Funded Proposals

  1. Development of a mini low turbulence inlet (mLTI) for stratospheric aerosol sampling, $699,694 [Sole-PI], 2021-09-01 – 2024-08-31
  2. CAMP Graduate Student Fellowship, $25,000 [co-PI (33%); Other investigators: Goodarz Ahmadi (PI) and Andrea Ferro], 2020-06-01 – 2022-05-30.
  3. Ignite Graduate Student Fellowship, $25,000 [co-PI (50%); Other investigators: Yang Yang (PI)]], 2020-06-01 – 2022-05-30
  4. EAGER: Collaborative Research: Laminar Flow Inlet and INS Innovation for TI3GER, NSF, $29,988 [Sole-PI], 2020-04-01 – 2022-09-30
  5. Collaborative Research: TI3GER – Technological Innovation Into Iodine for GV Environmental Research, NSF, $100,000 [Sole-PI], 2020-09-01 – 2022-08-31
  6. ER 2 Inlet Performance Study, Harvard University, $10,000 [Sole-PI], 9/1/20-9/30/20
  7. Analysis of Healthcare Facility Airborne Pathogen Concentrations, NEXUS-NY, $60,000 [PI (50%);Other Investigator – Prof. Shantanu Sur]; 5/1/18-10/15/18
  8. NEXUS NY HTR Phase 1, NEXUS-NY, $10,000 [Sole-PI]; 1/15/18-4/30/18
  9. MAP-AQ: A Smart, Mobile Platform for Air-Quality Monitoring, NYSERDA, $45,000 [Sole-PI]; 11/2/17-11/1/18
  10. Characterization of Aerosol Particle Charge as a function of particle size (Environmental Chemistry Program), ARO $80,000 [Sole-PI]; 4/1/17-3/31/20
  11. Development of optimal gas sampling inlets for GV and C130 aircraft, UCAR, $251,031 [Sole-PI]; 11/29/16-9/30/19
  12. Air Pollution Health and Climate in India Building Capacities for Health Research and Program Evaluation, USIEF, $190,000 [PI(50%); Other Investigator – Prof. Susan Powers]; 9/1/16-8/301/19
  13. Development of new techniques to characterize aerosol physical properties, U.S. Army, $278,133, [Sole-PI], 04/03/14-10/02/15
  14. Characterization of particle interaction with non-ideal surfaces: Role of particle properties, surface roughness, and humidity, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), $930,568 ($566,496 for 3 years; Option period, final 2 years: $364,072), [PI (50%); Other Investigators – G. Ahmadi (25%), A. Ferro (25%)], 1/16/2014-1/15/2019
  15. Characterizing performance of the prototype Passive Dry Deposition (Pas-DD) sampler using computational fluid dynamics modeling, Environment Canada, $10,000, [co-PI(33%);Other Investigators – Prof. Thomas Holsen (PI; 34%); Goodarz Ahmadi (33%)]; 7/11/14-10/30/14
  16. Characterization of filter performance under low-pressure operation, Pall Corporation, $60,000 [Sole-PI]; 08/15/13-08/14/14
  17. Development of an Automated, Modular DMA System for Scanning Electrical Mobility Applications, Optimetrics Inc., $25,000 [Sole-PI]; 02/01/13-02/22/13.
  18. Proposal in response to SSAI’s contract number NNL1 IAAOOB, SSAI (NASA), $10,000 [Sole-PI],  06/28/2012-01/31/2013
  19. Hygroscopic Tandem DMA (HT-DMA) Measurements Towards Validation of Aeronet Retrieval Algorithm, NASA GSRP for Matthew Brown , $30,000, [Sole-PI],  09/01/2012-08/31/2013
  20. Towards the development of a sensor network for ultrafine particle measurements at a high spatial and temporal resolution, NYSERDA, $40,000 [Sole-PI]; 05/25/11-05/24/13
  21. MRI: Development of a Real-Time Instrument for Measurement of Aerosol Hygroscopicity Growth Factors from Aircraft Platforms, NSF, $459,125 [Sole-PI]; 09/1/11-08/31/14 (inclusive of $12,000 2012 REU support; $48,275 supplemental support 2015)
  22. CFD analysis of aircraft inlet performance, Harvard University, $14,945 [Sole-PI]; 02/15/11-03/14/12
  23. EAGER: Accurate Aerosol Sampling and Size Distribution Measurements Inside and Outside Cloud Systems during ICE-T, NSF, $81,138 [Sole-PI]; 03/15/11-03/14/12
  24. Coarse and Fine Particle Multifilter Chemical Speciation sampler for characterization and health effects studies, AMCC, $25,000 [co-PI (50%), Other Investigator – P.Hopke (PI)]; 06/2010-06/2012
  25. Climate Change Literacy within New York State, NASA, $374,999 [co-PI (20%), Other Investigators – S. Powers, J. DeWaters, M.M. Small), 1/1/10-12/31/12
