week
• Adopt-A-Highway Program (litter cleanup) NC Department of Transportation by the Department of Preventative Medicine, School of Medicine, 1990.