{"583134":{"#nid":"583134","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Rodney Weber and Sally Ng Win 2016 Aerosol Research Awards","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aerosols.eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ERodney J. Weber\u003C\/a\u003E and Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/Nga_Lee_Ng\u0022\u003ENga Lee \u0026ldquo;Sally\u0026rdquo; Ng\u003C\/a\u003E, both of the \u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/\/C:\/Users\/arouhi3\/AppData\/Local\/Microsoft\/Windows\/Temporary%20Internet%20Files\/Content.Outlook\/A5ESLF5T\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, are the recipients of the 2016 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aaar.org\/awards\/annual-awards\/benjamin-y-h-liu-award\/\u0022\u003EBenjamin Y.H. Liu Award\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aaar.org\/awards\/annual-awards\/kenneth-t-whitby-award\/\u0022\u003EKenneth T. Whitby Award\u003C\/a\u003E, respectively, of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aaar.org\u0022\u003EAmerican Association for Aerosol Research\u003C\/a\u003E (AAAR). Both awards recognize impactful technical contributions to aerosol research. They affirm Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s position as a leading institution for aerosol research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Benjamin Y.H. Liu Award recognizes Weber\u0026rsquo;s outstanding contributions to aerosol instrumentation and experimental techniques. Weber is widely regarded as a major voice in this field.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more than 20 years, Weber\u0026rsquo;s research has yielded pioneering techniques in emerging research areas. His group participates in aerosol measurements around the world, focusing on illuminating the health and climate effects of anthropogenic emissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWeber\u0026rsquo;s wide-ranging aerosol research has improved the understanding of the toxicity of aerosols, the radiative impacts of atmospheric brown carbon, and the sources of secondary organic aerosols (SOA). Instruments that he has developed are sold commercially worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Kenneth T. Whitby Award recognizes contributions to aerosol science and technology by a young scientist.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENg, who holds a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/chbe.gatech.edu\/faculty\/ng\u0022\u003Ejoint appointment in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, has been a prolific researcher, publishing more than 55 papers since receiving her Ph.D. in 2007 from California Institute of Technology. Before joining Georgia Tech, she was pivotal in developing aerosol mass spectrometry technologies and data analysis techniques in the private sector. Her work at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aerodyne.com\u0022\u003EAerodyne Research\u003C\/a\u003E led to instruments that reduced the cost of monitoring and measuring aerosols in the atmosphere. The technology has since been implemented at sites worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENg\u0026rsquo;s work has advanced current understanding of SOA formation mechanisms and their effects on air quality and health. At Tech, Ng has focused on understanding the intricate interactions between biogenic and anthropogenic aerosol emissions, which affect SOA. She has provided some of the first direct observations and mechanistic insights into the roles of anthropogenic pollutants on the formation of SOA from trees. Her research has led to discoveries of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2014\/12\/24\/man-made-pollutants-significantly-influence-how-tree-emissions-form-aerosol-particles\u0022\u003Eaerosol pollution in the southeastern U.S.\u003C\/a\u003E and insights on the effectiveness of sulfur dioxide scrubbers at power plants and the significance of diurnal transitions on the fate of certain nitrogen-based aerosols.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Whitby Award, Ng says, \u0026ldquo;is a tremendous affirmation of my research work. I am very grateful to those who have supported me and my research over the years, including the many great mentors whom I am fortunate to have, my research group, and my colleagues.\u0026rdquo; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWeber and Ng received their awards at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/meeting2016.aaar.org\/\u0022\u003Eannual meeting\u003C\/a\u003E of the AAAR, on Oct. 17-21, 2016, in Portland, Oregon.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMatt Barr\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EScience Communications Intern\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The American Association for Aerosol Research commends the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences professors for outstanding technical contributions to aerosol science and technology"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aerosols.eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ERodney J. Weber\u003C\/a\u003E and Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/Nga_Lee_Ng\u0022\u003ENga Lee \u0026ldquo;Sally\u0026rdquo; Ng\u003C\/a\u003E, both of the \u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/\/C:\/Users\/arouhi3\/AppData\/Local\/Microsoft\/Windows\/Temporary%20Internet%20Files\/Content.Outlook\/A5ESLF5T\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, are the recipients of the 2016 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aaar.org\/awards\/annual-awards\/benjamin-y-h-liu-award\/\u0022\u003EBenjamin Y.H. Liu Award\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aaar.org\/awards\/annual-awards\/kenneth-t-whitby-award\/\u0022\u003EKenneth T. Whitby Award\u003C\/a\u003E, respectively, of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aaar.org\u0022\u003EAmerican Association for Aerosol Research\u003C\/a\u003E (AAAR). Both awards recognize impactful technical contributions to aerosol research. They affirm Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s position as a leading institution for aerosol research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The American Association for Aerosol Research commends the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences professors for outstanding technical contributions to aerosol science and technology"}],"uid":"32896","created_gmt":"2016-10-26 01:00:36","changed_gmt":"2016-11-01 17:21:45","author":"Matt Barr","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-11-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-11-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"583133":{"id":"583133","type":"image","title":"Rodney Weber and Sally Ng at the annual AAAR meeting in Portland, Oregon. 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