  26. New Instrumentation for Aerosol-Cloud Inlets, NASA (GSRP), $90,000, [Sole-PI], 7/1/2009-6/3/2011.
  27. Fugitive Dust Emissions:  Development of a Real-time Monitor, DoD, $110,227, [co-PI (33%), Other Investigators – T. Holsen, P. Hopke], 07/01/09 – 06/30/10    
  28. Spatial distribution of ultrafine aerosol population from local sources, Syracuse University Foundation (EPA), $100,000 [Sole-PI]; 08/15/08-8/14/09
  29. Urban Airshed Monitoring: New Tools for Aerosol Characterization, Fellowship for Meilu He, NYSERDA, $20,000, 05/01/08-4/31/09.
  30. Proposal outline requesting supplemental funds for project ATM 0544745, $95,000, [Co-PI (25%), Other Investigators – P. Hopke, A. Rossner, and P. Marzocca]; 01/1/08-12/31/08
  31. Passive Gas Inlet for Water Isotope Measurements on the DC-8, NASA, $49,825, [Sole-PI]; 03/15/07-3/14/08
  32. Measurements and analysis of nanoparticle-swatch interaction – Phase II, US Navy, $78,445 [Sole-PI]; 03/01/07-3/01/08
  33. Characterization of diesel engine emissions using on-board instrumentation, NYSERDA, $100,000, [PI (50%); Other Investigators – P. Hopke] 04/01/07-9/30/08
  34. Measurements and analysis of nanoparticle-swatch interaction – Phase I, US Navy, $48,272 [Sole-PI]; 05/01/06-9/30/06
  35. Urban Airshed Monitoring: New Tools for Aerosol Characterization at Meso-Scale Spatial Resolution, Syracuse University Foundation (EPA), $100,000 [PI (50%); Other Investigators – P. Marzocca]; 07/15/06-7/14/07.
  36. Diesel Engine Emissions: Real-time Particle Characterization with mEAS and P-TDMA, NYSERDA, $ 60,000 [Sole-PI]; 03/20/06-03/20/06
  37. Remote, Real-Time Monitor for Elemental Speciation of Air Particulates,  XOS – F (EPA/NYSERDA), $ 90,722 [co-PI (50%); Other Investigators – P. Hopke (PI)]; 07/15/06-7/14/07
  38. CAREER: New Techniques For Aerosol/Cloud Sampling And Analysis, NSF, $ 487,087 [Sole-PI]; 03/1/06-02/28/11; Includes: REU Supplement (2006) $ 9,464. REU Supplement (2007)  $ 11,000. REU Supplement (2009) $12,000;  Supplement (2010): $31,170
  39. Facility Core: Aerosol Generation And Analysis Core, UR-F (EPA), $145,695  [co-PI (50%); Other Investigators – P. Hopke (PI)]; 12/15/05-12/14/08
  40. NER:  New instruments for real-time, high-resolution characterization of nanoparticles in the environment, NSF $120,000 [PI (50%); Other Investigators – P. Hopke]; 07/15/05-7/14/06; Includes: REU Supplement (2006) $ 6,000; REU/International programs Supplement (2007): $14,000
  41. MRI: A Wide-Range Impactor Particle Sampler (WRIPS) for Near-Real Time Analysis of Atmospheric Particulate Matter, NSF, $439,997, [co-PI (50%);Other Investigators – T. Holsen (PI)]; 10/15/05-9/30/08.  Includes: REU Supplement (2006) $ 5,000; REU Supplement (2007)  $6,000;
  42. Development and Evaluation of Passive Samplers for Persistent, Bioaccumulative, Toxic Pollutants (PBTs), Great Lakes Commission, $113,354 [co-PI (50%);Other Investigators – T. Holsen (PI)]; 06/15/05-6/14/07
  43. Gas Inlet for Water Isotope Measurements, NASA, $35,087, [Sole-PI]; 04/15/05-10/14/05
  44. NYSTAR center for Environmental Quality Systems/EPA Indoor environmental research program collaboration, EPA, $300,000 [co-PI (10%); Other Investigators – G. Ahmadi (PI), A. Ferro, J. Taylor, P. Hopke]; 08/25/04-08/25/06
  45. Micro-scale instrument for aerosol hydrocarbon detection, NYSERDA, $98,537 [Sole-PI]; 08/25/04-08/25/05
  46. Particle Transport, Deposition and Removal: Combined Research – Curriculum Development, NSF, $400,000.00 [co-PI (10%); Other Investigators – G. Ahmadi (PI), J. McLaughlin, C. Cetinkaya, J. Taylor]; 03/15/01 – 02/28/05
  47. Development of an electrical aerosol spectrometer, NYSERDA, $48,721 [Sole-PI]; 03/20/03-03/20/04