Physical chemistry studies of environmental pollutant transformations: MATLAB codes for morphological analysis of fractal soot aggregates

Submission Number: 72
Submission ID: 103
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Created: Tue, 10/13/2020 - 23:46
Completed: Tue, 10/13/2020 - 23:48
Changed: Wed, 07/06/2022 - 15:10

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Submitted by: Galen Collier
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Physical chemistry studies of environmental pollutant transformations: MATLAB codes for morphological analysis of fractal soot aggregates
CAREERS
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computational-chemistry (81), matlab (2), particle-physics (295), programming (5), scripting (243)
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Project Leader

Alexei Khalizov
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Project Personnel

Galen Collier
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Project Information

The Khalizov group at New Jersey Institute of Technology studies chemical and physical processes that transform environmental pollutants, such as atmospheric mercury and aerosol nanoparticles (https://centers.njit.edu/krg/). Research activities involve experimentation and modeling, and the group has been providing opportunities for undergraduate and graduate projects not only in experimental, but also in computational fields. Available projects range from using existing software packages for building and testing models of various physical processes to the development and optimization of new algorithms and program codes.

THIS PROJECT: Develop MATLAB codes for analysis of electron microscopy images of fractal soot aggregates. Create numerical representations of fractal aggregates for use in morphological and optical calculations. Develop a model for fractal aggregate restructuring using the Discrete Element Method [Chen et al., 2018; Enekwizu et al., 2020].

References:

Chen, C., O. Y. Enekwizu, X. Fan, C. D. Dobrzanski, E. V. Ivanova, Y. Ma, G. Y. Gor, and A. F. Khalizov, Single Parameter for Predicting the Morphology of Atmospheric Black Carbon, Environ. Sci. Technol., 52(24), 14169-14179, 2018, 10.1021/acs.est.8b04201.

Enekwizu, O., D. Singh, and A. Khalizov, Absorption and scattering of light by soot aggregates with uniform and pendular ring coatings, J. Aerosol Sci., 147, 105583, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2020.105583.

Project Information Subsection

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- Grad or undergrad
- Interested in working with experimentalists at the junction of physical chemistry and aerosol science
- Experienced Linux or Unix user (working in a Windows environment is also fine)
- Comfortable working in a remote computing environment
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Some hands-on experience
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New Jersey Institute of Technology
University Heights
Newark, New Jersey. 07102
CR-Rutgers
11/01/2020
No
Already behind3Start date is flexible
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  • Milestone Title: Become familiar with scientific and engineering aspects of the project
  • Milestone Title: Develop the codes and/or perform calculations
  • Milestone Title: Validate the results against experimental measurements
  • Milestone Title: Prepare conference abstracts and journal papers
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Project results will be published. Undergraduate and graduate students author and co-author publications.
Working with scientists and engineers who are primarily experimentalists. Development of numerical models for physics, chemistry, and aerosol science research.
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Effort involved in recruiting and training junior-level research software engineers.
This project may benefit from HPC resources
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Final Report

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