RUI: Thermodynamics of Secondary Aerosol Formation; Formation of Neutral and Ionic Cloud Condensation Nuclei

阿姆斯特朗大西洋州立大学的乔治希尔兹得到了化学系理论和计算化学项目的RUI奖的支持，以确定形成小气溶胶的最小能量结构和热力学，这些气溶胶将作为中性和离子云凝结核。他的方法使他能够确定所有潜在相关复合物的相关丰度，从而使他的主要由本科生组成的研究小组能够评估哪些复合物具有大气重要性。该项目通过其深入、持续和富有成效的本科生研究经验的模式产生了广泛的影响，这些经验涉及相同的学生，包括少数民族和女性，在整个本科期间。

George Shields of Armstrong Atlantic State University is supported by an RUI award from the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry program of the Division of Chemistry to determine the minimum energy structures and the thermodynamics for formation of small aerosols that will serve as neutral and ionic cloud condensation nuclei. His methods allow him to determine the relevant abundance of all the potentially relevant complexes, thus allowing his research group, consisting mainly of undergraduates, to assess which ones are of atmospheric importance.The project is having a broad impact through its model of a deep, sustained and productive undergraduate research experience involving the same students, including minorities and women, throughout their undergraduate years.