EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT UNIVERSITIES

Teaching Arrangements

Eric Apel, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Miami
John Gille, Adjunct Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder
John Gille, Adjunct Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Elisabeth Holland, Guest Lecturer, University of Colorado at Boulder
Sasha Madronich, Visiting Lecturer, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Advising on Graduate Research

Frank Flocke (Sandra Lopes), University of Applied Science, Wiesbaden, Germany
John Gille (Odele Hofman), University of Colorado at Boulder
Alan Fried (Christoph Dyoff), University of Applied Sciences, Emden, Germany
Alyn Lambert (Graham Ewen) University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Sasha Madronich (Katja Dzepina) University of Colorado at Boulder
James Smith (Matthew Dunn) University of Colorado at Boulder
Geoffrey Tyndall (Paola Cassanelli) Cambridge University, United Kingdom

Member of Thesis Committee

Frank Flocke (Darlene Slusher) Georgia Institute of Technology
Alan Fried (Bryan Wert) University of Colorado at Boulder
Peter Harley (Jennifer Funk) State University of New York at Stony Brook
Daniel Marsh (Rupa Vuthaluru) The University of Adelaide, Australia
Anne Smith (Kim Cierpik) University of Colorado, Boulder

PARTICIPATION IN OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS)

The SOARS Program is designed to further science education and provide access to careers in the atmospheric and related sciences for students of minority groups that are historically under-represented in the science community. Each student is teamed with a science mentor, a writing mentor and a community mentor. In FY03, ACD staff mentored the following students:

Roberto Cancel III – Science Mentor: Mary Barth; Writing Mentor: Daniel Marsh
Rebecca Kit Ying Chan – Science Mentors: Andrew Gettelman and William Randel
Damian Mattis – Science Mentor: Steven Massie; Community Mentor: James Smith
Okason Morrison – Science Mentor: Lee Mauldin; Writing Mentor: Jean-Francois Lamarque
Erik Ulysses Noble – Writing Mentor: Louisa Emmons
Nichole Spence – Science Mentor: Sasha Madronich; Writing Mentor: Sue Schauffler; Community Mentor: Jadwiga Beres
Melanie Zauscher – Writing Mentor: Barry Lefer

ACD Fellowship Program

The purpose of the ACD Fellowship Program is to foster enhanced collaborations between ACD scientists and their academic counterparts. In FY03, ACD hosted the following fellowship appointments:

Adele Chuck, University of East Anglia, visited the Stratospheric/Tropospheric Measurements Project, from 3 March 2003 to 30 August 2003. During this time, she worked on gaining expertise in the technical side of instrument analysis and participated in experiments related to the production of the tertiary alkyl nitrates.
Alam Hasson, Department of Chemistry, California State University at Fresno, visited the Laboratory Kinetics Project from 2 June 2003 through 15 August 2003. He investigated the branching ratios of reaction R1 for four organic peroxy radicals.
Evelyn Jäkel, Institute of Tropospheric Research, Germany, visited the Atmospheric Radiation Investigations and Measurements Project from 21 July 2003 to 15 October 2003. She worked on studies comparing the actinic flux density for several spectroradiometers with regard to the UV-sensitivity, stray light rejection, mechanical stability and time resolution.
Guohui Li, Texas A&M University, is visiting the Global Modeling Project from 22 August 2003 to 22 December 2003. During his visit, he used existing models to study the effect of city pollution on regional chemistry.
Marcy Litvak, Department of Integrated Biology, University of Texas at Austin, visited the Global Modeling Project from 1-30 November 2002. She worked on biosphere-atmosphere exchange of carbon dioxide, water, VOC’s and reactive nitrogen in dominant ecosystems.
Teresa Nunes, Universidad de Aveiro, Portugal, visited the Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions Project from 21 March 2003 to 9 May 2003 and from 22 September 2003 through 22 October 2003. During her visit, she worked on VOC emissions by Mediterranean forest species.
Paul Seakins, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, visited the Laboratory Kinetics Project from 8 July 2003 to 12 September 2003. He participated in flash photolysis/diode laser studies of Cl + RH and alkoxy radical reactions.
Alison Steiner, Georgia Institute of Technology, visited the Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions Project from 4 August 2003 through 29 August 2003. She worked on leaf level experiments and their role in modeling studies.

Internship Program, Louis Pasteur Institute, France

ACD participates in a program with the Louis Pasteur Institute in France for students who have completed a degree in instrument design. The program is designed to increase the students’ experience, technical skills and language skills and to give them an opportunity to function independently. The students work half-time at NCAR for an eight-month period with one of the science groups in the division. Last year, ACD hosted the following students:

Jean-Sebastian Hutt – Mentor: Eric Apel
Frederic Moser – Mentor: Elliot Atlas

Miscellaneous Informal Educational Activities

Eric Apel sponsored the research of two Broomfield High School students on “The Hayman Fire VOC Experiment”. The students won an award for this research.
Mary Barth was a mentor for a high school project for a student from Cherry Creek High School.
Jadwiga Beres served as a judge for the Boulder County Science Fair.
Jadwiga Beres was a mentor for the “Destination Imagination” project at Washington Bilingual School in Boulder.
Kathleen Barney, Jadwiga Beres, Teresa Campos, Elisabeth Holland, Denise Montzka and Teresa Rivas were mentors for high school students at the 3rd Annual Building Bridges in Education Conference sponsored by the Boulder County Latina Women’s League in partnership with the UCAR Education and Outreach Program.
Samuel Hall, Barry Lefer and Richard Shetter gave informal presentations and answered questions for hundred of visitors to the Rocky Mountain National Park during the Summer, 2003 period. The group was performing solar path calibrations at that site, and their instrumentation attracted park visitors who engaged in discussions with the scientists. In September, the group participated in an all day open house at the park and provided information to the general public on a broad range of atmospheric issues.
Christine Wiedinmyer served at a judge at the Weber Elementary School Science Fair in Arvada.
Christine Wiedinmyer was a mentor/advisor during the Spring, 2003 semester for the Air Pollution Control Class in the Department of Engineering, University of Colorado.