Winter 2004

2004 Annual ConferenceBiggest and Best Yet!

Newsletter of the American Association for Aerosol Research

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Things are winding down after one of the largest AAARmeetings ever! This year, we had more than 700conference attendees, 242 oral presentations, 361 posterpresentations, and 38 late breaking posters. The highquality of our technical program was mainly the result ofthe efforts of the technical program committee, whichincludes the working group and symposium chairs. Thesehardworking folks did a great job, from promoting theconference to drumming up excellent abstracts, puttingtogether exciting sessions, and, in the home stretch,working with me to minimize gaps in the program. Thankseveryone! We had 421 tutorial attendees, including thestudent session assistants who attended tutorials inexchange for volunteering their time. Thanks to MikeBergin for putting together this year’s tutorial program! Wecontinue to increase our number of exhibitors, with 25 thisyear. Thanks to Tom Merrifield for his efforts to boostexhibitor participation. Thanks go also to our plenaryspeakers. What a way to start the day!

Behind the scenes, the Association Headquarters staff did agreat job, and special thanks go to Rebecca Storti, ourfearless Meeting Manager as well as Susanne Hering andDonald Dabdub for their efforts to ensure the abstractsubmission and publication process went smoothly.

The 1-minute poster previewscontinued this year, and, with thehelp of our session chairs whogamely took on the responsibility ofcompiling the files beforehand, andthe student session assistants, thingsran smoothly for the most part.

The membership committee initiatedtwo activities with the goal ofincreasing the feeling of‘connectivity’ amongst our members:an international-themed dinner, and adiscussion session for early careeraerosol researchers.

Sponsorship for the conference continues to increase, withthe Electric Power Research Institute, Southern Company,the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine, theEPA, Eli Lilly, TSI, NOAA, and Quant Technologiescontributing a total of more than $30,000 towardsconference expenses. Their generosity helped to improvethe quality of the meeting, while keeping the increase inregistration fees to a minimum.

Most importantly, this year as in past years, poster and oralsessions were extremely well-attended, and all availabletables and chairs were filled with people involved inanimated discussions, (mostly about science), betweensessions, at the receptions, during lunch breaks, and intothe evenings. This continues to be the premier meeting forthose engaged in aerosol research and I am happy to havebeen a part of it. Best wishes to next year’s conferenceplanners! See you in Austin in 2005!

Sheryl Ehrman2004 Conference Chair

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2004 Annual Conference (continued)

Sheldon Freidlander(L) with 2004Friedlander Award Recipient Peter Adams(R)

Incoming President Sonia Kreidenweis thanksPhil Hopke for his service as President

Phil Hopke, 2004 Sinclair Award Recipientand Award Cmte Chair George Mulholland

Award Cmte Chair George Mulholland,Benjamin Liu and 2004 Liu Award Recipients

John Jayne and Douglas Worsnop

Plenary Speaker, A.G. (Ted) Russell, presents“Particulate Matter Modeling and Reconciling

PM Source Apportionment Methods”

Phil Hopke and 2004 Conference ChairSheryl Ehrman

Igor Gonda(L), Mercer Joint PrizeRecipient with Jim Blanchard(R), who

nominated Gonda for the Prize

Tuesday Plenary speaker and ISAMPresident Wolfgang Krieying

Rodney Weber(L) 2004 Whitby AwardRecipient with Award Cmte Chair

George Mulholland(R)

Plenary Speaker, Michael Zachariah,presents “Studying the Reactivity of

Nanoaerosols”

2004 Annual Conference Award Recipeints

Friedlander Award recipient Peter Adams

Attendees enjoy the Scientific Sessions

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Planning for the 2005 AAAR PM Supersites Program andRelated Studies International Specialty Conference is wellunderway. I want to thank you for all the greatcontributions that will help make this conference thelandmark PM meeting of the decade. The abstractsubmission deadline has come and gone and we receivedover 325 abstracts by that date. However, it is not too lateto get your abstract and presentation included in theconference. LATE BREAKING ABSTRACTS will beaccepted though January 6, 2005. Most will be includedas posters. Please remember to submit your abstract via theweb at www.AAAR.org.

The conference is being held at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotelin downtown Atlanta, GA. It will begin on MondayFebruary 7, 2005 about 10 AM and conclude at 1 PM onFriday. Five Plenary sessions are planned, one eachmorning. They will cover related topics to the meeting,but expand beyond PM implementation needs to includetalks on Health Effects (Daniel Greenbaum, Health EffectsInstitute), Regulations (John Bachmann, US EPA), GlobalClimate Change (Jeffrey Gaffney, Argonne NationalLaboratory), and a single extended plenary by SupersitesProgram PIs addressing four of the most relevant science /policy relevant questions associated with the SupersitesProgram Synthesis to be prepared over the next 1.5 years.The opening plenary session speakers are TBD, andsuggestions are welcome at this time. The conference alsowill include three poster sessions, a vendor’s exhibit as iscustomary at AAAR meetings, and two evening receptionsthat will be coordinated with additional poster viewing andthe exhibit.

