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Mark J. Rood, Ph.D.

Ivan Racheff Professor of Environmental Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Illinois
3230E Newmark Lab, MC-250
205 N. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801 USA

Tel. (217) 333-6963
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mrood@illinois.edu

Conference Proceedings for the Air Quality Engineering and Science Research Group

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Johnsen, D.L., Zhang, Z., Emamipour, H., Yan, Z., Rood, M.J. (2014) Effect of Isobutane Adsorption on the Electrical Resistivity of Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth with Select Physical and Chemical Properties, 107th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Long Beach, CA, Paper 32326, pp. 13.

Balasubramanian, S., Wang, M., Koloutsou-Vakakis, S., and Rood, M.J. (2014) Modeling Temporal Variability in Gaseous Ammonia Emissions from Chemical Fertilizer Usage in Midwest USA, 107th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Long Beach, CA, Paper 33187, pp. 17.

Yuen, W., Gu, Y., Rood, M.J., Koloutsou-Vakakis, S., Mattison, K., Franek, B. (2014) Wavelength-Dependent Opacity Measurement and Uncertainty Using Digital Cameras and Smartphones, 107th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Long Beach, CA, Paper 32347, pp. 13.p>

Atkinson J.D., Zhang Z., Yan Z., Rood M.J. (2013) New discoveries for carbon-catalyzed NO oxidation: Pore size-sensitive activity and surface-dependent kinetics. Carbon, Rio de Janeiro, Br, No. 64.

Johnsen D.L., Emamipour H., Zhang Z., Yan Z., Rood M.J (2013). Relationship between activated carbon fiber cloth’s structure and electrical resistance. Carbon, Rio de Janeiro, Br, No. 120.

Yuen, W., Koloutsou-Vakakis, S., Rood, M. J., Mattison, K. (2013) Measurement of Plume Opacity using Smartphones and the Digital Optical Method (DOM), 106th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Chicago, IL, Paper no. 12336, pp. 15

Johnsen, D.L., Emamipour, H., Rood. M.J. (2013) Effects of activated carbon fiber cloth’s physical structure, chemical composition, and adsorbed material on its electrical resistance, 106th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Chicago, IL, Paper 2013-A-12476-AWMA, pp. 14.

Atkinson, J.D., Hung, P.-C., Zhang, Z., Chang, M.-B., Yan, Z., Rood, M.J. (2013) Adsorptive Destruction of Poly-Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans Using Functionalized Activated Carbon, 106th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Chicago, IL, Paper no. 12466, pp. 17.

Mallouk, K.E., Rood, M.J. Energy Requirements to Capture and Liquefy Isobutane in an Electrothermal Swing Adsorption System, 106th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Chicago, IL, Paper no. 12253, pp. 12.

Zhang Z. Q., Atkinson, J. D., Song, H., Rood, M. J., Yan, Z. F. (2013) Structure Sensitivities of SAPO Zeolites on Catalytic Oxidation of Nitric Oxide, 106th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Chicago, IL, Paper no. 12406, pp. 13.

Balasubramanian, S., Koloutsou-Vakakis, S., Rood, M. J. (2013) Identifying Spatial Heterogeneity in Ammonia Emissions from Agricultural Fertilization, 106th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Chicago, IL, Paper no. 12549, pp. 14.

Yuen, W., Johnsen, D. L., Koloutsou-Vakakis, S., Rood, M. J., Kim, B. J., Kemme, M. R. (2012) Open Burning and Open Detonation PM10 Mass Emission Factor Measurements with Optical Remote Sensing, 105th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, San Antonio, TX, Paper no. 2012-A-61-AWMA, pp. 11.

 Nelson, A.J., Page, M.A., Ginsberg, M.D., Zadler, B., Rood, M.J. (2012) Investigation of Bioaerosol Removal from a Gas Stream and Inactivation Using Acoustically Enhanced Impaction, 105th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, San Antonio, TX, Paper no. 2012-A-30-AWMA, pp. 14.

Mallouk, K.E., Rood, M.J. (2012) Characterization of Adsorption of Select Organic Gases on Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth, 105th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, San Antonio, TX, No. 65, 12 pp.

Johnsen, D.L., Emamipour, H., Rood, M.J. (2012) Monitor and Control of Electrothermal Swing Adsorption Based on Remote Electrical Measurements, 105th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, San Antonio, TX, Paper no. 2012-A-75-AWMA, pp. 14.

Atkinson, J.D., Zhang, Z., Rood, M.J. (2012) Impact of Carbon’s Porosity and Surface Chemistry on NO Oxidation Efficiency, 105th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, San Antonio, TX, Paper no. 2012-A-58-AWMA, pp. 12.

Nelson, A.J., Page, A., Ginsberg, M.D., Rood, M.J. (2011) Bench-Scale Evaluation of Energy Efficient Air Purification Technologies, 104th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Orlando, FL, Paper no. 2011-A-548-AWMA, pp. 14.

