Fundamental Studies of Nanoparticle Formation in Air Pollution

Graduate students supported fully or in part by this grant include:

Mohammed Benzit, M.S. 2002 (A. Wexler), Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, U.C. Davis
– measurement and characterization of coastal nucleation

Uta Dieregsweiler, M.S. 2001 (B. Wyslouzil) Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
– conducted condensation and SANS experiments of water – alcohol mixtures

Matthew Dreyfus, Ph.D. exp. 2007 (M. Johnston) Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Univ. of Delaware
-development of PIAMS instrument to provide greater sensitivity and ease of use for probing organic composition of flames

Amjad Khan, M.S. 2002 (B. Wyslouzil) Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
– conducted nucleation rate measurements of D 2O in a supersonic nozzle

Hartawan Laksmono, Ph.D. exp. 2008 (B. Wyslouzil) Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University
– measuring the condensation of ethanol – D 2O mixtures in a supersonic nozzle using TDLAS

Geeling Lai, M.S. (D. Doren), Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Univ. of Delaware
– developed methods for calculating dissociation rate of water dimer

Zhigang Li, Ph.D. exp. 2005(H. Wang), Mechanical Engineering Department, Univ. of Delaware
– Developing transport theory of nanoparticles relevant to particle measurement.

Berk Oktem, Ph. D. (M. Johnston), Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Univ. of Delaware
– developed and applied the PIAMS instrument to probe organic composition of flame particles

Paolo Paci, M.S. 2003 (B. Wyslouzil) Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
– conducted diode laser absorption measurements on condensing flows in a nozzle

Jian Wen, Ph. D. exp. 2006 (A. Wexler), Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, U.C. Davis
– coastal nucleation, supported fully by this grant.

Zhiwei Yang, Ph. D. 2004 (H. Wang), Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Delaware
– Mechanism of incipient soot formation and mass growth

Max Zhang, Ph. D. (A. Wexler), Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, U.C. Davis
– nucleation and fresh nucleus growth, supported in part by this grant.

 

Undergraduate students supported fully or in part by this grant:

ChingHang Tong, (D. Doren), Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Univ. of Delaware
– calculated dissociation rate of water dimer

Ashley Morasky, (B. Wyslouzil) Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
– development of a data acquisition system

 

Postdoctoral and visiting scientists:

Hong Chen (M. Johnston), Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, University of Delaware
– developing a single particle mass spectrometry method to be applied to single particle composition of particles in flames containing metal additives

Christopher Heath (B. Wyslouzil), Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
– conducted condensation and SANS experiments for H 2O – D 2O and water – butanol aerosols

Yi Ming, (D. Doren), Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
– developed general methods for calculating dissociation rates of water clusters

Kiril Streletzky (B.Wyslouzil), Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
– conducted D 2O nucleation experiments using shaped supersonic nozzles.

Shinobu Tanimura (B.Wyslouzil), Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University
– conducted D 2O nucleation experiments using shaped supersonic nozzles

Michael Tolocka (M. Johnston, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, University of Delaware
-development of PIAMS instrument to probe organic composition of flames; methods of data analysis and interpretation

Jin-Jin Wang (M. Johnston), Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, University of Delaware
– interfaced an SMPS to a premixed Laminar flame and applied it to initial measurements of particle size distributions

Yongjing Zhao (A. Wexler) Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, U.C. Davis
-measurement of physical and chemical properties of nuclei at Bodega Marine Laboratory

Bin Zhao, (H. Wang), Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Delaware
– Development of soot sample techniques and measurement of particle size distributions of incipient soot.

Yury Zvinevich (B.Wyslouzil), Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
– integrated the tunable diode laser with the supersonic nozzle apparatus.

Kei Uchikawa, visiting scientist (H. Wang), Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware
– Flame diagnostics.