Aerobiological Engineering Handbook:
A Handbook of Airborne Disease Control Technologies, is a comprehensive reference for state-of-the-art engineering
and microbiological information on indoor aerobiology and systems for controlling airborne disease.
This work is the culmination of the author’s research over the past ten years into all aspects of airborne disease control
and provides a detailed review of the foundations of airborne disease pathology, epidemiology, and aerosol science,
as well as complete engineering information for air disinfection technologies and an extensive review of all applications,
including hospitals, schools, office buildings, animal facilities, commercial office buildings, residential buildings,
food industry facilities, libraries, and other indoor environments. It offers a thorough review of the various indoor
aerobiological problems that can occur or have occurred in these environments and proposes various solutions to guide the
engineer or microbiologist towards practical and cost-effective solutions. Intended to be the definitive work on this topic,
every aspect is treated in sufficient detail that designers should require little or no additional references in their
investigations, evaluations, and remediation of indoor aerobiological problems, including those related to contagious
airborne disease, mold, allergens, zoonoses, and other related health hazards. This work forms a companion volume to the
author’s previous book, “Immune Building Systems Technologies” (McGraw-Hill 2003) which specifically addresses bioweapon
threats, a subject that is not covered in any detail in the Aerobiological Engineering Handbook although the methods and
technologies addressed are equally applicable to both concerns.
Defending Buildings Against Bioterrorism
by W. J. Kowalski
Engineered Systems Magazine 2002, p61-68
ImmuneBuilding Technology and Bioterrorism Defense
by W. J. Kowalski and W. P. Bahnfleth
HPAC Engineering,January 2003, v75(1), pp57-62.
Airborne Respiratory Diseases and Mechanical Systems for Control of Microbes
by W. J. Kowalski and William Bahnfleth
HPAC Engineering, July 1998, v70n7, pp34-48.