UC Toxics News: Spring 2006
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The new Atmospheric Aerosols and Health (AAH) Lead Campus Program recently admitted its first class of student trainees to start in Fall 2006. The group is a truly interdisciplinary cohort, representing 7 different graduate programs across 4 colleges at UC Davis and UC Merced. The goal of AAH is to broaden the training of students in areas related to air pollution so that they can effectively investigate why air pollution is toxic and contribute to policies that will reduce pollution levels. Students supported by the AAH Lead Campus Program will perform cutting edge research with one or more faculty members while engaging in a curriculum with three key components: (1) an intensive introductory course that explores the scope of air quality issues; (2) breadth courses so that they learn about emissions, atmospheric processes, and environmental and health effects from laboratory, modeling, ethics, and policy viewpoints; and (3) a capstone experience where teams of students with science, engineering, and policy expertise work with a mentor from government or industry to tackle a real air quality problem.

 

The First Class of the AAH Program
Top Row (L to R): Won Sik Choi, Ricardo Cisneros, Chin Heng (Sunny) Phuah, and Laurie Hopkins Bottom Row: Brynne Lazarus, Christopher Mahaffey, Devki Sukhtankar, and Edgar Vidrio Not Pictured: Emily Niebuhr and Zhan Zhao

 

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