I encourage all of you to attend and keep in mind theimportant registration dates listed below. State and regionalpersonnel are strongly encouraged to attend. This meetingis focused on providing information that would ultimatelyreduce uncertainties in our understanding of atmosphericPM accumulation on urban and regional scales and toallow for the development of effective emissionsmanagement programs to reduce the impact of PM relatedpollution on humans and ecosystems.

This is an international conference and while the majorfocus will be PM Supersites Program & Related Studies inthe US and Canada, abstracts from other parts of theworld, such as Europe, Asia and South America areencouraged! Please pass this along to your colleagues

across the globe.

Presenters are stronglyencouraged to submitpapers to the specialjournal issuesassociated with thisconference. ThePublications Policy isposted on the web atwww.AAAR.org.Papers for the specialissues will be due inApril 2005. Currently,five journals are under consideration for special issues:Aerosol Science & Technology; Atmospheric Environment; Journal of GeophysicalResearch – Atmospheres; Journal of Applied Meteorology;and Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association.

Dates To Remember:Early Bird Registration: $400 (On or before December 24, 2004) Advance: $575 (December 25, 2004 - January 17, 2005)On-site: $675 Student Early Bird: $75(On or before December 24, 2004)Student Advance: $150 (December 25, 2004 - January 17, 2005) Student On-site: $225

Late Breaking Abstracts Due: January 6, 2005

Hotel Group Rate: Available through Wednesday,January 5, 2005. Limited government rates are availablealso. Please make reservations directly with the hotel, theSheraton Atlanta Hotel (1.800.833.8624).

As AAAR continues to move into the 21st Century it isyour continued support through your membership with theassociation and through participation in conferences suchas this that will continue to help AAAR grow stronger. I look forward to your participation in the 2005 AAAR PMSupersites Program and Related Studies InternationalSpecialty Conference. Please visit www.AAAR.org foradditional information on this conference and theassociation.

2005 AAAR International Specialty Conference,Atlanta, GA, February 7-11

Part

iculate Matter

By Paul A. Solomon, Conference Chair (solomon.paul@epa.gov)

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Note to Susanne Hering:Never ask Hannigan to be involvedwhen there is a chance that he willeventually become the guy that gets towrite anything he wants.

WHO WANTS TO READ ANOTHER PARTICLE ARTICLE?

You know you care

about the air

and the smoke

that makes you choke

and the dust

that may cause rust

and the haze that can put you in a daze.

But, who has the time?

(Wait you don’t have time,

not even time for a rhyme?)

You say,“tick, tock

goes the clock.”

Bear with me for a few.

Sit back in your pew

cause I get to make a plea

to you and to me.

Don’t just measure, model, size and speciate,

Share, talk, and communicate.

Yes, educate!

No, not just each other,

but my brother and your mother.

We hear, too often, that science and technology scare thepublic or that the public has lost faith in, or respect for,science. After all, everyone seems to be able trot out anexpert that proves their point. In Science, we arecontinually reading editorials about the strainedconnection between our work and decision making.Although these editorials are written about policy makers,the same can often be said of the individual’s decision

making. For example, I was speaking to my sister lastyear about her take on climate change. She is an educatedprofessional that went to college in Boulder, so you mightguess what her take was. Sadly, her take was basicallythat of the average sound byte; “not entirely sure globalwarming is real.” That take is scary, and not simplybecause it is the opposite of what a large group of climatescientists says, but because it keeps us from discussing thelink between our actions and their impacts. We (thereaders of this newsletter) all know that if we stoppedburning stuff, man-made climate change would stop. But,most of the public does not know that. And, it may takesome persistence on our part before the public listens. Iam not advocating a ‘solution to climate change’, butmerely the need for us to help the public understand ourwork. (See Making the Most of Science for aninteresting and short read about these issues.)

So, yes, in my first editorial you are actually getting a peptalk. I know I am not always a great example, but comeon, let’s build and maintain stronger ties to John Q.Public. How? Ideas come floating down like thesnowflakes outside my window. We could do it in anorganized manner – say build a public-friendly Aerosolsweb portal. Can you imagine your seventh grader writinga report about the ‘indirect effect’ with our help? OK,maybe too ambitious. Certainly we could all maintainpublic-friendly web sites that describe our work in thebroad sense. Certainly we could all offer to give talks tothe community, at schools, libraries, retirementcommunities …. Or, imagine a poster that qualitativelydescribes the size distribution and its significance residingin a high school science class room.

OK, I will stop. Please feel free to send me yoursnowflakes (i.e., ideas about getting our work to the public– see my attempt at metaphor in previous paragraph.) Or,maybe you know of some great, already up-and-runningapplications that more of us could use. If anybody readsthis and actually sends me something, I will use this spacein upcoming issues to follow up.

And, don’t forget, (oops, slipped back into rhyme, I regret)only you can make this newsletter better.

Sincerely,Mike Hannigan

PS. (Wait, can you postscript an editorial? HA, HA, I cando anything, I am the editor!) The AAAR InternationalSpecialty Conference is going to be awesome – GO!

