Michael E. Chang                 Last Updated 10/13/04

    

School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA 30332-0340 USA

Ph: 404-385-0573

Fax: 404-894-5638

chang@eas.gatech.edu

 

Employment

Georgia Institute of Technology

School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

·         2000 – present: Sr. Research Scientist

·         1997 – 2000: Research Scientist II

·         1993 – 1997: Research Scientist I

·         1992 – 1993: Research Technician III

·         1990 - 1992: Graduate Research Assistant

 

Center for Urban and Regional Ecology

·         1998 – present: Coordinator

 

Georgia Environmental Protection Division

Air Protection Branch

·         1997 – 1998: Coordinator, Office of Scientific Development

·         1992 – 1997: Air Quality Modeler

 

McDonnell Douglas Corporation

C-17 Stability and Control

·         1988 – 1990: Engineer/Scientist

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology

·         1997 - Ph.D. Earth & Atmospheric Sciences.  

·         1997 - MSPP Public Policy

·         1992 - MS Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

·         1987 - BAE Aerospace Engineering

 

Active Research Projects (as Principal Investigator)

·         Fall line Air Quality Study; Sponsor: Georgia Environmental Protection Division; Co-P.I.(s): A. Russell, K. Baumann;       Funding Level: $2,810,000; Period of Performance: 5/1/00 – 12/31/04.

·         Partnership for Environmental Research and Community Health (PERCH) Air Quality Study; Sponsor: University of West Florida; Co-P.I.(s): K. Baumann, A. Russell, R. Weber,  C. Cardelino, T. Odman, and A. Bostrom; Funding Level: $450,000; Period of Performance: 9/1/02 – 6/30/05.

·         Georgia Air Quality Forecasting; Sponsor: Georgia Environmental Protection Division; Co-P.I.: C. Cardelino; Funding Level: $675,530; Period of Performance: 4/1/97 – 12/31/04

·         RSim: A Regional Simulation to Explore Impacts of Resource Use and Constraints; Sponsor: Oakridge National Laboratory; Funding Level: $117,921; Period of Performance: 6/27/02 – 9/30/07.

·         Air Quality, Emissions, Growth, and Change: A Method to Prescribe a Desirable Future; Sponsor: US EPA; Co-P.I.(s): A. Russell, D. Noonan, J. Chapman (LFCI), A. Carpenter (GTRI); Funding Level: $650,000; Period of Performance: 2004-2007 (contract award in November 2004).

 

Five Recent Publications

·         Chang, M.E., D.E. Hartley, C. Cardelino, D. Haas-Laursen, and W.L. Chang, “On Inverse Methods for Resolving Emissions with Large Spatial Inhomogeneities,” J. of Geophysical Research, vol. 102, p. 16023-16036, 1997.

·         Saylor, R.D., W.L. Chameides, and M.E. Chang, “Demonstrating Attainment in Atlanta Using Urban Airshed Model Simulations: Impact of Boundary Conditions and Alternative Forms of the NAAQS,  Atmospheric Environment, vol. 33; pp. 1057-1064, 1999.

·         Chang, M.E., “Strategic Air Quality Planning in the Context of Sustainability,” Atmospheric Environment, vol. 34, p. 2495-2496, 2000.

·         Chang, M.E. and C. Cardelino, "Application of the Urban Airshed Model to Forecasting Next-Day Peak Ozone Concentrations in Atlanta, Georgia," J. of the Air & Waste Mgt. Assoc. vol. 50, p. 2010-2024, 2000.

·         Cardelino, C., M. Chang, J. St. John, B. Murphey, J. Cordle, R. Ballagas, L. Patterson, K. Powell, J. Stogner, S. Zimmer-Dauphinee, “Ozone Predictions in Atlanta, Georiga: Analysis of the 1999 Ozone Season,” J. of the Air & Waste Mgt. Assoc. vol. 51, p. 1227-1236, 2001.