Biography
Darrell Sonntag joined the BYU Civil & Construction Engineering faculty in April 2022. For the previous 12 years, he conducted research and worked as an engineer at the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air Quality & Transportation. At the US EPA, his primary role was working with other engineers and scientists in developing a vehicle emissions model, the Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES), used to estimate the air quality and greenhouse gas impacts of regulations and policies on vehicle emissions. At BYU, Darrell is conducting measurements of vehicle emissions and indoor air quality and modeling the environmental impacts of transportation systems.
Darrell is excited to join students at BYU in pursuit of truth through both science and faith. During his time as a BYU student, Darrell served in the Italy Rome Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2000-2002. He enjoys camping, hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing with his family.
Research Interests
Climate change and air quality impacts of transportationVehicle emission measurements
Vehicle emission modeling
Air quality improvement strategies
Statistical and data analysis methods
Teaching Interests
Sustainability in civil and construction engineeringClimate change and air quality impacts of Transportation
Introduction to computer programming
Data science for engineers
Introduction to Environmental Engineering
Introduction to transportation engineering
Education
- PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering , Cornell University (2010)
- Master of Science, Transportation Systems Engineering , Cornell University (2008)
- Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering , Brigham Young University (2005)
Professional Citizenship
- Officer (specify in Other), Great Basin Chapter of the Air and Waste Management Association (2024 - 2024)
- Other, Utah Department of Transportation (2022 - 2023)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, US Environmental Protection Agency (2023 - 2023)