Mallouk, K.M., Johnsen, D.L., Rood, M.J. (2011) Energy Efficiency During Capture and Recovery of Organic Gases with Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth, Electrothermal Swing Adsorption, and Post-Desorption Treatment, 104th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Orlando, FL, Paper no. 2011-A-53-AWMA, pp. 14.

Johnsen, D. and Rood, M.J. (2011) Temperature of Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth Regeneration with Resistance Feedback, 104th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Orlando, FL, Paper no. 148, pp. 12.

Atkinson, J.D., Dastgheib, S.A., Rostam-Abadi, M., and Rood, M.J. (2010) One-step synthesis of carbon-supported iron catalysts using ultrasonic spray pyrolysis. The World Conference on Carbon . Clemson, SC, #266.

Atkinson, J.D., Rood, M.J., Dastgheib, S.A., and Rostam-Abadi, M. (2010) One-Step Synthesis of Iron Impregnated Carbon Spheres and Their Potential for Use in Air Quality Applications, 103rd Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Calgary, Canada, June, Extended Abstract 784.

Khodayari, A., Lu, Y., and Rood, M.J. (2010) Experimental Study of a Biocatalyst-Promoted Carbonate Absorption Process for CO2 Capture from Post-Combustion Flue Gases, 103rd Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Calgary, Canada, June, 784.

Sapsis, T., Koloutsou-Vakakis, S., Rood, M.J., Kim, B.J., and Kemme, M.R. (2010) Fugitive Dust Dispersion Using LIDAR Measurements and a Stochastic Lagrangian Model, 103rd Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Calgary, Canada, June, AB-1 (2). PM Modeling, extended abstract.

Mallouk, K.E., Johnsen, D.L., Rood, M.J., (2010) Capture and Recovery of Organic Gases with Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth, Electrothermal Desorption, and Post-Desorption Treatment, 103rd Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Calgary, Canada, June, AE-2 (2a), Novel Air Pollution Control.

Yuen, W., Du, K., Rood, M.J., Hashmonay, R.A., Kemme, M.R., Kim, B.J. (2010) Fugitive Dust Emission Factors of Military Activities Measured by Micro-Pulse Lidar - A Summary of Results, 103rd Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Calgary, Canada, June, AO-1 (2), Novel Optical Remote Sensing Measurement Techniques.

Du, K., Yuen, W., Rood, M.J., Kim, B.J., Kemme, M.R., Hashmonay, R., Meister, C. (2010) Use of Optical Remote Sensing Techniques to Monitor Fugitive Dust Emissions from Tracked and Wheeled Vehicles Moving in Desert Areas, Air and Waste Management Specialty Conference Paper No. 239, May 10-14, Xi'an, China, 294-299.

Dastgheib, S.A., Atkinson, J.D., Rostam-Abadi, M., and Rood, M.J. (2009) Synthesis and characterization of carbon-based iron catalysts prepared by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Conference . Nashville, TN, #256c.

Yuen, W., Du, K., Rood, M. J., Kim, B. J., Kemme, M. R., Hashmonay, R., (2009) Measurement of Dust Emissions Generated by Military Vehicles Using Optical Remote Sensing Method at Fort Carson, Colorado, 102nd Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Detroit, MI, June, no. 402, pp. 11.

Mallouk, K.E., Johnsen, D.L., Rood, M.J., Hay, K.J., (2009) Capture and Recovery of Organic Gases for Reuse, 102nd Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Detroit, MI, June, no. 66. pp 9.

Atkinson, J.D., Rood, M.J., Rostam-Abadi, M., Chen, X., and Chang, R.  (2008).  Development of Nano-Engineered Carbon Adsorbents and Their Environmental Applications, 101 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Portland, OR, June, no. 177. pp 11.

Hashmonay, R.A., Kagann, R.H., Rood, M.J., Kim, B.J., Kemme, M.R, (2008) A Method for Measuring Fugitive Dust Emissions Using Optical Remote Sensing and Point Monitor Techniques,  101 st Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Portland, OR, June, no.  787, pp. 5.

Wu, C., Wu, C., Chen, W., Du, K., Rood, M.J. (2008) A Feasibility Study of Applying Lidar to Determine Extinction, Profiles of Agriculture Burning Related Aerosols, 101 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Portland, OR, June, no. 763, pp. 6.

Loftus, J.P., Chen, S., Lu, Y., Statnick, R.S., Rostam Abadi, M., Rood, M.J. (2008) Economic Evaluation of Burning Bituminous and Western PRB Coals for Power Production based on Select Pollution Control Scenarios, 101 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Portland, OR, June, no. 598, 16 pp.

Hashisho, Z., Emamipour, H., Rood, M.J., Hay, K.J., and Kim, B.J. (2008) Concomitant Adsorption and Desorption for Dampening Fluctuations in Organic Vapors Concentrations for Use Upstream of Biofilters, 101 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Portland, OR, June, no. 348, pp. 14.

Emamipour, H., Hashisho, Z., Rood, M.J., Thurston, D., Sullivan, P., Hay, K.J., Kim, B.J., (2008) Mathematical Modeling of Concentration-Controlled Electrothermal Swing Adsorption-Desorption System, 101 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Portland, OR, June, no. 694, pp. 10.