Letter from the EditorBy Mike Hannigan, Editor

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I am pleased to write my first message to the membership of theAAAR as your new President. First, I would again like to thankDr. Phil Hopke for his leadership during the past year. He hasworked tirelessly on behalf of AAAR, particularly instrengthening our ties with the International Society for Aerosolsin Medicine (ISAM), initiating new fundraising opportunities, andensuring AAAR continues to closely monitor costs and revenuesto bring us back on a sound financial footing. These focus areasare ones I’ll be continuing over the coming year, and I am indeedfortunate to be following in Phil’s footsteps.

Dr. Beverly Cohen completed her term as Treasurer in October.Under Beverly’s capable leadership, AAAR revised ourinvestment strategy and also chose a new investment advisor. Iam most appreciative of her efforts on AAAR’s behalf, andwelcome her successor, Dr. Lara Gundel. Dr. Evan Whitbycontinues to serve as Secretary of the AAAR. In October, Dr.Tony Wexler moved into the Vice President position, Dr. PratimBiswas was elected Vice-President-Elect, and Dr. Yung SungCheng was elected Secretary-Elect. We thank outgoing Boardmembers Dr. Lynn Russell, Dr. Shelly Miller, and Dr. Yung SungCheng for their years of service, and welcome Dr. Kaarle Hameri,Dr. Lupita Montoya, and Dr. Kimberly Prather to the Board. Ivery much look forward to working with all of you andappreciate the time you volunteer to AAAR!

Indeed, AAAR’s greatest strength is the generosity of ourmembership in donating their time and energy to the Associationand its initiatives. In particular, the role of Conference Chair is atime-consuming and critical one. Dr. Sheryl Ehrman did a terrificjob ensuring that our 2004 Annual Meeting in Atlanta was anoutstanding one. Thanks to Sheryl and her conference team forputting together an excellent program that attracted over 700registrants and a record number of exhibit booths. Tutorials werealso well attended. I extend a special thanks to the students whovolunteered as session assistants and provided support to tutorialspeakers and session chairs throughout the week. We also aregrateful to our staff at Association Headquarters, particularlymeeting manager Rebecca Storti and her staff, who workedincredibly hard before and during the meeting to ensureeverything ran as smoothly as planned.

The year ahead is an exciting one for AAAR. We are sponsoringtwo meetings in 2005: the International Specialty Conference onParticulate Matter Supersites Program and Related Studies, to beheld February 7-11, 2005 at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, inAtlanta, GA. Dr. Paul Solomon is serving as Conference Chair,and late-breaking abstracts are being accepted through January 6.(Please see related articles in this issue for more details.) Our2005 Annual Meeting will be held at the Hilton Austin in Austin,TX, October 17-21. Chair Dr. Spyros Pandis and his ConferenceCommittee are presently soliciting ideas for special topics andsessions. This is a great time to get involved with one of AAAR’sWorking Groups if you have not already done so – contactinformation can be found at http://www.aaar.org/whoswho.htm.

AAAR continues to strengthen its ties toISAM. We have formed a committeecharged with examining ways to fostercollaborations. In October, AAAR, ISAM,Eli Lilly and the EPA jointly sponsored aspecial symposium on Microdosimetry &Targeting of Inhaled Particles and DrugAerosols, organized by Dr. Chong Kim and Dr. James Blanchard.The Symposium was enthusiastically received, and plans areunderway for continuing a series of sessions of interest to bothAAAR and ISAM members. ISAM’s 15th International Congresswill be held in Perth, Australia, March 14-18, 2005. The ThomasT. Mercer Joint Prize, co-founded and -sponsored by AAAR andISAM, will be presented at that meeting. Nominations are beingaccepted through December 31. Please seehttp://www.aaar.org/awards2.htm for information on how tosubmit a nomination.

Another first in 2004 was the institution of a formal program ofconference sponsorship, implemented by the Board to raise fundsto help keep conference registration costs as low as possible. I amvery pleased to thank TSI Incorporated (Platinum Sponsor), theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GoldSponsor), and Quant Technologies (Silver Sponsor) for theirgenerous support. In addition, we thank EPRI, SouthernCompany, and the EPA for their symposium sponsorships.

Finally, the Board is endeavoring to increase awareness of ourAwards Program and the aerosol pioneers that the named awardshonor. For the first time in Atlanta, we assembled a display in thePoster and Exhibits Area with highlights from the careers of eachhonored scientist. In 2004, we chose as a special focus our first-established award, the David Sinclair Award. You may havenoticed the chart showing our fundraising goal for 2004 for theSinclair Award, and I am happy to report that we came very closeto meeting this goal though the generous donations of membersand matching funds from the Board. We hope over the next fewyears to increase the funding levels in each award, with a viewtoward ensuring they will be self-sustaining over the long term,and thereby will continue to be a cherished means of honoringboth the early leaders of our field and those who are makingsignificant contributions in the present day.

