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Baek conducting air quality monitoring & simulation analysis

2024-09-16
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Baek Conducting Air Quality Monitoring & Simulation Analysis

B.H. Baek, Research Associate Professor, Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems, College of Science, received funding for: “EPA Air Quality Modeling and Simulation Analysis (AQM- Office of Air Quality, Planning Standards (OAQPS) Program.”

Baek will perform work in support of the U.S. EPA Office of Air Quality Policy and Standards (OAQPS) Air Quality Modeling and Simulation Analysis.

Baek received $27,316 from General Dynamics on a subaward from the Environmental Protection Agency for this project. Funding began in Aug. 2024 and will end in late Dec. 2024.

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