Dr. Gary Sandquist

Dr. Gary Marlin Sandquist, retired U.S. Naval Reserve (USNR) Commander, was born April 19, 1936 at Salt Lake City, Utah.

His academic accomplishments include a B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering (Univ. of UT, 1960), an M.S. in Engineering Science (Univ. of CA at Berkeley, 1961), a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering and a Minor in Mathematics (Univ. of UT, 1964), an Executive-Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA, Univ. of UT, 1995), as well as Postdoctoral Fellow in Nuclear Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969 - 1970).

Through the years, Dr. Sandquist has served as technical consultant to industry, universities, state and federal government agencies, and many other technical organizations. He has also contributed to the scientific and technical communities with more than 600 publications & presentations in nuclear science, engineering, energy, health physics, & environmental sciences.

He has been involved in extensive research in the areas of Nuclear science & engineering, Safeguards and nonproliferation issues (IAEA), Risk assessment, Reactor physics, Health physics, Nuclear research reactors, Applied math & physics and Environmental radiation monitoring.

He is listed in 45 directories, citations and honors including: Who's Who in America, American Men & Women of Science, Who's Who in Atoms, Who's Who in Engineering, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in the West, International Who's Who in Education, Who's Who in Nuclear Energy, Who's Publishing in Science, and Who's Who in American Education. He is the recipient of the Glen Murphy Award in Nuclear Engineering Education (ASEE-1984).

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