RAIN (Rapid Air Improvement Network) is a research infrastructure grant with several research-grade equipment’s & a variety of low cost air quality sensors distributed across 6 departments at UBC. This collaborative monthly seminar series with RAIN and ARCHER (Atmospheric Research in Climate, Health and Energy Resource at UBC) members, provides a platform to get to know the available infrastructure being utilized for aerosol research on campus.
Speakers will be RAIN/ARCHER members (PhDs, postdocs, etc.) who are using the instrument for their research project. Presentations will be 20-25 min, followed by 15 min discussion. Monthly seminar will be conducted on Wednesdays from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (for location, see below). Presentations will focus on describing the working concept of the instrument and its capabilities (e.g. various modes, usage, research question that can be addressed, kind of data output, etc.) and discussing datasets from ongoing or published work (done at UBC or other researchers’ work as well). Presentations should be kept simple and accessible as the audience will constitute of aerosol scientists but with different backgrounds e.g. chemistry, environmental science, biology, etc.
| Date | Speaker | Group | Seminar Title | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 May | Hamed Nikookar | Steve Rogak | The image processing methods for morphological characterization of biomass smoke particles | CEME 2202 | 2-3 pm |
| 29 May | Boris Stoeber | UBC Mechanical Engineering | Piezoelectric paper with applications to sensing: accelerometers and gravimetric particulate matter sensors | CEME 2202 | 2-3 pm |