Emamipour, H., Sullivan, P., Ramirez, D., Rood, M.J., Hay, K.J, Kim, B.J., Kennedy, R., Fisher, R., and Morici, J., (2008) Capture and Concentration-Controlled Desorption of Organic Vapors with a Full-Scale Electrothermal Swing Adsorption System, 101 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Portland, OR, June, no. 700, pp. 6.

Du, K., Rood, M.J., Kim, B.J., Kemme, M.R. and Hashmonay, R. (2008) Use of Vertical Scanning Lidar to Quantify and Characterize Dust Plumes Generated from Flying Helicopters, 101 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Portland, OR, June, no. 618., 12 pp.

Atkinson, M. Rood, ; M. Rostam-Abadi, X. Chen, R. Chang (2008) Development of Nano-Engineered Carbon Adsorbents and Their Environmental Applications, 101 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Portland, OR, June., no. 177, pp. 11.

Sullivan, P., Stone, B., Hashisho, Z., and Rood, M. (2007) Water Vapor Adsorption onto Novel Activated Carbons, 9th International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorption, Giardini Naxos, Sicily, Italy, No. 297, pp. 32.

Hashisho, Z., Stone, B.R., Barot, S., Rood, M., Sullivan, P., and Bernhard, J. (2007) Role of Functional Groups on Adsorption and Microwave Regeneration of Activated Carbon, Carbon 2007 Conference, Seattle, WA, No. 2049, pp. 10.

Emamipour, H., Hashisho, Z., Rood, M., Sullivan, P., Hay, J., and Kim, B. (2007) Simulation of Electrothermal/Microwave Swing Adsorption with Organic Vapor and Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth, 100 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, No. 507, pp. 11.

Hashisho, Z., Emamipour, H., Cevallos, D., Rood, M., Thurston, D., Hay, J., Kim, B., and Sullivan, P. (2007) Dampening Concentration Fluctuations for Use Upstream of Biofilters and Oxidizers using Concentration-Controlled Desorption of Activated Carbon, 100th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, No. 449, pp. 14.  

Du, K., Rood, M. J., Kim, B. J., Kemme, M. R., Hashmonay, R. A., and Varma, R. (2007) Ground-based Lidar Measurements of Dust Plumes Generated from Unique Military Activities, 100 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, No. 473, pp. 14.  

Varma, R., Hashmonay, R. A., Du, K., Rood, M. J., Kim, B. J., and Kemme, M. R. (2006) A Novel Methodology for Fugitive Dust Emission Estimation using Optical Remote Sensing, 6th international symposium on advanced environmental monitoring, June 27-30, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 12.  

Hashisho, Z., Rood, M., and Botich, L. (2006) Microwave Regeneration of Carbonaceous Adsorbent for Air Pollution Control Applications, 99 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, New Orleans, LA, No. 309, pp. 14.  

Du, K., Rood, M.J., Kim, B.J., Kemme, M., Hashmonay, R., and Varma, R. (2006) Optical Remote Sensing of Dust Plumes Using Micropulse Lidar, 99 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, New Orleans, LA, No. 315, pp. 10.  

Du, K., Rood, M.J., Kim, B.J., Franek, B., and Mattison, K. (2006) Field Testing of the Digital Opacity Method to Quantify Plume Opacity during Nighttime, 99 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, New Orleans, LA, No. 353, pp. 10.  

Ramirez, D., Vidal, E. X., Rood, M. J., Hay, K. J. (2005) Pilot-Scale Electrothermal-Swing Adsorption System for the Capture and Recovery of Vapor Emissions from a Painting Facility, 98 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Minneapolis, MN, No. 1295, pp. 14.

Du, K., Rood, M.J., Kim, B.J., Franek, B., Mattison, K. (2005) Field Testing of the Digital Opacity Method to Quantify Plume Opacity, 98 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Minneapolis, MN, No. 1278, pp. 15.

Hashisho, Z., Rood, M., and Botich, L. (2005) Fixed-Bed Microwave Swing Adsorption System for the Capture and Recovery of Organic Vapors. Submitted for platform presentation, 98 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Minneapolis, MN., No. 1266, pp. 14.

Emamipour, H., Kaldate, A., Rood, M. J., and Thurston, D. (2005) Experimental Study of Cyclic Adsorption/Desorption of MEK in an ESA Device, 98 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Minneapolis, MN, No. 1282, pp. 11.

Mota, P.B., Agnihotri, S., Rostam-Abadi. (2004) Molecular Simulation of Vapor Adsorption In Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Bundles, 8 th International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorption, Sedona, AZ, May 23-28, pp. 2.

Agnihotri, S., Rostam-Abadi, M., Rood, M.J. (2004) Variability in Characterization Results of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon 2004, Providence, RI, July 12-16, pp. 4.

Agnihotri, S., Rostam-Abadi, M., Rood, M.J. (2004) Characterization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Environmental Implications, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, November 7-12, pp. 5.

