Akua Asa-Awuku
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Akua Asa-Awuku
Assistant Professor,Chemical & Environmental Engineering
DegreesPh.D. Chemical Engineering 2008 Georgia Tech MS. Chemical Engineering 2006 Georgia Tech B.S. Chemical Engineering 2003 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research AreaDr. Asa-Awuku's primary research interest is understanding and predicting aerosol-cloud climate interactions. Specifically, the impact of warm cumulus clouds that may counteract the warming effects of greenhouse gases and models of cloud microphysical processes are investigated. Her research explores the water-uptake of organic particles as it pertains to aerosol hygroscopicity, cloud condensation nuclei activation and droplet growth. For additional information, please see Professor Asa-Awuku’s faculty webpage. Honors and AwardsNSF-FACES Career Initiation Grant Recipient, 2009 NSF- FACES Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2008 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Post Doctoral Scholar 2008 Outstanding Teaching Assistant 2006, Georgia Tech NASA Earth Sun-Systems Graduate Fellowship Memberships/AffiliationsAmerican Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) American Chemical Society (ACS) American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) American Geophysical Union (AGU) Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) National Society of Black Engineers, (NSBE) Selected PublicationsAsa-Awuku, A., G.J. Engelhart., B.H. Lee, S.N. Pandis and A. Nenes, Relating CCN activity, volatility, and droplet growth kinetics of β-caryophyllene secondary organic, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9, 795-812, 2009 Asa-Awuku, A., A. P. Sullivan, C.J. Hennigan, R. J. Weber and A. Nenes, Investigation of Molar Volume and Surfactant Characteristics of water-soluble Organic Compounds in Biomass Burning Aerosol, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8, 799-812, 2008 Engelhart G.J., A. Asa-Awuku, A. Nenes and S. N. Pandis, CCN activity and droplet growth kinetics of fresh and aged monoterpene secondary organic aerosol , Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8, 3937-3949, 2008 Padró, L.T., A. Asa-Awuku, R. Morisson, and A. Nenes, Inferring Thermodynamic Properties from CCN Activation Experiments a) Single-component and Binary Aerosols, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, 5263-5274, 2007 Asa-Awuku, A., and A. Nenes (2007), Effect of solute dissolution kinetics on cloud droplet formation: Extended Koehler theory, Journal of Geophysical. Research., 112, D22201, 2007 doi:10.1029/2005JD006934
BiographyAkua Asa-Awuku received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2008. She also earned her M.S in Chemical Engineering at Georgia Tech in 2006. She received her B.S in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003. In 2008, Dr. Asa-Awuku also served as a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies at Carnegie Mellon University. |
