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Lyman A. Ripperton Environmental Educator Award

Carnegie Mellon University Teaching Innovation Award

Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA): member

American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR): member, past Internet Committee chair, By-Laws Committee

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

European Geosciences Union (EGU)

Optimizing Emissions Reductions from the U.S. Power Sector for Climate and Health Benefits

Spatial decomposition analysis of NO2 and PM2.5 air pollution in the United States

Spatial Correlation of Ultrafine Particle Number and Fine Particle Mass at Urban Scales: Implications for Health Assessment

Integrating atmospheric models and measurements using passivity-based input observers

Near term carbon tax policy in the US Economy: limits to deep decarbonization

Peter Adams is the Thomas Lord Professor of Engineering, Department Head and Professor in the Department of Engineering & Public Policy and Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. His research largely focuses on the development of chemical transport models and their application to decision-making, especially related to PM2.5. Adams also has extensive expertise in the simulation of aerosol microphysical processes, ultrafine particles and the formation of cloud condensation nuclei in global climate models. Areas of research have also included the effects of climate change on air quality, short-lived climate forcers, atmospheric ammonia and particulate matter formation from livestock operations, and the simulation organic particulate matter.

Adams was selected for a Fulbright grant to collaborate with researchers at the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate in Bologna, has been a Visiting Senior Research Scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and received the Sheldon K. Friedlander Award for outstanding doctoral thesis from the American Association for Aerosol Research. He has previously served on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee and the Allegheny County Health Department’s Air Toxics New Guidelines Proposal Committee as well as service to the American Association for Aerosol Research. His research is supported primarily by the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense.

Adams received his BS degree in Chemical Engineering, summa cum laude, from Cornell University. He was awarded a Hertz Foundation Applied Science Fellowship for graduate study and received MS and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. He also holds an associated faculty position in the Chemical Engineering department at Carnegie Mellon.

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Carnegie Mellon University Engineering and Public Policy Faculty Profile 

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EPA assembles experts to probe benefits of air rules

Why Is Ground Level Ozone Bad, But Stratospheric Ozone Is Good?

Dirty Air From Global Trade Kills at Home, Abroad, Study Contends

AP analysis: Dozens of deaths likely from VW pollution dodge

Peter Adams Named Head of Carnegie Mellon’s Engineering and Public Policy Department

Reduced-Complexity Models (RCMs) for Air Quality Impact Assessment: A Tutorial”

An Introduction to Reduced-Complexity Models for Air Quality

Process-based ammonia emissions inventories from livestock: status and needs

Bringing Air Quality Models into Policy and Systems Analysis

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Professor Peter Adams, of the Departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Engineering & Public Policy, discusses global climate models and their role in improving public health and climate change in our latest video.

Peter Adams: Airborne Particulate Matter: Public Health Impacts &amp; Climate Change

Carnegie Mellon University instructors discuss what it's like to co-teach their course on climate change, as part of the Dietrich College's Grand Challenge Seminars. Featuring: Peter Adams, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Engineering and Public Policy; Kasia Snyder, Adjunct Instructor in the Dietrich College; and James Wynn, Associate Professor of English.

Collaborative Teaching: Climate Change

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