Du, K., Rood, M.J., Kim, B.J., Franek, B., Mattison, K. (2004) Evaluation of Digital Image Method to Quantify Opacity of Stationary Source Plumes, 97 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Indianapolis, IN, No. 64, pp. 13.

Ramirez, D., Vidal, E. X., Rood, M. J., Hay, K. J. (2004) Capture and Recovery of Vapor Emissions from a Painting Facility with an Electrothermal-Swing Adsorption System, 97 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Indianapolis, IN, No. 422, pp. 15.

Hashisho, Z., Rood, M., and Botich, L. (2004) Microwave Regeneration of Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth. International Microwave Power Institute's 38 th Annual Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, pp 46-50.

Kaldate, A., Thurston, D., Emamipour, H., and Rood, M. (2003) Design for Environment: A Case Study of novel technology to capture, recover and re-use Hazardous Air Pollutants, International Society for Industrial Ecology 2 nd International Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.

Kaldate, A., Thurston, D., Emamipour, H., and Rood, M. (2003) Overcoming decision traps in sustainable design, 14 th International Conference on Engineering Design, Stockholm, Sweden.

Kaldate, A., Thurston, D., Emamipour, H., and Rood, M. (2003) Decision matrix reduction in preliminary design, ASME 15 th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology, Chicago, IL.

Kaldate, A., Thurston, D., Emamipour, H., and Rood, M. (2003) Development of cost- effective adsorption-electrothermal desorption system using activated carbon fiber cloths, 96 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, San Diego, CA, No. 69834, pp. 18.

Hashisho, Z., Wieczorek, M., and Rood, M. (2003) Development of a Membrane-Based Diffusion Dryer, 96 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, San Diego, CA, No. 69663, pp. 16.

Agnihotri, S., Rostam-Abadi, M., Rood, M.J., Clarkson, R.B., Chang, R. (2003) Adsorption Isotherms of Water Vapor and Organic Vapors on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 15 - 20, pp. 8.

Mota, P., Agnihotri, S., Rostam-Abadi, M., Rood, M.J. (2003) Adsorption of Water Vapor in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon 2003, Oviedo, Spain July 6-10, pp. 4.

Agnihotri, S., Rostam-Abadi, M., Rood, M.J. Clarkson, R.B. (2003) Adsorption of Water Vapor and Organic Vapors on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Comparison with Activated Carbons. Carbon 2003 Conference, Oviedo, Spain July 6-10, pp. 5.

Emamipour, H., Eduardo, X. V., Rood, M. J., Kaldate, A., and Thurston, D. (2003) Simulation of Pressure Drop and Gas Flow Patterns Through an Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth Adsorption Device, 96 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, San Diego, CA, No. 69939, pp. 12.

Agnihotri, S., Rostam-Abadi, M., Rood, M.J., Clarkson, R.B. (2003) Adsorption of Water Vapor and Organic Vapors on Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes. 96 th Annual Air and Waste Management Conference and Exhibition, San Diego, CA, June 21-26, pp. 14.

Rood, M. J., Ramirez, D., Vidal, E. X., Hashisho, Z., Emamipour, H., Sullivan, P. D., Hay, J. K. (2003). Organic Vapor Recovery Using Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth Electrothermal-Swing Adsorption, APCSEET 2002 Conference, Integrated Technology Approach to Clean Energy and Environment Workshop, Japan, pp. 5.

Ramirez, D., Vidal, E. X., Hashisho, Z., Sullivan, P. D., Rood, M. J., and Hay, K. J. (2003). Capture and Recovery of Hazardous Air Pollutants with a Pilot-Scale Adsorption-Electrothermal Desorption System, 96 th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, San Diego, CA, No. 69799, pp. 19.

Agnihotri, S., Rostam-Abadi, M., Rood, M.J., Clarkson, R.B. (2002) Porosity, Stability, and Thermal Reactivity of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, November 3-8, pp. 16.

Agnihotri, S., Rostam-Abadi, M., Rood, M.J. (2002) Energy and Environmental Applications of Carbon Nanotubes. 224 th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 18-24, pp. 5.

Lo, S., Ramirez, D., Rood, M.J., and Hay, K.J. (2002) Characterization of the Physical and Thermal Properties of a Series of Activated Carbon Fiber Cloths, 95 th Annual Air & Waste Management Association, Baltimore, MD, No. 43166, pp. 17.

Lehmann, C.M.B., Ramirez, D., Lo, S, Dombrowski, K.D., Sullivan, P.D., Rood, M.J., and Hay, K.J. (2002) Evaluation of Bench- and Pilot-Scale Adsorption Systems to Capture and Recover Organic Vapors via Electrothermal Desorption, 95 th Annual Air & Waste Management Association, Baltimore, MD, No. 43046, pp. 20.

Kus, P. Rood, M.J., Ogren, J. and Quinn, P. (2002) Ambient Aerosol Characteristics at a Midwestern USA Site from 1995 to 2000, 95 th Annual Air & Waste Management Association, Baltimore, MD, No. 43084, pp. 17.