I am confident that AAAR will continue to move ahead with itsmission of promoting and communicating technical advances inthe many fields of aerosol research. We are receiving responsiveand valued management support from Association Headquarters,and I especially acknowledge and appreciate the efforts of ourExecutive Director, Amy Williams, our past Executive Director,Libby McDannell, and their assistant, Deanna Bright. Your Boardis committed to serving you, our members, and we look forwardto working to continue AAAR’s tradition of excellence throughthe coming year.

Sincerely,

Sonia Kreidenweis

A Message From The PresidentSonia Kreidenweis • November 2004

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MSP CORPORATIONEarly this year, MSP Corporation announced thepromotion of Dr. Daryl Roberts to Vice President fromSenior Manager in recognition of his many contributionsto the company. Dr. Roberts was instrumental inestablishing MSP as the leading producer of products usedby pharmaceutical companies world-wide for testingaersol drug delivery products (metered-dose and dry-powder inhalers) for treatment of asthma and otherdiseases. Dr. Roberts received his Ph.D. in ChemicalEngineering from Caltech under Prof. SheldonFriedlander, and had many years of contract researchexperience at SRI International.

With the completion of the Wide-Range ParticleSpectrometer (WPSTM) and the new Moudi-II andNanoMoudi-II products, MSP has now established itselfas the leading producer of wide-range aerosol isntruments.These instruments are used for particle counting andsizing from 10nm to 10,000nm (WPSTM) and forcollecting size-fractionated particle samples from 10nm to18,000nm in diameter (Moudi-II and NanoMoudi-II).

MSP is located in Shoreview, Minnesota.

New AethalometerTMModule for the TEOM Monitor MeasuresBlack CarbonMagee Scientific andRupprecht & Patashnick(R&P) have combinedefforts to launch theAethalometer Module forthe TEOM monitor.During the past severalyears, Magee’sAethalometer technologyhas become the mostpopular approach formeasuring the black

carbon contained in ambient fine particulate matter (PM).Aethalometer instruments have figured prominently innumerous scientific investigations requiring continuous,high resolution carbon PM data.

The new Aethalometer Module can be used with anynewly purchased TEOM monitor, and with any of the5,000 TEOM ambient particulate monitors in useworldwide. The add-on attaches easily to the bypass flowline of any TEOM monitor that operates at 1 m3/h, anddoes not require any specialized installation equipment.

Information generated by the Aethalometer Module isintegrated into the data handling capabilities of the TEOMmonitor. With the module installed, the combined TEOM-Aethalometer system reports and stores black carbon dataconcurrently with the continuous PM mass concentrationdata from the TEOM monitor. Please visit the R&P website at www.rpco.com for further information.

AMS Center Testing New Technology CategoryTesting is underway for three rapid polymerase chainreaction (PCR) technologies to evaluate their ability todetect specific biological agents and pathogens in water,which are particularly toxic to humans and can also besusceptible to interferents in some drinking water systems.The technologies being tested were submitted by:R.A.P.I.D. SystemABI Prism 7000 Sequence Detection SystemAgilient Bioanalyzer

The verification test is being conducted by Battelle’sAdvanced Monitoring Systems Center in collaborationwith the US EPS’s ETV Program. For further information,contact the ETV Advanced Monitoring Systems (AMS)Center at 614-424-4062.

AAAR would like to hear from you! Industry News isParticulars’ latest feature bringing you the latest companynews from AAAR members. If you have something youwould like to share with Particulars readers like a newproduct announcement, release, staff change and more,please email Amy at achezem@ahint.com.

Industry News

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The National Research Council’s Committee on ResearchPriorities for Airborne Particulate Matter has issued their4th report. Titled “Continuing Research Progress”, itpresents progress towards achieving the research goals tosupport the US Environmental Protection Agency’sParticulate Matter Research Program presented in the 1streport (published in 1998). As part of the assessment,several challenging issues that span research disciplinesare identified. The resolution of these issues will becritical to reducing scientific uncertainties. These include,for example, the recognition that while much can begained from studying atmospheric aerosol in isolation, amore full understanding requires its consideration in thecontext of the larger atmosphere and its ambient chemicaland physical properties. All four reports are availablefrom the National Academies Press(http://www.nap.edu), and currently can be read on-line;just search for ‘particulate matter’.

In October, the US Environmental Protection Agencyissued the final version of the Particulate Matter CriteriaDocument, seehttp://cfpub2.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/partmatt.cfm for moredetails. This document represents the required five yearreview of the national ambient air quality standards,specifically for PM. An EPA Staff Paper that summarizesthis PM review and suggests possible revisions of the PMstandard is in-progress, and should be available for our(‘our’ meaning the public) comment before the next issueof this newsletter. Stay tuned.

A recent paper in the New England Journal of Medicinereports some of the first results of a long-term study of thelung function of children from 10 – 18 years old from 12southern California communities with varying ambient air

pollutant concentrations. Throughout the Children’sHealth Study, poor lung function growth rates werepositively correlated with NO2, acid vapor, elementalcarbon and PM2.5. Clinically significant decreases inlung function were observed at 18 years of age with theaccompanying increased likelihood of adverse healtheffects in adulthood. Gauderman et al. (2004), N Engl JMed, 351(11), 1057 – 1067.

Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsand early exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in anurban environment, was shown in a recent study to beassociated in the affected children with an increasedlikelihood of suffering from asthma and other respiratorysymptoms, such as wheezing and coughing. Reducing therisk of respiratory problems in young children may needto consider the multiple pollutants in inner cities androutes of exposure. Miller et al. (2004), Chest, 126(4),1071 – 1078.

For those of you doing battle with the incessant noise of avacuum pump, intermittent whir of a bank of computers,or thudding of students rapping on your office door, checkout www.live365.com/stations/trappedinlab/. This e-station is an excellent and humorous sound alternative;focusing primarily on music with science lyrics. Geeksunite and enjoy!

If you have suggestions for interesting highlights thatwould fit in this section, please send them to MikeHannigan (hannigan@colorado.edu). AND, let’s allthank Pete Raynor, our previous Particulars editor, foradding this section to our newsletter and thus makingParticulars more fun to read.

In Case You Missed It…

January 5-7, 2005Specialty Conference on theIndirect Effects of Aerosols onClimateManchester Conference CentreManchester, England www.al.noaa.gov/igac

February 7-11, 2005AAAR Supersites ConferenceSheraton Atlanta HotelAtlanta, Georgia

March 14-18, 2005International Society forAerosols in Medicine 15thInternational CongressSheraton Perth HotelPerth, Australiawww.isam.org

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I came on board as the Executive Director for AAAR inlate July, replacing Libby McDannell who had a baby girlin mid-September. I’ve enjoyed working with the AAARstaff and board of directors over the past four months andwas happy to meet many of you at the Annual Conference.

The conference afforded me the opportunity to see theboard and committees of AAAR hard at work. Behind theconference scene, and probably unbeknownst to many ofyou, each of AAAR’s committees met and planned theirprogram of work for 2005. Likewise, the board andexecutive committee met several times during theconference to plan for 2005 and beyond. The dedication ofAAAR’s volunteers is impressive and not something I’veoften seen in my 8 + years of association managementexperience.

As you’ll read elsewhere in this issue, AAAR has a lotgoing on in early 2005. As Sonia mentions in her article,we are currently accepting nominations for the Thomas T.Mercer Joint Prize, which will be awarded at the ISAMconference in Perth, Australia in March. If you’d like tonominate someone for the award, please submit therequired information to the AAAR office by December 30.More information on what is required can be found on thewebsite, www.aaar.org.

The AAAR Membership Directory iscurrently being compiled and will bemailed to members along with theMarch issue of AS&T. Special thanksto MSP Corporation, ParticleInstruments, Rupprecht & PatashnickCo., Inc. and TSI Incorporated forsupporting AAAR through advertisingin the directory.

Last, but certainly not least, be sure to check out PaulSolomon’s article on the upcoming PM SupersitesProgram & Related Studies Conference taking place inFebruary. I hope to see you all in Atlanta for theconference.

On behalf of the AAAR staff, I wish you all a wonderfulholiday season and a happy New Year.

Warm regards,

Amy Williams, CAEExecutive Director

Executive Director’s ReportAmy Williams, CAE

Aerosols In The Spotlight

Leucine particles captured on a polyprolylene filter and imagedin the environmental scanning electron microscope at BucknellUniversity. The spider-like crystals were the result of controlledhumidity cycling of the particle’s environment.

Courtesy of: Tim Raymond, Assistant Professor, Bucknell University,Department of Chemical Engineering

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Welcome New MembersAs of December 6, 2004

Yayne-abeba Aklilu *York UniversityMichael AlexanderPacific Northwest NationalLabRyan Allen *University Of WashingtonObatosin Aluko *Illinois Inst Of TechnologyAkua Asa-Awuku *Georgia TechChristof AsbachUniversity Of MinnesotaJaemeem Baek *Georgia TechElizabeth BaileyTennessee Valley AuthorityRichard W. BaldaufUS EPATahllee BaynardNOAA Aeronomy LabPieter BeckmanUniversity Of NewHampshireJoseph E. BesterTSI IncorporatedVladimir BezprovannykhDycor TechnologiesSubhasis Biswas *University Of SouthernCaliforniaCharles BlanchardEnvairTroy BoleyCabot CorporationArtur BraunUniversity Of KentuckyJohn G. BreenU.S. Centers for DiseaseControlGregory Brinkman *University Of ColoradoKeith BroekhuizenChun Soo BuKorea Environ.& Merch.Testing Inst.Pedro A. Bueno *University Of MarylandKerry R. Bullock-OzkanUS EPAMevlut Bulut *University of Alabama,BirminghamJames B. BurkholderNOAAXuyi Cai *University Of NewHampshireYong CaiPacific Northwest NationalLabTak-Wai Chan *York University

