The Technical Program Committee is excited to host a new poster competition as part of the MAC-MAQ Conference Program. During the Call for Abstracts, we cordially invited emerging researchers and practitioners in the field to partake in this exciting opportunity to hone their presentation skills and gain valuable experience.
During the conference, a distinguished panel of judges will evaluate the posters, offering participants a chance to showcase their research and ideas to esteemed experts. The winner(s) of the competition will receive a prize.
View the list of Poster Competitors below! For further details on eligibility and the judging criteria for this competition, please refer to the information provided here.
Congratulations to our winning presenters!
- Global sectional aerosol microphysics simulations the January 2022 Hunga Tonga Eruption
Parker Case, NASA - Investigating the role of nocturnal heterogeneous chemistry on daytime air quality: a comparison of two modeling schemes
Alicia Hoffman, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Spatial Variability in Formaldehyde and Nitrogen Dioxide Diurnal Cycles in the New York City Area
Madankui Tao, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - High-resolution WRF-Chem modeling of June 2022 ozone exceedance events in the Lake Michigan region
Jerrold Acdan, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Katabatic Flow Turbulence Modeling
Yicheng Li, UC Davis, Civil and Environmental Engineering - Evaluation of the HYSPLIT-WRF-Chem framework to simulate volatile phenols under wildfire conditions. Case study: two wildfire smoke events at a central Washington State winery.
Ana Carla Fernandez Valdes, Washington State University - Impacts of climate change on wildfire PM2.5 and the human health burdens in the US
Minghao Qiu, Stanford University
Competitors
We are incredibly excited to welcome 23 competitors to the inaugural Meteorology And Climate - Modeling for Air Quality (MAC-MAQ) Conference Poster Competition! Take a look at the presentation titles listed below. You can find the poster competitors biographies here and read their abstracts here.
- High-resolution WRF-Chem modeling of June 2022 ozone exceedance events in the Lake Michigan region
Jerrold Acdan, University of Wisconsin-Madison - An evaluation of lidar derived ozone curtain profiles from the TRACER-AQ campaign and WRF-Chem simulation
Claudia Bernier, University of Houston - Global sectional aerosol microphysics simulations the January 2022 Hunga Tonga Eruption
Parker Case, NASA - Combining High Spatial Resolution Fire Information with Daily Fire Activity to Improve a Fire Emissions Estimates
Sam D. Faulstich, University of Utah, Department of Chemical Engineering - Evaluation of the HYSPLIT-WRF-Chem framework to simulate volatile phenols under wildfire conditions. Case study: two wildfire smoke events at a central Washington State winery.
Ana Carla Fernandez Valdes, Washington State University - Predicting major pollutant concentrations and linkages to emissions, meteorology and policy implications in Beijing, China using machine learning methods
Shreya Guha, George Mason University - Investigating the role of nocturnal heterogeneous chemistry on daytime air quality: a comparison of two modeling schemes
Alicia Hoffman, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Constraints on anthropogenic NOx, CO, and VOCs emissions over the US by assimilating multi-constituent TROPOMI satellite measurements
Chia-Hua Hsu, University of Colorado, Boulder - Towards Improved Understanding of Wildfire Smoke Plume Height Estimation in Western U.S. Using Multisource Satellite Observations
Jingting Huang, University of Utah - Katabatic Flow Turbulence Modeling
Yicheng Li, UC Davis, Civil and Environmental Engineering - Spatiotemporal Gap-Filling of NASA Satellite-Derived-AOD in North America Using The UNet 3+ Machine Learning Architecture
Marcela Loria Salazar, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma - Investigating surface ozone sensitivity to HCHO/NO2 ratios over Arizona using the Multi-Scale Infrastructure for Chemistry and Aerosols (MUSICA) model
Seyed Mohammad Amin Mirrezaei, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona - Observational Assessment of Aerosol Impacts on Updraft Speed in Deep Convection
Hallie Pimperl, UC Davis - Impacts of climate change on wildfire PM2.5 and the human health burdens in the US
Minghao Qiu, Stanford University - Trace gas atmospheric rivers: remote drivers of air pollutants
Mukesh Rai, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology - An evaluation of Model II Regression techniques for the intercomparison of two instrumental methods for a national air quality monitoring network
Colleen Marciel Rosales, OpenAQ / UC Davis - Development of PM2.5 transport: Modeling the spatial distribution of Camp Fire from California to New York
Xiaorong Shan, George Mason University - Spatial Variability in Formaldehyde and Nitrogen Dioxide Diurnal Cycles in the New York City Area
Madankui Tao, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Forecating daily and sub-daily fire radiative power using scaled persistence and machine learning for air quality applications
Laura Thapa, University of California, Los Angeles, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences - Configuration and evaluation of the WRF-Chem air quality simulations over Thailand
Worapop Thongsame, University of Colorado Boulder - Extending AIRPACT Simulations to a Third Day
Mohammadamin Vahidi Ghazvini, Washington State University - Connecting Aerosol Modeling and Numerical Weather Prediction from Data Assimilation
Shih-Wei Wei, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation and University at Albany - High Spatiotemporal Resolution Modeling of PM2.5 in West Africa Using Satellite Data and Machine Learning
Benjamin Yang, Columbia University
Poster Competition Information
Eligibility
- Must be an undergraduate, master, PhD student or post-doc (Maximum 4 years after highest degree earned.)
- Participants must attend the conference in-person.
- Posters must be based on MAC-MAQ 2023 program topics.
- Only one poster (abstract) per person can be entered into the competition.
Judgment Criteria
Each poster will be judged on the following four categories: 1.) Broader Impacts & Innovation, 2.) Visual Appeal of Poster Materials, 3.) Communication, and 4.) Overall Presentation. Each category is worth up to 10 judging points for a total of 40 points.
- Broader Impacts & Innovation
- Does the research demonstrate broader societal impact?
- Does this research have the potential to make a novel contribution to the overall field?
- Visual Appeal of Poster Materials
- Are the components of the poster organized in a logical flow?
- Is there a good balance of visuals, text and white space?
- Communication
- Are the outcomes, conclusions, implications, and uncertainties or limitations of the research clearly communicated?
- Can the presenter respond to in-depth questions about the work?
- Overall Presentation
- How well does the presenter engage the audience?
- Is the presentation free of jargon and accessible to a cross-disciplinary audience?
Current Judges
- Karin Ardon-Dryer, Texas Tech University
- Sebastian Eastham, UCAR
- Tracey Holloway, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Emma Knowland, NASA
- Carl Malings, NASA
- Brad Pierce, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Pablo Saide, UCLA
- Allison Steiner, University of Michigan
- Will Vizuete, UNC
Benefits of Competing
- opportunity to receive valuable feedback about research and presentation skills to help you advance your career
- recognition on the conference website and e-newsletters
- all competitors will also receive a certificate of participation from the UC Davis Air Quality Research Center.