Hsi, H.-C., Rostam-Abadi, M., Rood, M.J., Chen, S., and Chang, R. (2001) Application of Optimal Sulfur Impregnation Protocol on Low-Cost Carbonaceous and Non-Carbonaceous Adsorbents for Mercury Removal, 94 th Annual Air & Waste Management Association, Orlando, FL, No. 394, pp. 20.

Ramirez, D., Lehmann, C.M.B., Rood, M.J. and Hay, K.J. (2001) Adsorption of Organic Vapors on Tire, Coal and Phenol Derived Activated Carbons, 94 th Annual Air & Waste Management Association, Orlando, FL, No. 456, pp. 20.

Dombrowski, K.D., Lehmann, C.M.B., Sullivan, P., Rood, M.J., and Hay K.J. (2001) Characterization of Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth Adsorption/Electrothermal Regeneration System for Compounds with High Vapor Pressures, 94 th Annual Air & Waste Management Association, Orlando, FL, Abstract No. 640, pp. 19.

Sullivan, P., Rood, M.J., Hay, K.J., and Grévillot, G. (2001) Modeling the Performance of an Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth Adsorption/Electrothermal Desorption System, 94 th Annual Air & Waste Management Association, Orlando, FL, Abstract No. 602, pp. 14.

Kus, P., Carrico, C.M., Rood, M.J., Covert, D.S., Anderson, T., Quinn, P., and Williams, A. (2001) Scattering Coefficient Closure for Laboratory Test Aerosols and Dry Ambient Aerosols, 94 th Annual Air & Waste Management Association, Orlando, FL, Abstract No. 524, pp. 13.

Rostam-Abadi, M., Chen, S., and Lizzio, A.A., Hsi, H.-C., Lehmann, C. M. B., Rood, M.J., Chang, R., Richardson, C., Machalek, T., Richardson, M. (2001) Development of Novel Sorbents for Mercury Removal from Utility Flue Gas, DOE/EPA/EPRI MEGA Symposium, Chicago, IL, August 20-23, pp. 1-10.

Rostam-Abadi, M. His, H.C., Lehmann, C.M.B., Rood, M.J., Chang, R. (2001) development and Evaluation of Carbon-Based Mercury Adsorbents, CARBON'01, American Chemical Society, 35.5, pp. 1-4.

Hsi, H.C., Rostam-Abadi, M. Rood, M.J., Chen, S., and Chang, R. (2000) Preparation of Sulfur-Impregnated Activated Carbon Fiber Clothes (ACFCs) for Removal of Mercury Vapor from Simulated Combustion Flue Gases, 93 rd Annual Air & Waste Management Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, June, Abstract no. 435, p. 12.

Kus, P., Winter, K.E., Rood, M.J., Covert, D.S., and Ogren, J.A. (2000) Ambient Aerosol Optical Properties at a Midwestern USA Site: Closure for Measured and Modeled Light Scattering Coefficients, 93 rd Annual Air & Waste Management Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, June, Abstract no. 662, pp. 12.

Ramirez, D., Lehmann, C., Sullivan, P., and Rood, M.J., (2000) Adsorption of Methyl Ethyl Ketone and Acetone by Tire-Derived Activated Carbon and Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth, 93 rd Annual Air & Waste Management Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, June, Abstract no. 466, pp. 14.

Sullivan, P.D. Rood, M.J., and Hay, K.J.(2000) Volatile Organic Compound Recovery Using Activated-Carbon Fiber-Cloth with Rapid Electrothermal Desorption, 93 rd Annual Air & Waste Management Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, June, Abstract no. 629, pp. 12.

Hsi, H.C., Rostam-Abadi, M. Rood, M.J., Chen, S., and Chang, R. (2000) Preparation of Sulfur-Impregnated Activated Carbon Fiber Clothes (ACFCs) for Removal of Mercury Vapor from Simulated Combustion Flue Gases, 93 rd Annual Air & Waste Management Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, June, Abstract no. 435, p. 12.

Sullivan, P.D., Rood, M.J., Hay, K. J., and Qi, S. (1999) Design and Evaluation of an Automated Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth Adsorption and Recovery System for MEK, 92 nd Annual Air & Waste Management Association, St. Louis, MO, 99-386, pp. 13.

Lehmann, C.M.B., Rostam-Abadi, M., and Rood, M.J. (1999) Activated Carbon Adsorbents from Waste Tires for Air Quality Control, 92 nd Annual Air & Waste Management Association, St. Louis, MO, June, 99-369, pp. 16.

Li, Y.H., Lu, G.Q., Rood, M.J., Rudolph, V., Rostam-Abadi, M., (1998) The Role of Discrete Pore Structure in NO x Reduction by Char/Carbons, 2 nd Asia Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technology, June, Gold Coast, Australia, University of Queensland, 0-86776-754-5, pp 473-478.

Sun, J., Rostam-Abadi, M., Rood, M.J., (1998) Coal-Derived Adsorbents for Natural Gas Storage, 2 nd Asia Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technology, June, Gold Coast, Australia, University of Queensland, 0-86776-754-5, pp 445-450.