Jianjun Chen *University Of NewHampshireKaiping Chen *Carnegie Mellon UniversitySteven ChillrudColumbia UniversitySeung-Hyun Cho *University Of CininnatiHyun-Deok Choi *Clarkson UniversityNancy Clark BurtonCDC/NIOSHKeith R. CoffeeLawrence Livermore Nat’lLabDaniel Cohan *Georgia TechLaura CottrellUniversity Of NewHampshireEsther Coz *CIEMATJonathan Crosier *UMISTManuel Dall’Osto *University Of BirminghamBrian DaltonApplikon AnalyzersBenjamin J. DeAngeloUS EPAMark J. DeLongAlkermes, Inc.Ranil Dhammapala *Washington State UniversityBruce DoddridgeNational Science FoundationNeil M. DonahueCarnegie Mellon UniversityD. James DonaldsonUniversity Of TorontoSharon DouglasICF Consulting/SAIMatthew Dreyfus *University Of DelawareHua Du *Atmosp. Sciences Res. Ctr.Rachelle Duvall *University Of WisconsinFritz EbertTech University KaiserslauternJack R. EdwardsNC State UniversityHazem S. El-Zanan *Desert Research InstituteAdeena EmeryITT Industries-AESDouglas EvansNIOSHMaria Cristina FacchiniCNRGerard M. FaethUniversity Of Michigan

George FarquarORNLMelissa Ann Fink *University Of MinnesotaChristos Fountoukis *Georgia TechGregory J. FrostNOAA Aeronomy LabEvelyne GehinCertes University Of Paris XIIMarianne Geiser KamberUniversity Of BernCorey GervingUnited States MilitaryAcademyEric Gessner *Clarkson UniversityYoung Sung GhimKorea Inst. -Science/TechnologyAjaya K. Ghimire *University Of MinnesotaSamuel Victor Glass *University Of WisconsinBrad Goodwin *Washington UniversityNatasha A. Greene *Howard UniversityAndrew Grieshop *Carnegie Mellon UniversityGazala Habib *Indian Institute OfTechnologyGayle Hagler *Georgia TechDavyda M. Hammond *University Of Alabama,BirminghamRyan HanTSI IncorporatedJohn Hearn *University Of GeorgiaKatherine Heaton *University Of DelawareChristopher J. Hennigan *Georgia TechEmily Hoffman *Washington UniversityKatheryn Holderness *University Of California, SanDiegoHiroyoshi HonjoTokyo Dylec Co.Ta-Chih Hsiao *Washington UniversityDi Hu *University of North CarolinaKara Huff HartzCarnegie Mellon UniversityHa Na Jang *Yonsei UniversityDaniel A. Japuntich3M Company

Isabel Cristina Jaramillo *University Of UtahPekka JarvinevEnprima LTDKi-Joon Jeon *University Of FloridaJorge Rodrigo Jimenez *Washington State UniversityCarolyn JordanUniversity Of NewHampshireNavaneethakrishnanKandasamySouthern CompanyBryan Karpowicz *Georgia TechBurcak Kaynak *Georgia TechLin KeGeorgia TechEric Matthew Kettleson *Washington University Chan Soo KimHiroshima UniversityJoonghyuk Kim *KAISTMyoungwoo Kim *Texas A&M UniversitySang Bok Kim *KAISTYong Jin KimKorea Inst.-Machinery/MaterialsDr. Kazushi KimuraKoken LTD.Stephanie King *Harvard UniversityKirsten Koehler *Colorado State UniversityYutaka KondoUniversity Of TokyoUwe KortshagenUniversity of MinnesotaMargaret Krudysz *UCLA School Of PublicHealthStefan LaubKaiserslautern UniversityHye Moon Lee *Hiroshima UniversityJongmin Lee *University Of Illinois Kiyoung LeeUniversity Of KentuckyNathan Lee *Miami UniversityShu-An Lee *University Of CincinnatiYong Gyu Lee *Yonsei UniversityYongseob Lee *Texas A&M UniversityYoung Mee Lee

* signifies student members

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Welcome New Members (continued)

As of December 6, 2004

Korea Inst. -Science/TechnologyMartin J. LehmannFleetguard Inc.Corinne S. LengsfeldUniversity Of DenverKuo-Jen Liao *Georgia TechJennifer M. LoboNektar TherapeuticsGang LEnvironment CanadaMary M. LynamUS EPAAmit Marmur *Georgia TechPartick MarshallStrat AcuityDonald MartelloUS Dept Of EnergyAndrew Martin *University Of AlbertaMasashi Matsumura *University of Alabama,BirminghamTimothy R. McAuley *Clarkson UniversityNicholas MeskhidzeGeorgia TechDaniel Mira Salama *Yu Morino *University Of TokyoDibyendu Mukherjee *University Of MinnesotaCatherine MungerALCAN Arvida R&D Ctr.Shane Murphy *CaltechAlexsey NadyktoSUNY At AlbanyLuke P. NaherUniversity Of GeorgiaSergey Napelenok *Georgia TechAdam Kent Neer *University Of Missouri-RollaAyano Niwa *Washington University Chris NolteUS EPAAmanda Northcross *University Of North CarolinaBarbara NoziereUniversity Of Miami/RSMASGunter OberdorsterUniversity of RochesterRoshan Oberoi *NC State UniversityDavid Ogulei *Clarkson UniversityKenneth J. OlszynaTennessee Valley Authority

