Environmental Air Quality

该项目代表了一项全面的努力，旨在开发国家认可的空气质量跨学科研究和研究生培训计划。它强调颗粒物的物理、化学和生物特征和控制。堪萨斯州立大学、堪萨斯大学和内布拉斯加大学的研究人员将通过活跃的互联网连接加入这一努力。该项目将审查室内和室外空气质量的科学和工程，特别注意空气的采样和分析，包括研究从空气中去除挥发性化合物和颗粒的过程，以及减少生产过程中污染物产生的方法。堪萨斯州和内布拉斯加州的主要工业依靠空气质量控制技术的进步来保持竞争力和遵守法规(例如生产农业、飞机制造、谷物搬运和加工、建筑系统、生物加工和微电子)。研究生将接受三个主要空气质量领域的培训：建筑室内空气质量、颗粒采样、表征和控制以及生物气溶胶科学和工程。毒理学、生物学、化学、物理学和工程学的学生将参与跨学科的研究工作。该项目代表着朝着建立环境空气质量计划迈出的重要一步，该计划将在堪萨斯州和内布拉斯加州的技术和经济发展中发挥重要作用。

This project represents a comprehensive effort to develop a nationally recognized interdisciplinary research and graduate training program in air quality. It emphasizes physical, chemical, and biological characterization and control of particulate matter. This effort will involve researchers at Kansas State University, Kansas University, and the University of Nebraska joined by an active Internet link. The project will examine the science and engineering of indoor and outdoor air quality with special attention given to sampling and analysis of air, including research on processes to remove volatile compounds and particulates from air as well as methods to reduce contaminant generation in production processes. Major Kansas and Nebraska industries depend on advances in air quality control technology to remain competitive and in compliance with regulations (e.g. production agriculture, aircraft manufacturing, grain handling and processing, building systems, bioprocessing, and microelectronics). Graduate students will be trained in three major air quality areas: indoor air quality in buildings, particulate sampling, characterization and control, and bioaerosol science and engineering. Students in toxicology, biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering will participate in interdisciplinary research efforts. The project represents a major step towards the establishment of an Environmental Air Quality program that will play a significant role in both the technological and economic development of Kansas and Nebraska.