Chen, S., Hsi, H-C., Rostam-Abadi, M., Rood, M.J., Chang, R., Carey, T. R., Richardson, C.F., (1998) Development of Carbon-Based Adsorbents for Removal of Mercury Emissions from Coal Combustion Flue Gas, 2 nd Asia Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technology, June, Gold Coast, Australia, University of Queensland, 0-86776-754-5, pp. 125-130.

Rood, M.J., Lehmann, C.M.B., Rostam-Abadi, M. and Sun, J. (1998) Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth Adsorber with Cryogenic Condensation to Capture and Recover MEK and Toluene from Gas Streams, 2 nd Asia Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technology, June, Gold Coast Australia, University of Queensland, 0-86776-754-5, pp. 511-516.

Rood M.J., Reece, C. S., and Lordgooei, M. (1998) Reprocessing and Reuse of Waste Materials to Solve Air Quality Related Problems, 2 nd Asia Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technology, June, Gold Coast Australia, University of Queensland, 0-86776-754-5, pp. 487-492.

Reece, C. S., Lordgooei, M., and Rood, M. (1998) Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth Adsorber with Cryogenic Condensation to Capture and Recover MEK and Toluene from Gas Streams, 91 st Annual Air and Waste management Association Meeting, August, San Diego, CA, 98-TBP.13P, 16 pp.

Lehmann, C.M.B., Rostam-Abadi, M., Rood, M.J. and Sun, J. (1998) Reprocessing and Reuse of Waste Materials to Solve Air Quality Related Problems, 91 st Annual Air and Waste Management Association Meeting, August, San Diego, CA, 98-TA4C.07, 15 pp.

Sagen, J., Lordgooei, M., Rood, M.J. (1998) Measurement of Diffusivity of Volatile Organic Compounds into Activated Carbon Fibers Using Zero Length Column Chromatography, 91 st Annual Air and Waste Management Association Meeting, August, San Diego, CA, 98-TPB.07P, 11 pp.

Hsi, H.C., Rostam-Abadi, M., Rood, M.J., Chen, S. (1998) Mercury Vapor Removal from Simulated Flue Gases with Illinois Coal-Derived Activated Carbon (ICDAC), 91 st Annual Air and Waste management Association Meeting, August, San Diego, CA, 98-RA79B.03, 16 pp.

Lordgooei, M., Sagen, J., Rood, M.J., and Rostam-Abadi, M. (1998) Modeling Diffusivity and Mass Transfer Zones of Volatile Organic Compounds in Fixed Bed Adsorbers Containing Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth, 91 st Annual Air and Waste management Association Meeting, August, San Diego, CA, 98-WA47B.02, 16 pp.

Cal, M, Strickler, B., Lizzio, A., Rood, M., (1997) Cleanup of Hot Coal Gas with Carbon-Based Sorbents, ACS National Meeting, Division of Fuel Chemistry, September 7-11, 1997, Las Vegas, pp. 872-876.

Rostam-Abadi, M., Chen, S.G., Hsi, H.-C., Rood, M.J., Chang, R., Carey, T, Hargrove, B., Richardson, C., Rosenhoover, W., Meserole, F., (1997) Novel Vapor Phase Mercury Sorbents, EPRI-DoE-EPA Combined Utility Air Pollutant Control Symposium, August, Washington, D.C., 14 pp.

Rood, M.J. (1997) Influence of Anthropogenic Aerosol on Climate at Climactically Relevant Regions, plenary lecture at Chinese Association of Aerosol Research Conference, October, Tainan, Taiwan, 12 pp.

Sun, J., Rood, M.J., Chen, S., and Rostam-Abadi, M. (1997) Pore Size Distribution of Activated Carbon Fibers Determined by a Model Isotherm Equation, 23 rd Biennial Conference on Carbon, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, pp. 332-333.

Slota, K.J., Cal, M.P., Lizzio, A.A., and Rood, M.J. (1997) Preparation of Carbon Molecular Sieves for Oxygen Separation from Air, 23rd Biennial Conference on Carbon, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, pp. 330-331.

Strickler, B.W., Cal, M.P., Lizzio, A.A., and Rood, M.J. (1997) Hot Gas Cleanup with Carbon-Based Sorbents, 23 rd Biennial Conference on Carbon, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, pp. 382-383.

Lehmann, C.M., Rood, M.J., and Rostam-Abadi, M. (1997) Tire-Derived Activated Carbons for Gas Separation, Storage and Cleanup, 23 rd Biennial Conference on Carbon, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, pp. 340-341.

Lordgooei, M., Rood, M.J., and Rostam-Abadi, M. (1997) Numerical Modeling of Adsorption Dynamics Through Activated-Carbon-Fiber-Cloth, 23 rd Biennial Conference on Carbon, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA pp. 346-347.

Rood, M.J., Carrico, C.M., Shrestha, R., Skific, M.J., and Ogren, J.A. (1996) Aerosol Light Scattering Properties Measured at Cape Grim, Tasmania During ACE-1, A71D-06, American Geophysical Union 1996 Fall Meeting Program, December, San Francisco, CA.

