Carol Clinton (Graduate Fellow)
Current Degree
Masters of Science in Environmental Engineering from the College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati
Previous Degrees
Bachelors – Civil Engineering
College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati
Autobiography
C is a non-traditional student, returning to work on her PhD in
Environmental Engineering in the field of Metrics for Sustainability
Decision-making after over 25 years as a practicing engineer. Work during
that period has included:
- corporate management, engineering, and research, and manufacturing
plant positions in environmental, industrial hygiene, product safety,
plant safety and noise control with steel and petrochemical companies;
- government enforcement of state and federal water and waste
regulations, and oversight of state-funded hazardous waste site cleanups;
- work with small and large consulting firms -- including having her
own consulting firm -- with projects including Superfund site
investigations, hazardous waste site design and permitting, environmental
management system design and implementation, international chemical safety
programs and new chemical registrations, and training;
- outreach to small manufacturers regarding pollution prevention
through an Ohio Department of Development program, where she also led a
Cincinnati regional effort to create a strategy for retaining and growing
business in the environmental technology sector.
She was the founding Director of UC's Rowe Center for Women in Engineering, a program to recruit and retain women engineering students. Most recently, she worked for a local law firm doing international environmental, health and safety audits for large manufacturing firms; due diligence for international mergers and acquisitions; international regulatory compliance and other projects.
Along the way, Carol organized an environmental justice retreat for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, co-authored a book on Plastic Recycling, led a Task Force on Business and the Environment of the Council for Ethics in Economics, and was an advisor to Miami University's Center for Sustainability Systems Studies. She holds her Professional Engineer registration in Ohio.
Carol is Vice-chair of the Air & Waste Management Association Women's Professional Development Committee, and a member of the Central Ohio Sustainability Roundtable and the Golden Key International Honour Society. As an undergraduate at UC, she was the first woman president of the Engineering Tribunal (student government) and won the Dean's Award.
In her spare time Carol enjoys taking her father's '61 T-bird to car shows. She recently returned from white-water rafting on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon with her grown daughters in celebration of her 50th birthday.
Carol says, "I feel so blessed to have an engineer Dad who exposed me to this field. Over all these years it has never been boring -- there are so many ways to contribute to improving the environment, economy and society. Through STEP I hope to help excite students to solve the challenges ahead."
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