Copyright 2007 Air & Waste Management Association 32 em october 2007 awma.org 2007 Student Paper/Poster Contest Winners 2007 student paper/poster winners: (back row, from left) Tony van der Vooren, A&WMA President; Wally Qiu; Aisha Tzillah; Sang-Sup Lee; Brooke Anderson; Cash Fitzpatrick; Brad Waldron, Student Program Coordinator; (front row, from left) Nagaveena Raman; Lindsay Yee; Prachi Nimse; and Zaher Hashisho. UNDERGRADUATE 1st Place (US$500) Wally Qiu, University of Alberta, The Southern Prairie Ammonia Measurement Network (SPAM): Improving Our Understanding of Atmospheric Ammonia in the Canadian Prairies 2nd Place (US$300) Cash Fitzpatrick, California Polytechnic State University, Use of AERMOD, SURFER, and GOOGLE EARTH to Assess Impacts of Air Quality on a Community: Alaskan Case Study 3rd Place (US$200) Lindsay Yee, University of California, Riverside, Ozone and Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA) Formation from Agricultural Pesticides MASTER’S 1st Place (US$500) Nagaveena Raman, University of Toledo, Derivation of Equations for Maximum Concentration Using the AERMOD Dispersion Equations 2nd Place (US$300) Prachi Nimse, University of Toledo, Sensitivity of Various Parameters on the Individual Source Attribution of Visibility Impairment for Class I Areas Using the CALPUFF Model 3rd Place (US$200) Aisha Tzillah, University of Cincinnati, The Emissions of Criteria Air Pollutants from Biodiesel Fuel Usage DOCTORAL 1st Place (US$500) Zaher Hashisho, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, A Novel Approach to Dampen Concentration Fluctuations Upstream of Biofilters and Oxidizers 2nd Place (US$250 tie) Brooke Anderson, Yale University, A National Study of Weather- Related Mortality Elisabeth Gilmore, Carnegie Mellon University, The Air Quality and Human Health Effects of Using Installed Backup Generators for Meeting Peak Electricity Demand SUSTAINABILITY 1st Place (US$500) Elisabeth Gilmore, Carnegie Mellon University, The Air Quality and Human Health Effects of Using Installed Backup Generators for Meeting Peak Electricity Demand 2nd Place (US$300) Sang-Sup Lee, University of Cincinnati, Control of Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants Using a Novel Sorbent 3rd Place (US$200) Prachi Nimse, University of Toledo, Sensitivity of Various Parameters on the Individual Source Attribution of Visibility Impairment for Class I Areas Using the CALPUFF Model A &WMA’s Student Chapter Awards recognize outstanding achievement by a student chapter. The 2006–2007 winners were announced at the Honors & Awards Luncheon held during the 100th Annual Conference & Exhibition in Pittsburgh, PA. LARGE INSTITUTION: University of Florida Faculty Advisor: Dr. Chang-Yu Wu Accepting the award for the University of Florida was Ying Li. MEDIUM INSTITUTION: University of Cincinnati Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tim Keener Accepting the award for the University of Cincinnati was Aisha Tzillah. SMALL INSTITUTION: Western Washington University—Huxley College of the Environment Faculty Advisor: Ruth Harper Accepting the award for Huxley College was Kathryn Spaulding. HONORABLE MENTION FOR A NEW CHAPTER: Asian Institute of Technology em association news A &WMA congratulates the winners of the Student Paper/Poster Contest held during the 100th Annual Conference & Exhibition in Pittsburgh, PA. 2006–2007 Student Chapter Award Winners