Brian OsmondsonTSI IncorporatedAlvaro R. Osorino VargasCiudad UniversitariaStepanie Palmier *CEAGuadalupe Paredes-Mirauda *Desert Research InstituteKatherine Patton-HallNaval Surface Warfare CenterRichard E. Peltier *Georgia TechMark PerryBattelleJanet PetruskaSchering-PloughRaija Pikku-PyhaltoTekes, The FinnishTechnology AgencyAndre PrevotPaul Scherrer InstituteOwen PriceCIIT Ctrs for Health ResearchChaolong Qi *Washington University Jing Qian *Clarkson UniversityYoujun QinClarkson UniversityYingge Qu *University Of ConnecticutAshish Rai *University Of MarylandManish Ranjan *Clarkson UniversityShanna Ratnesar-Shumate *University Of FloridaDaniel Glenn Rauer *Washington University Danny RazRafaelMelissa S. Reinard *University Of DelawarePatricia ReutherBattelle Memorial InstituteMarin RobinsonNorthern Arizona UniversityJason Rodrigue *Clarkson UniversityBill RoeGrimm Technologies Inc.Annette RohrEPRIMark John RusyniakPhilip MorrisAndrew Phillip Rutter *University Of Wisconsin-MadisonAmy Sage *Carnegie Mellon UniversityJose-Luis SagripantiJoshua L. Santarpia *Texas A&M University

Cheryl ScheinJohn Hopkins AppliedPhysics LabJulie C. Schienker *Harvard UniversityDr. Herbert SchloesserJeanClare SeagraveLovelace Respiratory Res InstJames ShartnerNUCONHuawei Shi *NC State UniversityAmber H Sinclair *Kaiser Permanente GeorgiaVasanthi SivaprakasamNaval Research LaboratoryTim SmithUS EPAEben Spencer Cross *Aerodyne Research, Inc Gerald SpindlerInst. for TroposphericResearchAlexander StratmannPalas GmbHRamya Sunder Raman *Clarkson UniversityIrra T-Mohana Sundram *Washington State UniversityKazutoshi SuzukiNational Institute for Environ.StudiesThomas Szarek *University Of Notre DameJunko TakahashiTokyo Dylec CorporationMatthew ThomasDiscovery LabsRick Thomas *Centre for Ecology &HydrologyDi Tian *Georgia TechTroy M. TillmanTSI INCDennis TolsmaKaiser PermanenteAlan TraylorTSI CorpOliver ValetRap.ID Particle SystemsGmbHLisa Van Loon *Ohio State UniversityRandy L Vander WalNCMR-NASA Glenn ResCenterRoland Von GlasowUniversity Of HeidelbergCharles WaggonerDIAL/MSUPaul H. WakabayashiUniversity Of California, Davis

Douglas Waldron *Georgia TechBo WangGeorgia TechHongxia Wang *University Of CincinnatiMin Wang *University Of KentuckyYuhang WangGeorgia TechJohn D. WarholaCTTRANSITBethany Warren *University of California,RiversideSilke WeimerGil WeisbrodRafaelEmily Weitkamp *Carnegie Mellon UniversityVictor Willems *Brent J. Williams *University Of California,BerkeleyKenneth L. WilliamsNIOSH/NPPTLPaul H. WineGeorgia TechBart Wojas *Miami UniversityKenneth Charles WrightORNLXihong Wu *University Of FloridaRichard Wyrwas *Georgia TechDritan Xhillari *NYU School Of MedicineGuoyun Xia *York UniversityBo Yan *Georgia TechWenli Yang *University Of ConnecticutJong-Ik YooUS EPA/ORTSEIl Je YuCenter for OccupationalToxicologyYu Zhang *University Of AlbertaLei Zhu *Georgia TechLuke Ziemba *University Of NewHampshireStephen D. ZimanChevron Texaco EnergyTechnology Co

* signifies student members

13PARTICULARS Winter 2004

University of California, Merced School of Engineering: Air PollutionEnvironmental Engineering Position

Monell Chemical Senses Center Faculty positions in chemosensory research

Corus PharmaManager, Aerosol Formulation

Cabot Superior MicroPowders (CSMP)SCIENTIST: Aerosol Scientist Flame Technologist Process Development Engineer

Battelle Memorial InstituteAerosol Specialist (Aerosol InhalationToxicology Studies)

The Air Quality Research Center at theUniversity of California, DavisPostdoctoral Position in Urban / Regional AirQuality Modeling

University of Colorado-BoulderPostdoctoral Position In Aerosol MassSpectrometry (AMS)

Midwest Research Institute (MRI)Aerosol Engineering Manager

Please visit http://www.aaar.org/career.htmfor a complete description of these postingsand more.

