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ACER's remit has expanded and ACER is now part of the new National Center of Excellence for Research in the Intermodal Transport Environment (RITE) – Same team, larger mission

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Sensor Fab
BSU microfabrication facility.

The ACER team has expertise on the healthfulness of the airliner cabin for passengers and crew, Environmental control systems (ECS), plus chemical/biological sensing and decontamination. For more details, please see the relevant presentation from our kickoff meeting. Other pages give details of our industry partners and advisory board.

ACER Directors and PIs

Auburn University (Administrative Lead)
Ruel A. (Tony) Overfelt - Executive Director
Barton C. (Bart) Prorok - Co-PI

Purdue University (Technical Co-Lead)
Qingyan (Yan) Chen - Principal Director

Harvard University (Technical Co-Lead)
John D. (Jack) Spengler - Principal Director
Donald (Don) Milton - Co-PI

Boise State University
Sin Ming Loo - PI
John M. Owens - Formerly Co-PI has retired
Joseph (Joe) Hartman - Late PI In Memoriam

Kansas State University
Byron W. Jones - PI
Mohammad H. (Mo) Hosni - Co-PI

University of California Berkeley
William W. (Bill) Nazaroff - PI
Ira Tager - Co-PI

University of Medicine & Dent. of New Jersey
Charles J. (Charlie) Weschler - PI
Clifford P. (Cliff) Weisel - Co-PI

FAA Management Team & ACERRT


Charles J. (Chuck) Ruehle - Sponsor & Scientific Mentor
Patricia A. (Pat) Watts - FAA CoE Program Director
Jean Watson - Scientific Advisor

Project monitors for ACER's research projects are drawn from the FAA's internal Airliner Cabin Environment Research Response Team (ACERRT). For details of ACERRT, please contact one of the FAA management team members listed above.

Project Teams and FAA Monitors

Project 1: Ozone

ACER Coordinator
William (Bill) Nazaroff, University of California, Berkeley

FAA Monitor
Nancy Claussen

Team Members

University of California, Berkeley
Beverly (Bev) Coleman
Shannon Cowlin

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Al Hodgson
Brett Singer
Hugo Destaillats

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Charles (Charlie) Weschler

Project 2: Pesticides

ACER Coordinator
Clifford P. (Cliff) Weisel, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

FAA Monitors
Jean Watson and Nancy Claussen

Team Members

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Randy Maddalena

Tom McKone

University of California, Berkeley
William (Bill) Nazaroff

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
See above

Project 3: Pressure

ACER Coordinator
John (Jack) Spengler, Harvard University

FAA Monitor
Charles (Chuck) Ruehle

Team Members

Harvard University
Gary Adamkiewicz
Joan Arnold
Joe Brain
Don Milton
Matt Welsh

University of California, Berkeley
Ira Tager

Oklahoma State University
Paul B. Rock

Project 4: Incidents (Joint with OHRCA)

ACER Coordinator
John (Jack) Spengler, Harvard University

FAA Monitors
Stephen (Steve) Happenny and Nancy Clausen

Team Members

Harvard School of Public Health
Larisa Altshul
Joan Arnold
Joan Bradley
Steve Ferguson
Eileen McNeely
Don Milton
Jose Vallarino

University of California, Berkeley
Ira Tager

OHRCA
Mohamed Abou-Donia
John Balmes
John Cornelius
Bob Harrison
Steven (Steve) Hecker
Laurel Kincl
Tristan Loraine
Helen Moss
Judith Murawski
Chris van Netten
Chris Witkowski

Project 5: In-Flight Measurements

ACER Coordinator
John (Jack) Spengler

FAA Monitors
Noal May and Charles (Chuck) Ruehle

Team Members

Boise State University
Sin Ming Loo

Harvard University

See above

Kansas State University
Byron Jones
Mohammad H. (Mo) Hosni

Purdue University

Qingyan (Yan) Chen

University of California, Berkeley
William (Bill) Nazaroff

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Clifford P. (Cliff) Weisel

Charles (Charlie) Weschler

Project 6: Contaminant Transport

ACER Coordinator
Qingyan (Yan) Chen, Purdue University

FAA Monitor
Steve Happenny

Team Members

Kansas State University
Byron Jones
Mohammad H. (Mo) Hosni

Purdue University
See above

Project 7: Sensors

ACER Coordinator
Ruel A. (Tony) Overfelt, Auburn University

FAA Monitors
Jean Watson

Team Members

Auburn University
James M. Barbaree
Zhongyang Cheng
Jeffrey W. Fergus
Jong-Wook Hong
Dong-Joo (Daniel) Kim
W. Charles Neely
Valery A. Petrenko
Barton C. (Bart) Prorok
Curtis G. Shannon
Aleksandr L. Simonian
Vitaly Vodyanoy

Boise State University
Sin Ming Loo

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lara A. Gundel
Tom Kirchstetter

Purdue University
Yeong Kim
Phil Low
Ronald (Ron) Reifenberger

Project 8: Decontamination

ACER Coordinator
Ruel A. (Tony) Overfelt, Auburn University

FAA Monitors
Jean Watson

Team Members

Auburn University

James M. Barbaree
Zhongyang Cheng

Shih-feng (Stanley) Chou

David F. (Dave) Dyer
Jeffrey W. Fergus
Jong-Wook Hong
R. Wayne Johnson
Dong-Joo (Daniel) Kim
W. Charles Neely
Barton C. (Bart) Prorok
Curtis G. Shannon
Aleksandr L. Simonian

Harvard University
Melvin First
Steve Rudnick
John (Jack) Spengler

Kansas State University
Byron Jones
Mohammad H. (Mo) Hosni

Purdue University
Qingyan (Yan) Chen

Project 9: Infectious Disease Transmission

ACER Coordinator
John (Jack) Spengler, Harvard University

FAA Monitors
TBD

Team Members

Harvard University

John (Jack) Spengler

Purdue University

Qingyan (Yan) Chen

 

 

 



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