Collaborative for Air Quality Research

at the

University of Colorado Boulder

Department of Mechanical Engineering

CAQR group seminars

Time and location

For Fall 2009, group meetings are Wednesdays from 1pm to 2pm in the ME conference room unless otherwise noted.

Upcoming presentations

  • 09/09/09: Ricardo Piedrahita - Source apportionment methods and results from DASH
  • 10/14/09: Teresa Coons - Spatial DASH results and China Air pollution
  • 11/18/09: Nick Clements - Coarse PM
  • 12/09/09: Dec 9: Kim Jasch - TBD

CU Summer Lecture series in Atmospheric Chemistry

With visiting Prof. Mike Pilling from University of Leeds, UK. Lecture location and abstracts.

  • June 16, 9:30am - Lecture 1. Introduction to chemical mechanisms for tropospheric oxidation
  • June 17, 9:30am - Lecture 2. Determinations of rate coefficients for elementary reactions - part A
  • June 18, 9:30am - Lecture 3. Determinations of rate coefficients for elementary reactions - part B
  • June 19, 9:30am - Lecture 4. Chemical mechanisms and atmospheric models - part A
  • June 22, 9:30am - Lecture 5. Chemical mechanisms and atmospheric models - part B
  • June 23, 9:30am - Lecture 6. Evaluation of chemical mechanisms using chamber experiments
  • June 24, 9:30am - Lecture7. Interactions between elementary reactions in a complex chemical mechanism
  • June 25, 9:30am - Lecture 8. Emissions inventories
  • June 26, 9:30am - Lecture 9. Current Issues : Do we understand tropospheric ozone as a hemispheric pollutant? Halogen chemistry: is it a coastal or open ocean phenomenon?
  • June 29, 9:30am - Lecture 10. Current Issues: The HOx budget: are there missing sources for OH? What is the effect of climate change on tropospheric chemistry?
NOTE: times and dates subject to change. Check the link to the wiki above for the most recent updates.

Greg Brinkman

  • PhD Thesis Defense 6/12/09, 2pm, ECME 137
  • ME Student of the Month for June, 2009

2009 GEARS Awards

Congratulations to many of the CAQR students who were presented awards at the 2009 GEARS Banquet on 3/12/09.

  • Greg Brinkman Best Overall GEARS Presentation
  • Teresa Coons Best Air Quality Presentation
  • Kim Jasch Departmental Service Award and Student of the Month
  • Bret P. Van Poppel Departmental Service Award and Student of the Month
  • Kevin Ryan Student of the Month

CAQR group seminars

Time and location

Group meetings are from noon to 1pm in the ME conference room unless otherwise noted.

Upcoming presentations

  • Groupt meetings are on hold for the summer.

Recent presentations

  • 04/17/09: Mark Jarvis - "Elucidating reaction pathways of biomass pyrolysis from the top down and the bottom up."
  • 03/12/09: Greg Brinkman - "Air quality impacts of plug-in hybrid vehicle use."
    note: presentaton at GEARS, 2pm in the DLC
  • 03/12/09: Teresa Coons - "Spatial variation and chemical speciation of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in Denver, CO."
    note: presentaton at GEARS, 2:15pm in the DLC
  • 03/12/09: Nick Clements - "Disinfection of Air in the Breathing Zone to Reduce Infectious Disease Transmission."
    note: presentaton at GEARS, 2:30pm in the DLC
  • 03/12/09: Kim Jasch - "Study of Catalytic Wall Reactions in the Combustion of Hydrogen-Rich Syngas."
    note: presentaton at GEARS, 2:45pm in the DLC
  • 02/13/09: Kevin Ryan - "Ultraviolet control device for disinfection of air to reduce infectious disease transmission."

Other air quality event listings at the University and in Boulder

  • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences (ATOC)
  • Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
  • National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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