To post a job opening on the AAAR website(and a short version in the newsletter),please submit a description of the jobelectronically by e-mail or in an ACSII textfile to AAAR (e-mail: info@aaar.org). Theprice is $150 U.S. for a maximum of 200words. The posting will remain as long asneeded, up to six months. Please send acheck (payable to the AAAR) to AAAR,Attn: Deanna Bright, 17000 CommerceParkway, Suite C, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054, andnote that this is payment for a job posting onthe AAAR Web Site. Sorry, we are not ableto accept resumes.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN AEROSOL RESEARCH

Sonia Kreidenweis,PresidentColorado State University

Anthony Wexler, VicePresidentUniversity of California,Davis

Pratim Biswas, VicePresident ElectWashington University

Evan R. Whitby, SecretaryChimerea Technologies, Inc.

Lara Gundel, TreasurerLawrence Berkeley Natl Lab

Yung Sung Cheng,Secretary ElectLovelace RespiratoryResearch Institute

Sheryl EhrmanUniversity of Maryland

Kaarle HameriUniversity Of Helsinki

Chong S. KimUS EPA

Michael KleinmanUniversity of California,Irvine

Melissa M. LundenLawrence Berkley Natl Lab

Lupita MontoyaRensselaer Polytechnic Inst

Kimberly PratherUniversity Of California, SanDiego

Cynthia TwohyOregon State University

Paul J. ZiemannUniversity of California,Riverside

AAAR 2004-2005BOARD OF DIRECTORS

At the recent AAARAnnual Conference, thefollowing membersgenerously donated to theAAAR Award Funds.Almost $5,700 was raised forthe funds, including $4,455for this year’s targetedSinclair Award fund.Although we fell a bit shortof our goal, the contributionsreceived have put us well onour way towards making theSinclair Award fund self-sustaining. Thank you to allthat contributed!

Motoaki Adachi (Whitby)David Alburty (Liu)Kenneth Basden(Friedlander)Jim Blanchard (Mercer)John Brockmann (Sinclair)Darrel Bumgardner (Sinclair)Yung Sung Cheng (Sinclair)Beverly Cohen (Sinclair)Suresh Dhaniyala (Liu &Sinclair)William Dick (Sinclair)

Eric Edgerton (Sinclair)Jim Gentry (Friedlander)Igor Gonda (Sinclair)Lara Gundel (Sinclair)William Hinds (Sinclair)Philip Hopke (Sinclair)Eleanor Hopke (Sinclair)Chong Kim (Liu)Sonia Kreidenweis (Sinclair)Antonio Miguel (Sinclair)George Mulholland (Sinclair)Tohru Niida (Mercer)Robert Phalen (Sinclair)Asit Ray (Sinclair)Hiromu Sakurai (Friedlander)Constantinos Sioutas(Sinclair)Ed Stuebing (Sinclair)John Veranth (Sinclair)Rodney Weber (Whitby)Tony Wexler (Sinclair)Gerry Wilemski (Sinclair)Ron Wolff (Mercer)Brian Wong (Liu & Sinclair)Barbara Wyslouzil (Sinclair &Whitby)Michael Zachariah (Liu)Paul Ziemann (Whitby)

MORE THAN $5K RAISEDFOR AWARD FUNDS

Preliminary Announcement

International AerosolConference 2006

September 10-15, 2006St. Paul, Minnesota

Sponsored by: American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR)On behalf of: International Aerosol Research Assembly (IARA)

IARA welcomes all to participate in the 7th International Aerosol Conference andinteract with scientists from all over the world on a broad spectrum of topics relatedto aerosol science and engineering.

Conference Location: Radisson Riverfront Hotel, St. Paul, MinnesotaLocated in Downtown St. Paul (State Capitol of Minnesota) on a Mississippi river bend,about 15 minutes from the International Airport (Northwest Airlines headquarter).There are a first class concert hall, science museums, hockey arena, river paddleboatdock, historical buildings, and shops, all within walking distance. Minnesota is the state

of 10,000 lakes, home of Twins baseball, Viking football, Timberwolves basketball, Wild hockey, and the Mall ofAmerica. Laboratory tours will be organized to the Particle Technology Laboratory, University of Minnesota, and tolocal companies with an interest in aerosol technology.

Scientific Program: Tutorials (Sunday), invited plenary lectures, platform and poster presentations, SpecialSymposia, Fuchs award presentation, and more

Key Dates:1. Call for Papers: September 1, 20052. Abstracts Due: February 1, 20063. Notification to Authors: May 1, 20064. Early Bird Registration Deadline: June 15, 2006

Conference Co-Chairs:David Y.H. Pui, University of MinnesotaGilmore J. Sem, TSI Incorporated

Technical Program Co-Chairs:Pratim Biswas and Da-Ren Chen,Washington University in St. Louis

Keeping Informed: Please follow the progress of conference preparation on the AAAR Website: www.aaar.org

Other Useful Websites: Radisson Riverfront Hotel, St. Paul: www.radisson.com/stpaulmnSt. Paul Convention & Visitors Bureau: www.stpaulcvb.orgMall of America: www.mallofamerica.com

Landmark Center

Located in downtown Saint Paul.

* Globe courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech

SAVE THE DATEAAAR 2005 Annual Conference

October 17-21, 2005Hilton Austin

Austin, Texas, USA