Carmichael, K.R., Lordgooei, M., Kelly, T.W., Rood, M.J., and Larson, S.M. (1996) Desorption and Cryogenic Recovery of Volatile Organic Compounds for Refuse, American Chemical Society Meeting, March, New Orleans, LA.

Cal, M.P., Dimotakis, E., Rood, M.J., Larson, S.M., and Economy, J. (1996) The Effect of Chemical Modification of Activated Carbon Cloth on the Adsorption Capacity of Organics and Water Vapor, American Chemical Society Meeting, March, New Orleans, LA.

Lordgooei, M., Rood, M.J., Carmichael, K.R., and Larson, S.M. (1996) Modeling of the Adsorption and Electrothermal Desorption of Organic Vapors in a Fixed-Bed of Activated-Carbon-Filter-Cloth, American Chemical Society Meeting, March, New Orleans, LA.

DeBarr, J.A., Rapp, D.M., Rostam-Abadi, M., and Rood, M.J. (1996) Valuable Products from Utility Fly Ash, American Chemical Society Meeting, March, New Orleans, LA.

Sun, J., Brady, T.A., Rood, M.J., Rostam-Abadi, M., and Lizzio, A.A. (1996) Natural Gas Storage with Activated Carbon from a Bituminous Coal, American Chemical Society Meeting, March, New Orleans, LA.

Cal, M.P., Rood, M.J., and Larson, S.M. (1995) Removal of VOCs from Humidified Gas Streams Using Activated Carbon Cloth, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Spring National Meeting, March, Houston, Texas.

Lordgooei, M., Kelly, T.W., Covington, B.A., Carmichael, K.R., Rood, M.J., and Larson, S.M. (1995) Development of an Activated Carbon Fiber Cryogenic System to Recover and Reuse Toxic Organic Vapors, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Spring National Meeting, March, Houston, Texas, 51f.

Sun, J., Rostam-Abadi, M., Rood., M.J., and Lizzio, A. (1995) Production of Carbon Adsorbents from Illinois Coal for Natural Gas Storage, Proceedings of the 8 th International Conference on Coal Science, September, Oviedo, Spain.

Rostam-Abadi., M., Brady, T., Sun, J., Rood, M., and Lizzio, A. (1995) Production of Adsorbent Carbons from Illinois Coal and Scrap Tire for Natural Gas Storage, Carbon '95, the 22 nd Biennial Conference on Carbon, July, San Diego, CA, pp. 746-747.

Rostam-Abadi., M., Brady, T., Sun, J., and Rood, M. (1995) Development of Adsorbent Carbons from Waste Tires for Natural Gas Storage and Multi-Component Air Pollution Control, 1995 Conference on Solid Waste Research and Technology, March, Rosemont, IL.

Rostam-Abadi., M., Brady, T., Sun, J., and Rood, M. (1995) Preparation of Adsorbent Carbons from Scrap Tire and Coal for Natural Gas Storage, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Spring National Meeting, March, Houston, Texas.

DeBarr, J.A., Lizzio, A.A., and Rood, M.J. (1995) Production and Use of Activated Char for Combined SO 2 /NO x Removal, 88 th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, San Antonio, TX, A699, 16 pp.

Carrico, C.M., Koloutsou-Vakakis, S., and Rood, M.J. (1995) Controlled Relative Humidity Light Scattering of Laboratory and Ambient Aerosols at a Northern Hemispheric Mid-Latitude Continental Site, 88 th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, San Antonio, TX, 95-TA36A.04, 15 pp.

Hahn, K.L., Ogren, J., Bodhaine, B., Quinn, P., and Rood, M.J. (1995) Ambient Aerosol Particle Chemistry at a Mid-Latitude, Northern Hemispheric, Continental Site and its Relation to Global Climate, 88 th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, San Antonio, TX, 95-WA74A.05, 16 pp.

Brady, T.A., Rostam-Abadi, M., Sun, J., and Rood, M.J. (1995) Development of Adsorbent Carbons from Waste Tire for Natural Gas Storage and Multi-Component Air Pollution Control, 88 th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, San Antonio, TX, 95-TP51.02, 16 pp.

Quinn, P.K., Zenker, C.E., Ogren, J.A., Bodhaine, B.A., Hahn, K, Rood, M.J., Covert, D.S., and Marshall, S.F. (1994) EOS, Trans., p. 134.

Rood, M.J., Foster, K., Cal, M., Graf, O., Larson, S., and Economy, J. (1993) Adsorption Properties of Activated Carbon Fibers: Applications to Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Air'93, July, Helsinki, Finland, 6 pp., 1034/21328.

Graf, O., Foster, K., Rood, M., Larson, S., and Economy, J. (1993) Evaluation of Breakthrough Times for Beds of Activated Carbon Fibers Adsorbing n-butane from Nitrogen, 86 th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, Denver, CO, 93-MP-3.05, 13 pp.

