Gerard
G. Elia Professor of Engineering; Professor, Engineering
and Public Policy and Chemical
Engineering
Research
in air pollution, atmospheric chemistry, and aerosol
science.
Dipl. Ing.
1986, University of Patras, Greece.
M.S. (Chemical Engineering) 1988, and Ph.D. (Chemical
Engineering) 1991, California Institute of Technology.
Carnegie
Mellon, 1993 -.
Professor
Pandis' research areas include the study of multiphase
atmospheric chemistry as it relates to photochemical
smog, acid rain, and global climate change.
Control
Strategies for Atmospheric Ozone, Particulate Matter,
and Acidity. Air pollution problems have been traditionally
treated separately from each other, often resulting
in sub-optimal choices of emission control strategies.
The air pollution group is developing comprehensive
mathematical models describing the interplay of pollutant
emissions, atmospheric homogeneous and heterogeneous
chemistry, dispersion, and removal processes leading
to the major air pollution problems. After evaluation
against observations, these tools are used for the
identification of cost-effective emission controls
for the reduction of damages caused by multiple pollutants.
Atmospheric
Chemistry and Global Climate Change. The interactions
between the anthropogenic perturbations of the atmospheric
chemical composition and climate are investigated
in a number of projects. These include studies of
the role of atmospheric aerosols (directly and as
cloud condensation nuclei) in the earth's radiative
balance, changes in the oxidative capacity of the
atmosphere, the anthropogenic perturbations in the
remote marine atmosphere, and the long range transport
of atmospheric trace components.
Representative
Publications
J. West,
C. Pilinis, A. Nenes and S. N. Pandis, "The Marginal
Direct Radiative Forcing of Atmospheric Aerosols,"
Atmospheric Environment, vol. 32, 1998, pp.
2531-2542.
A. Ansari
and S. N. Pandis, "On the Response of Atmospheric
Particulate Matter Concentrations to Precursor Concentrations,"
Environmental Science and Technology, 1998.
J. H.
Seinfeld and S. N. Pandis, Atmospheric Chemistry
and Physics: From Air Pollution to Global Change,
John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1997. |
