Michael Clayton

Join The Grand Cinema for Science on Screen, a program that creatively pairs films with lively introduction lessons by notable figures from the world of science, technology, and medicine. This event will include a presentation before the film by Dan Burgard.

Dan Burgard is an environmental analytical chemist and Associate Professor and Chair of Chemistry at the University of Puget Sound. His research involves a roadside remote sensing device that measures individual emissions from in-use vehicles. Data like his found VW vehicles were emitting certain pollutants at much higher than expected rates. Burgard has measured the emissions from trucks, transit and school buses, trains, boats, and ocean-going ships in the Pacific Northwest.  He will explain vehicle emissions, how VW was caught, and the possible implications of these emissions on the environment.