Foster, K., Rood, M., Larson, S., and Economy, J. (1993) Comparison of Experimental and Modeled Results Describing Adsorption Isotherms and Breakthrough Times for Volatile Organic Compounds on Activated Carbon Fibers, 86 th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, Denver, CO, 93-MP-3.04, 12 pp.

Cal, M.P., Rood, M.J., and Larson, S.M. (1992) Experimental and Model Results Describing the Adsorption of Acetone and Benzene onto Activated Carbon Fibers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, November, Miami Beach, FL, Paper 210b, 15 pp.

Chang, M.B., Kushner, M.J., and Rood, M.J. (1992) Evaluation of the Simultaneous Removal of SO 2 and NO from Simulated Flue Gas Streams via Combined Plasma Photolysis, 85 th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, Kansas City, Missouri, 92-180.22P, 14 pp.

Cal, M., Larson, S.M., and Rood, M.J. (1992) Theoretical and Experimental Results Describing the Adsorption of VOCs onto Activated Carbons, 85 th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, Kansas City, Missouri, 92-79.11, 11 pp.

Larson, S.M. and Rood, M.J. (1992) Classroom Instruction in Air Quality Principles, 85 th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, Kansas City, Missouri, 92-172.07, 13 pp.

Rood, M.J. and Simek, R.E. (1992) Modeling the Combustion of Municipal Solid Waste: Influence of Recycling on Heat Content and Emissions of SO 2, HCl, and Particulate Material, 85 th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, Kansas City, Missouri, 92-24.01, 16 pp.

Rood, M.J. and Wood, J.P. (1992) Modeling the Simultaneous Removal of SO 2 and HCl from Municipal Waste Combustion Flue Gas via Spray Dryer Absorption, 85 th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, Kansas City, Missouri, 92-39.02, 16 pp.

Rood, M.J. and Wood, J.P. (1991) Removal of HCl and SO 2 from Gas Streams Generated by Combustion of Municipal Solid Waste via Spray Drying, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, July, Seoul Korea, 25 pp.

Rood, M.J. and Rhodes, M.F. (1991) Industrial Application of Particulate Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Partec'91, August, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (Plenary Speaker: M.J. Rood), 14 pp.

Wood, J.P., Norco, J.E., Simek, R.E. and Rood, M.J. (1991) Removal of HCl and SO 2 from Gas Stream Generated by the Combustion of Municipal Solid Waste, University Teknologi Malaysia, Partec'91, August, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 19 pp.

Rood, M.J., Hansson, H.-C., Wiedensohler, A., and Covert, D.S. (1991) Experimental Determination of the Hygroscopic Properties of Organically Coated Aerosol Particles, 84 th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 91-51.8, 8 pp.

Chang, M.B. and Rood, M.J. (1991) Removal of SO 2 and NO from Gas Streams via Combined Plasma Photolysis, 84 th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 91-157.2, 14 pp.

Fuerman, R.G., Cal, M.P., Larson, S.M., and Rood, M.J. (1991) Removal of Gaseous Organic Contaminants from Indoor Air with Activated Carbon Fibers, 84 th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 91-62.5, 11 pp.

McCulla, W.H., Rosocha, L.A., Neely, W.C., Clothiaux, E.J., Kushner, M.J., and Rood, M.J. (1991) First INEL Plasma Applications to Waste Treatment Workshop, January, Idaho Falls, ID, LA-VR-90-4382, 13 pp.

Rood, M.J. (1990) Novel Methods in Particle Control, NSF Workshop in Particle Control, November, Washington, D.C., 3 pp.

Yuan, C.S. and Rood, M.J. (1990) Modeling the Simultaneous SO 2 and NO x Collection in a Spray Dryer: Using a Lime Slurry and Inorganic Additives, 83 rd Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, June, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 90-103.5, 16 pp.

Rood, M.J. and Shaw, M.A. (1990) Measurement of the Crystallization Humidities of Ambient Aerosols, 8th Meeting of the Midwest Association of Cloud and Aerosol Physics, May, Champaign, Illinois, 4 pp.

Sloane, C.S., Rood, M.J., and Rogers, C.F. (1990) Reconciliation of Aerosol Particle Size Measurements, In Visibility and Fine Particles, edited by C.V. Mathai, Air and Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, 3 pp.

Yuan, C.S. and Rood, M.J. (1988) The Hygroscopic Properties of Spray Dryer Sorbents with Select Additives, 81 st Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, Dallas, Texas, 88-86.14, 13 pp.

Rood, M.J., Covert, D.S., Larson, T.V., and Waggoner, A.P. (1986) Characterization of Ambient Aerosol Volatility with Controlled Temperature Nephelometry, 79 th Annual Meeting of the Air Pollution Control Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 86-40.8, 12 pp.

Rood, M.J., Covert, D.S., and Larson, T.V. (1984) Hydration of Aerosol Particles in the Los Angeles Air Basin, in Aerosols: Science, Technology and Industrial Applications of Airborne Particles, Ed. By Liu, B.Y.H., Pui, D.Y.H., and Fissan, H. J., Elsevier, New York, 4 pp.

 

 

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