IUVA Education Resource Center
Fundamentals
My Guiding Principles
I will focus on microbial inactivation by ultraviolet (UV) light, UV terminology and sectors that use UV technology for microbial inactivation. The material will be general in nature and applicable to a wide audience looking to gain a high level understanding about UV light, UV disinfection and usage by industry.
Jennifer Osgood (PE, PMP, BCEE) is currently President of the IUVA and a Senior Vice President at CDM Smith. Ms. Osgood has over 20 years of experience specializing in consulting on water projects. Ms. Osgood is past Chair of the American Water Works Association, Water Treatment Facility Design and Construction Committee. She earned her undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and her master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Georgia Tech.
Documents & Resources
| Sub-topic | Title | Author | Comments | Source | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV Standards | A standard method of quantifying the output of UV lamps | Sasges, M, A vanderPool, A Voronov and J Robinson | Standard Method | IUVA/IOA Joint Congress, International Ultraviolet Association | 2007 | |
| UV Standards | Accurate measurement of UV lamp output | Sasges, M and J Robinson | Lamp output measurements | IUVA News 73: 21-25 | 2005 | |
| UV Modeling | Lighting Handbook: Reference & Application IESNA HB-9-2000 | IESNA | Historic IESNA refrence book | New York: Illumination Engineering Society of North America | 2000 | |
| UV Modeling | Proposed method for measurement of the output of monochromatic 254 nm low pressure UV lamps | Laval, O, B Dussert, C Howarth, K Platzer, M Sasges, J Muller, E Whitby, R Stowe, V Adam, D Witham, S Engel, P Posey and A vandePol | Contains valid UV k data | IUVA News 101: 14-17 | 2008 | |
| UV rate constant data - Bacteria | UV dose required to achieve incremental log inactivation of bacteria, protozoa and viruses | Chevrefils G, Caron E, Wright H, Sakamoto G, Payment P, Barbeau B, Cairns B | Summary of UV k data from 2006 | IUVA News 81:38-45 | 2006 | |
| UV rate constant data - Virus | UV Light Inactivation of Bacterial Biothreat Agents | Rose, LJ and H O'Connell | Contains valid UV k data | Appl Environ Microbiol 759: 2987-2900 | 2009 |
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