Research Interests
· Human health effects and ecological effects of chemicals in cold regions.
· Risk assessment in extreme environments.
· Risk management and risk analysis of environmental remediation projects including benefit-cost analysis.
· Risk communications and public acceptance of environmental and engineering projects.

Current Research
· Evaluation of the toxicity of oil spill dispersants to cold water animals: crab larvae and sea urchin spawn. This research involved a report: Assessment of Alaskan Marine Species for Toxicity Testing.
· Installation and evaluation of an airport runway weather and condition reporting system in three remote Alaskan villages. This research by my graduate student, Jim Buckingham, involves a video camera system at three remote Alaskan airports and continuous reporting via a web site. Selecting villages and locating the equipment required an analysis of transportation safety and the stakeholders interest in the project.

Address
Civil and Environmental Engineering
349A Duckering Building
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-5900 (907) 474 7694 Office; 474-6087 FAX
ffrap@uaf.edu
http://www.uaf.alaska.edu/esm/index.html
http://www.uaf.alaska.edu/civileng/enveng/index.html

Education
1994 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Curriculum in Toxicology. Ph.D. Dissertation title: The Toxicokinetics of Inhaled Methanol.
1983 University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Master of Science in Engineering Management.
1977 University of Alaska, Anchorage. Master of Civil Engineering.
1972 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering.

Recent Experience
1999-present University of Alaska Fairbanks, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Currently teaching engineering management and environmental risk assessment. Coordinator of the engineering and science management program.
1996-1998 University of Alaska Fairbanks, Affiliate and Adjunct Assistant Professor. Courses include college chemistry; engineering economy and engineering management, hazardous waste management; and an introduction to toxicology for engineers and scientists.
1995-present Fairbanks Resident Office, U. S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Industrial Hygienist. Health and Safety Officer for the Corps' hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste (HTRW) operations in interior, and north and west coastal, Alaska. Work requires travel to rural Alaska and some interaction with pubic interest groups in those locations. Collateral duties included being the Environmental Compliance Coordinator.
1994-1995 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Division of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Post-doctoral research. Research work using 13C methanol to monitor disposition of methanol and its metabolite formate. Project involved GC/MS analysis of methanol and formate in samples of blood, urine and exhaled air.

Recent Publications and Reports
Risk Assessment of Vapors in Cold Regions. Perkins, R. A. (1996). Proceedings of the Eight International conference on Cold regions Engineering. American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, N.Y.
Comparative Toxicokinetics of Inhaled Methanol in the Female CD-1 Mouse and Sprague-Dawley Rat. Perkins, R. A., Ward, K. W., and Pollack, G. M. (1995). Fundam. Appl. Toxicol. 28:245-254.
Methanol Toxicokinetics: A Pharmacokinetic Model of Inhaled Methanol in the Human and Comparison to Methanol Disposition in the Mouse. Perkins, R. A., Ward, K. W., and Pollack, G. M. (1995). Envir. Health. Persp. 103:726-733.