Aerosol Technology Committee 

The mission of the Committee is:

To provide a forum for exchanging ideas and information about aerosols as they impact the workplace and the community and to participate in the development and analysis of related technological and regulatory issues.

Goals and Objectives

Goal: Assemble, evaluate and disseminate to occupational and environmental health professionals information relevant to sampling, analysis and the physical characterization of aerosols.

Objective #1: Discuss and act upon aerosol issues.

Strategies:

• Designate specific members to track and report on identified issues.
• Respond to AIHA Board requests to address specific issues.
• Meet at the AIHce and at other times as appropriate.
• Solicit papers; organize sessions; and provide session arrangers, chairs, and monitors for the AIHce.
• Prepare relevant information for publication.

Objective #2: Provide education and training on aerosol technology issues.

Strategy: Provide an annual basic professional development course (PDC), solicit or develop new PDCs, and keep existing PDCs up to date.

Goal: Actively participate in identifying and responding to aerosol issues.

Objective #3: Identify, evaluate, and comment on proposed legislation, regulations and standards affecting aerosol technology.

Strategies:

• Monitor and report on relevant activities by rule-making organizations.
• Develop and recommend positions to the AIHA Board.

The Aerosol Technology Committee would like to congratulate the following winners from AIHce 2010:

PS 401 Best of Session; High-flow Personal Respirable Dust Sampler for Increased Sensitivity. S. Trakumas, SKC Inc., Eighty Four, PA.

Paul Baron Best Student Poster
A Personal, Thermophoretic Sampler for Collection and Analysis of Airborne Nanoparticles, Daniel Lee Thayer, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO