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| Aug. 18, 2008 |
Two group members recently graduated and went back to China to continue their career: Ping Liu and Shaojun Zhang. Here are the photos after the group dinner (Pic 1) and Shaojun's graduation presentation (Pic 2). Best wishes to them. |
| July 06, 2008 |
Dr. Zhang, Xinyu and Xiaoming attanded the 9th WRF workshop in Boulder, CO. in the week of June 23 - 27, 2008. They presented 3 posters:
Zhang, Y., et al., 2008, Updates on the Development and Application of WRF/Chem-MADRID.
Wen, X.-Y., et al., 2008, Using Global WRF/Chem to Study Climate-Chemistry Interactions.
Hu, X.-M., et al., 2008, Application of WRF/Chem-MADRID with Updated Emissions to the July 2004 New England Air Quality Study Episode.
See photo 1, photo 2, photo 3 |
| June 13, 2008 |
Dr. Zhang published a review paper entitled “Online coupled meteorology and chemistry models: history, current status, and outlook” on Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry. This paper ranks the first in the most commented papers by Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry Discussion since its first publication in 2001, with a total of 18 comments during the 8-week online open discussions. More details can be found at http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/most_commented_papers.html |
| May 31, 2008 |
The A&WMA Student Chapter at North Carolina State
University has been awarded the Third Place Student Chapter award. Evelyn Frazier is the president of the A&WMA student chapter. Several AQFL group members are the member of the student chapter and contribute to the chapter. |
| May 8, 2008 |
Xiaoming Hu passed his Ph.D. Oral Exam, entitled "Development and Application of a Research-Grade Air Quality Forecasting System." |
| May 2, 2008 |
Ping Liu passed her Ph.D. Oral Exam, entitled "Three-Dimensional Modeling of Ozone and Particulate Matter: Application, Evaluation, and Model Improvement." |
| April 17-18, 2008 |
Dr. Yang Zhang gave a keynote presentation on Coupled Regional Climate and Air Quality Modeling: History, Current Status, and Challenges, at the International Workshop on Regional and Urban Air Quality in Yangtze River Delta Region, April 17-18, Shanghai, China (see photos taken at the workshop). |
| April 16, 2008 |
Dr. Yang Zhang visited Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Fudan University on April 16. She introduced past and ongoing research at AQFL and explored potential collaborations with Prof. Yanqing Wu, Dean of School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (see photos taken at Jiao Tong Univ.) and Prof. Jianmin Chen, Chairman, the Department of Environmental Science & Engineering at Fudan University (see photos taken at Fudan Univ.) |
| April 15, 2008 |
Dr. Yang Zhang gave an invited lecture on next Generation AQ/Met Coupled and AQ Forecasting Model: WRF/Chem, at the Training Courses on CMAQ/BenMAP/Emission Trading, April 15, 2008, Shanghai, China. |
| April 1, 2008 |
Dr. Yang Zhang organized a tour to Duke Forest Research Site. A total of 15 people including 3 faculty members and 12 students from NCSU attended this tour. Dr. John Walker of U.S. EPA and Mr. Robert Nettles of U.S. DOE/BNL hosted our visit (see photos taken during the tour) |
| March 19, 2008 |
Kristen Olsen presented at the 2008 Graduate Student Research Symposium held at the McKimmon Center on NC State's Campus. Her poster presentation was entitled "Fine-scale Modeling of Air Quality Using Two Air Quality Models over the Southeastern United States." View a couple of the photos here. |
| March 10, 2008 |
Ying Pan received the Second Place Student Poster Presentation and Dr. Xinyu Wen received the
Best student oral presentation award for his talk entitled "Climate change in China and its relationship with air quality during the past 130 years: model simulations and correlation with satellite observations"
at the 88th AMS Annual Meeting, 20-24 Jan., in New Orleans, LA.. |
| February 19, 2008 |
Ping Liu presented for the February meeting of the RTP Chapter of the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) at the USEPA in Research Triange Park. Her talk was entitled "Development and Application of A
Computationally-Efficient
MADRID 2 for Simulating Secondary Organic Aerosol." |
| February 5, 2008 |
Dr. David Sands, Prof. of Montana State University and Dr. Cindy Morris of INRA in Avignon France, were the presenter for a Special Seminar hosted by Dr. Yang Zhang. Their topic was titled, "The microbes in the air, their ability to nucleate ice crystals, and their possible roles in meteorological events." The seminar extended beyond the presentation, leading into discussions of future collaborations and project directions. |
| Janauary 20-24, 2008 |
Three Air Quality Forecasting Lab members attended the 88th Annual AMS meeting in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Zhang had 2 oral presentations entitled "Simulating Effects of Aerosols on Regional Climate Using WRF/Chem" and "Some Preliminary Results from the Development of Global WRF/Chem", Dr. Wen had an oral presentation entitled "Climate Change in China and Its Relationship with Air Quality During the Past 130 Years: Model Simulations and Correlation with Satellite Observations", and Ying Pan had a poster presentation entitled "Sensitivity of Gaseous and Aerosol Predictions to Gas-Phase Chemical Mechanisms." View the photos here. |
| January 20-24, 2008 |
Dr. Xinyu Wen and Ying Pan both received the NASA/Tropospheric Chemistry Program Travel Award to attend the 88th AMS Annual Meeting, 20-24 Jan., in New Orleans, LA.
Please see the photo of the travel award recipients. |
| January 16, 2008 |
Dr. Jiming Hao, Professor and Dean of the Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, a prestigious member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, visited and gave a seminar at NCSU. His talk was on Introduction of Research Programs on Air Pollution and Control in Tsinghua University. Colleagues from NCSU and EPA joined the roundtable to discuss the environmental issues in China and how to address the challenges. All AQFL members had a group meeting with Prof. Hao after the seminar. View the photos here. |
| November 20, 2007 |
The Air Quality Forecasting Lab has two new post-doctoral positions available, which are on Air Quality/Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling
and Agricultural Air Quality Modeling. For more information, please see http://www.meas.ncsu.edu/aqforecasting/post_docs.html. |
| October 5, 2007 |
Prof. Kebin He from Tsinghua University gave a seminar titled "Regional Air Pollution Complex in City Clusters of China", and Mr. Satoru Chatani from Japan Petroleum Energy Center gave a seminar titled "Multi-scale Air Quality Study in Japan Clean Air Program (JCAP)" in MEAS, hosted by Dr. Yang Zhang and A&WMA NCSU Student Chapter. All AQFL members had a group meeting with the guest speakers before the seminar. View the photos here. |
| October 1-3, 2007 |
Five Air Quality Forecasting Lab members including a former member attended the 6th Annual CMAS meeting in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Zhang's talk was titled, "Simulating Climate-Chemistry-Aerosol-Cloud-Radiation Feedbacks in WRF/Chem: Model Development and Initial Application". Our Alumni, Chris Misenis's talk was titled, "An Examination of WRF/Chem: Physical Schemes, Nesting Options, and Grid Resolutions". Xiaoming Hu and Ping Liu gave the poster presentations on their research, and Evelyn Frazier is the co-author of Xiaoming's work. Xiaoming's poster was titled, "Evaluation of WRF/Chem-MADRID with the July 2004 New England Air Quality Study Episode", and Ping's poster was titled, "Development and Application of A Computationally-Efficient MADRID 2 for Simulating Secondary Organic Aerosol". |
| September 17-21, 2007 |
Dr. Zhang was invited as lecturer for the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) summer school of Joining transport and chemistry in air pollution modeling at different scales in Castro Marina (Lecce), Italy. |
| August 17, 2007 |
Jie Chen gave an oral presentation at the Zhejiang University undergraduate summer intern research symposium. View the photos here. |
| August 16, 2007 |
Prof. C. Russell Philbrick from Penn State University gave a seminar titled "Visualizing Concepts in Atmospheric Dynamics" in MEAS, hosted by Dr. Yang Zhang. |
| July 26, 2007 |
Evelyn Frazier gave a poster presentation on the 1st AGEP Bridging Annual Symposium. View the photos here. |
| July 26, 2007 |
The Air Quality Forecasting Lab has a post-doctoral position available, which is on Organic Aerosol-Climate Modeling. For more information, please see http://www.meas.ncsu.edu/aqforecasting/post_docs.html. |
| June 23-July 5 , 2007 |
Xiaoming Hu visited National University of Mexico (also called UNAM), Mexico City. He worked with Drs. Baumgardner, Graciela, Diana and Master student Carlos to set up WRF/Chem simulation for the Salina Cruz case. During his visit, he had a meeting with Drs. Baumgardner, Jazcilevich, Garcia to know their ongoing research. Xiaoming also gave an informal seminar titled "Model Development and Initial Application of WRF/Chem-MADRID" |
| June 11-July 5, 2007 |
Dr. Yang Zhang visited several universities/research organizations including Shan Dong University, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, and National Climate Center in China. During her visit, she gave five seminars on various topics and discussed areas of potential collaboration with Chinese colleagues. |
| 11-15 June 2007 |
Xiaoming Hu attended the 8th Annual WRF User’s Workshop , Boulder, CO. He gave a talk titled "Gas/Particle Mass Transfer Treatments in WRF/Chem-MADRID: Development, Application, and Evaluation" |
| June 8, 2007 |
Chris Misenis, an MS graduate of AQFL, has successfully landed a job at North Carolina Division of Air Quality. He will start as a Meteorologist on July 9, 2007. |
| May 10, 2007 |
Mr. Wenxin Yu from Peking University will join AQFL as a visiting post-D researcher after he obtains a PhD degree in Atmospheric Sciences in July 2007. He will start at NCSU on August 1, 2007. |
| 14-16 May 2007 |
Kai Wang, a Ph.D. student in AQFL, attended the 10th International
Conference on Atmospheric Sciences and Applications to Air Quality
(ASAAQ), Hong Kong, China. His talk was titled, "A Mechanistic Examination
of Asian Pollution Export: Process Analysis, Sensitivity Simulation, and
Satellite Data Utilization" |
| April 28, 2007 |
Dr. Yongxin Zhang from Los Alamos National Laboratory accepted the post-D researcher position at AQFL. He will join AQFL on Sept. 15, 2007. |
| April 15, 2007 |
Srinath Krishnan, an MS graduate of AQFL, has been offered a PhD position with a full RA by Yale University, starting summer, 2007. |
| April 13, 2007 |
Ms. Ying Pan, an MS graduate from Peking University, has accepted AQFL's offer as a PhD student. She will join AQFL in early August, 2007. |
| April 10, 2007 |
Ms. Evelyn Frazier, a BS graduate from MEAS, NCSU, has accepted AQFL's offer as an MS student. She has also been accepted by NCSU's Bridging Program and will start on May 29.
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| April 5, 2007 |
Dr. Litao Wang, an Air Quality modeler at Tsinghua University, will visit NCSU and work on an EPA-sponsored project on modeling of air quality in China during the period of June 6-Nov. 5. |
| March 30, 2007 |
Ashley Queen, an MS graduate of AQFL, has successfully landed a job at Trinity Consultants, Dallas, TX. She will start her position as an Environmental Consultant on June 4, 2007. |
| April 23, 2007 |
Evelyn Frazier received the following awards: SAAPAMS 1st Award for Dedication and Service, Senior and Senior Service Awards, and the PEACE Leadership Award. |
| March 20, 2007 |
Dr. Ralph Cicerone, President of National Academy of Sciences, and world-recognized expert on Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Change, visited NCSU and MEAS faculty and graduate students to discuss atmospheric chemistry and climate research. Dr. Zhang and Mr. Xiaoming Hu represented the Air Quality Forecasting Lab and attended the lunch meeting. |
| March 19, 2007 |
For her presentation at the 87th Annual AMS meeting in San Antonio, Texas, Ashley Queen was awarded a first place prize for student presentations. She was awarded a certificate and cash prize. |
| February 19, 2007 |
Dr. Jose Fuentes, distinguished professor in the the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, visited NCSU and the AQFL. His seminar was titled, "Emissions, Turbulent Transport, and Chemistry of Photogenic Hydrocarbons." |
| January 29, 2007 |
Dr. Bruce Doddridge, head of NASA's Chemistry and Dynamics Branch gave a seminar at NCSU and also visited members of the Air Quality Forecasting Lab. View the photo here. |
| January 14-18, 2007 |
Two Air Quality Forecasting Lab members attended the 87th Annual AMS meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Zhang and Ashley Queen both presented research, with Dr. Zhang also presenting research on behalf of Ping Liu. Dr. Zhang's talk was titled, "Assessment of Long-Term Impacts of Regional Climate Changes on Air Quality." Ashleys presentation was titled, "Examining the Sensitivity of Meteorology and Chemical Predictions to Explicit Microphysics Schemes." Ping's presentation was titled, "Simulating Secondary Organic Aerosol: Accurary versus Computational Efficiency." |
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