 
Left: Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory. Right: PNNL Gulfstream (G-1) aircraft. |
During the first two weeks of the program, a day-trip
will be organized to the US Department of Energy (DOE)
Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory, which is approximately a 2.5 hour drive
from WSU. The purpose of the visit will be to tour
aerosol chemistry labs at the Environmental
Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) national
scientific user facility used by LAR faculty, and to
visit the DOE Research Aircraft Facility
(RAF). The EMSL contains
state of the art equipment for measuring the chemical
composition of particles and should provide an eye
opening experience. Students will see an ion
accelerator used to determine the elemental composition
of particles collected on filters, visit an
environmental electron microscopy lab, and see advanced
research equipment such as a single particle mass
spectrometer. We will coordinate the timing of the
visit with the RAF so that students can see and climb
aboard the G-1 aircraft as it is being equipped for
atmospheric chemistry field research.