Brandon Boor

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

Brandon E. Boor received his Ph.D. from the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas (UT) at Austin.  He also holds a M.S.E. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from UT Austin and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from York College of Pennsylvania. 

While at UT Austin, Dr. Boor participated in the interdisciplinary National Science Foundation (NSF) IGERT program in Indoor Environmental Science and Engineering.  He has previously worked with research groups at the University of Helsinki, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, and VTT Technical Research Centre in Finland, as well as the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Maryland.  He has received various fellowships, including a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellowship, ASHRAE Grant-In-Aid, and a Fulbright doctoral grant to Finland.

Dr. Boor’s research focuses on characterizing the dynamics of airborne particles (aerosols) in buildings and human exposure to indoor and urban air pollutants.