Past Events

AirUCI's AAAR Student Chapter has booked a tour of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The tour will be from 9:30 to 12:00 on July 28th. There is space for 35 participants, and the link to the sign-up form is here: ...

On July 24th AirUCI hosted 10 community college students and 2 staff members from Moreno Valley College's TRIO Academic Counseling and Educational Support (ACES) program.  The group visited 4 AirUCI labs, with each lab tour including presentations by AirUCI researchers and hands-on demonstrations.  Following the tours, a panel of AirUCI researchers answered questions from the students. 

The event was a great success, with one of the staff members later commenting, "Thank you for such an amazing time with AirUCI on Thursday!  The students and I LOVED it!  Such an amazing experience...

AirUCI Project Scientists Dr. Lisa Wingen and Dr. Veronique Perraud have organized regular meetings for researchers to discuss using the Igor lab apparatus.  The next meeting will be held on July 23rd from 3:30-5:00 PM in Rowland Hall room 390.

AirUCI will be hosting university students from South Korea's Gyeonggi Youth Ladder Program on July 23rd.  AirUCI scientists will provide the students with tours of our labs and speak with them about our research projects.  The students have a particular interest in environmental sustainability, climate change mitigation, and air quality research, and their visit aims to help them clarify their future career paths.

On July 16th AirUCI will host approximately 17 middle school students from Moreno Valley College's TRIO Educational Talent Search (ETS) program.  The students will tour AirUCI labs and have the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities.  AirUCI researchers will also participate in a career panel to help the students learn more about career options in chemistry.

AirUCI postdoc,Zhaomin Yang will give a presentation on her recent research from 12-1 pm on Friday, June 27, in Rowland Hall room 390.  The topic is NO2, SO2, NH3, and RH effects on SOA formation.

AirUCI Project Scientists Dr. Lisa Wingen and Dr. Veronique Perraud have organized regular meetings for researchers to discuss using the Igor lab apparatus.  The next meeting will be held on June 25th from 3:30-5:00 PM in Rowland Hall room 390.

AirUCI's AAAR Student Chapter will host a picnic to celebrate the end of the academic year on June 13th on the ISEB 4th floor patio from noon to 2 pm. Pizza and snacks will be provided. 

AirUCI will host a tour of our labs during the Chemistry Department's tenth Annual Research Saturday. This event allows chemistry majors and honors students to visit prospective research labs, and is an opportunity for our faculty and researchers to meet potential undergraduates who may want to join one of the AirUCI groups. AirUCI Project Scientist Veronique Perraud and undergrad Maryam Parvinian will show the Finlayson-Pitts and Nizkorodov labs that day. Along with Maryam (Finlayson-Pitts group), AirUCI grad student Anthony Jue and undergrad Avisa Charmchi (Nizkorodov group) gave...

AirUCI faculty Sarah Finkeldei has organized a meeting to discuss the Nuclear Energy Workforce Pipeline Program to be held on April 25th in Natural Sciences building 2, room 1201.  This day-long event will discuss facilitating pathways for students to pursue careers in nuclear energy and will feature four experts from Lawrence Livermore National Lab.