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Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Worker safety has always been a passion of Dr. Siyuan Song, but after she became aware of the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program within the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, her field of interest evolved. What started as providing training for construction workers turned into developing and delivering training for two more underserved groups: healthcare workers and surface miners.
Song, an assistant professor in civil, construction and environmental engineering, developed three training programs that have all been funded by the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration as well as the Mine Safety and Health Administration. All of the trainings are available in English as well as Spanish and are offered on-site or virtually.
For the past three years, Song has received the developmental grants she has applied for. In 2021, she was awarded more than $178,000 for “Workplace Safety and Health Training on Heat Stress for Workers and Employers” and $160,000 for “Occupational Heat Illness Prevention Training and Capacity Building” in 2022. Her current project is titled “Fortifying Workforce Safety: Strengthening Training Capacity for Heat Illness Prevention” and began in September 2023. She received almost $145,000 to support her most recent project.