Weiping Dai

Dr. Dai, PE, CM, currently serves as the director for Trinity’s BREEZE Software, Data, and Services division based in Dallas and Trinity's China Operations. Dr. Dai is also an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University (SMU) where he teaches senior/graduate level environmental program courses including air quality management and engineering and aerosol science. Dr. Dai is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas and a certified manager.

Dr. Dai has extensive environmental consulting and EH&S software development experience. He has authored more than 30 technical publications in various specialty areas and presented many invited keynote presentations and seminars on air quality subjects in China. He received dual B.S. degrees in Environmental Engineering and Economic Management from Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) in 1991, an M.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1994, and a Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1999.

At Trinity since 1998, Dr. Dai is involved with projects related to air quality management and engineering, air quality modeling (including offshore operations impact analysis), regional scale modeling including photochemical modeling, emission evaluation and strategies related to ozone and PM2.5 nonattainment issues, control technology analyses, air quality permitting, EHS compliance analysis/audits, industrial risk management, health risk assessment, process safety management, risk management planning and hazard assessment, regulatory compliance analysis, emissions quantification, LNG safety impact assessment, mesoscale data modeling (WRF/MM5), meteorological data assessment and applications, commercial EH&S software solutions, and litigation expert/support.

Dr. Dai is also an instructor for environmental regulatory and technical training courses provided by Trinity.