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AccomplishmentsI. Statistics 495 - Environmental Statistics Practicum and Statistics 498 - Special Topics in Environmental Statistics. The objective of Statistics 495 is to provide an opportunity for students to work on a consulting project with a researcher/client using real environmental data. Students are working with:
II. Southern Oxidant Study Data Analysis Workshop, Research Triangle Park, NC, March 9, 2000 Students presented their work to leading scientists in academia and government, who work on the photochemical oxidant problem. The students and the title of their poster papers are: Joseph McMichael and Ronnie DeFrancis, "Season - Long Perspective on Ozone/Precursors Interaction Among Seven Sites Near Nashville, TN". Daric Harrington, "Forecasting Ozone with Yesterday's Data and Meteorological Data in the Charlotte Metropolitan Area". III. NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, McKimmon Center, Raleigh, NC, April 27, 2000. The titles of the student poster papers are: Ronald C. DeFrancis and Joseph P. McMichael, “Predicting Ozone, the Principal Constituent of Photochemical Oxidants, Among Seven Sites Near Nashville". Daric R. Harrington, "Protecting the Public Health – Forecasting Photochemical Air Pollution in Charlotte, NC". $200 cash prize for poster. Kristen Madsen, Brian Copeland and Michael Crotty, "An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationships Among Fine and Coarse Particulate Matter and Ozone and Meteorological Variables in North Carolina". Joseph P. McMichael, "Using Smoothing Sequences to Analyze Ozone and Wind Direction Data to Identify Major Sources of Pollution". Audrey M. Rogers, Sharon L. Isley and Jeffrey P. Jarlett, "An Exploratory Analysis of Fine Particulate Matter and its Component Constituents with Ozone and Meteorological Variables in Washington DC". The paper by Daric Harrington won a $200 prize at the NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. Daric received his $200 cash award and recognition at the banquet of the NCSU chapter of Sigma Xi, the Research Society on May 10, 2000. IV. EPA Technical Workshop on PM2.5 Monitoring, Quality Assurance, and Data Analysis, Cary, NC, May 22-25, 2000 Kristen Madsen, Brian Copeland and Michael Crotty, "An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationships Among Fine and Coarse Particulate Matter and Ozone and Meteorological Variables in North Carolina". Audrey M. Rogers, Sharon L. Isley and Jeffrey P. Jarlett, "An Exploratory Analysis of Fine Particulate Matter and its Component Constituents with Ozone and Meteorological Variables in Washington DC". V. Summer VIGRE Program 2000 Three projects:
VI. Air and Waste Management Association's Fourteenth International Symposium on the "Measurement of Toxic and Related Air Pollutants", Research Triangle Park, NC, September 12-14, 2000. The titles of the papers are: Ronald C. DeFrancis and Joseph P. McMichael, "Predicting Ozone, the Principal Constituent of Photochemical Oxidants, Among Seven Sites Near Nashville". Daric R. Harrington, "Protecting the Public Health – Forecasting Photochemical Air Pollution in Charlotte, NC". Kristen Madsen, Brian Copeland and Michael Crotty, "An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationships Among Fine and Coarse Particulate Matter and Ozone and Meteorological Variables in North Carolina". Joseph P. McMichael, "Using Smoothing Sequences to Analyze Ozone and Wind Direction Data to Identify Major Sources of Pollution". Audrey M. Rogers, Sharon L. Isley and Jeffrey P. Jarlett, "An Exploratory Analysis of Fine Particulate Matter and its Component Constituents with Ozone and Meteorological Variables in Washington DC". VII. Future Directions in Air Quality Research, Ecological, Atmospheric, Regulatory/Policy and Educational Issues, Research Triangle Park, NC, February 12, 2001. The titles of the papers are: Kathy Woodside and Wendy Woolfolk, “Protecting the Public Health – Forecasting Fine Particulate Matter.” Lisa Cason, Andy Clarke and Gina Ness, “An Exploratory Analysis of Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Station (PAMS) Data.” Sharon L. Isley, " An Exploratory Analysis of Fine Particulate Matter in Washington DC.” Brian Copeland, Michael Crotty and Kristen Madsen, “An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationships Among Fine and Coarse Particulate Matter and Ozone and Meteorological Variables in North Carolina ” Daric Harrington, “Forecasting Ozone in Metropolitan Charlotte, NC. Audrey M. Rogers, Sharon L. Isley and Jeffrey P. Jarlett, "An Exploratory Analysis of Fine Particulate Matter and its Component Constituents with Ozone and Meteorological Variables in Washington DC". VIII. NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, McKimmon Center, Raleigh, NC, April 19, 2001. The titles of the student poster papers are: Jason Grissom, “Assessing Adverse Health Risks in the U.S. Foreign Service: A Comparison of Particulate Matter Levels in the World’s Megacities.” Kathy Woodside and Wendy Woolfolk, “Protecting the Public Health: Forecasting Fine Particular Matter in Forsyth County.” Lisa Cason, Andy Clarke and Gina Ness, “"An Investigation of Ozone and its Precursors utilizing, Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Station (PAMS) Data in Connecticut and New Jersey." Brian Copeland, “Standard Conditions of Temperature and Pressure vs. Local Conditions - What does it mean for air pollution control?" Michael Crotty, “Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Sulfates, Sulfur Dioxide and Other Pollutants Compared with Sulfur Dioxide Emissions in the Eastern United States, 1990-99.” Daric Harrington, “Controlling Air Pollution: How Accurate Is Emissions Testing? IX. North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Data Analysis Colloquium, Raleigh, NC, May 23, 2001. The titles of the student presentations were: Kathy Woodside, “Protecting the Public Health: Forecasting Fine Particular Matter in Forsyth County.” Michael Crotty, “Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Sulfates, Sulfur Dioxide and Other Pollutants Compared with Sulfur Dioxide Emissions in the Eastern United States, 1990-99.” Daric Harrington, “Controlling Air Pollution: How Accurate Is Emissions Testing? X. Summer VIGRE Program, 2001 Two students – Janet Bartz and Kathy Woodside worked on the PAMS Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Station (PAMS) Project for three clients: the USEPA, the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Southern Oxidant Study. They conducted three briefings – one for each of the clients. Their work culminated in the paper, "Preliminary Investigation of the Atlanta Photochemical Oxidant Data, 1996-98." Part of their work resulted in a technical memo written by Kathy Woodside to the NCDENR on the comparison of the Atlanta and Charlotte volatile organic compound data. XI. Second Annual NC State University Minority Graduate Education (MGE) Summer Research Program Poster Session, July 23, 2001. The titles of the student presentations are: Michael Crotty, "Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Sulfates, Sulfur Dioxide and Other Pollutants Compared with Sulfur Dioxide Emissions in the Eastern United States, 1990-99." Janet Bartz and Kathy Woodside, "Preliminary Investigation of the Atlanta Photochemical Oxidant Data, 1996-98." XII. Mathfest 2001, sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America and Pi Mu Epsilon, Madison, Wisconsin, August 2-3, 2001 The title of the student presentation was: Kathy Woodside, “Protecting the Public Health: Forecasting Fine Particular Matter in Forsyth County.” CASH AWARD for Best Talk. XIII. 2001 Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium, Raleigh, North Carolina, November 10, 2001. Two papers were given: Janet Bartz and Kathy Woodside, "Preliminary Investigation of the Atlanta Photochemical Oxidant Data, 1996-98." Kathy Woodside, “Protecting the Public Health: Forecasting Fine Particular Matter in Forsyth County.” XIV. NCSU Undergraduate Research Awards, November 27, 2001 Three students received an undergraduate research award for $2000 each to pursue their research on the USEPA’s Toxic Research Inventory. Darious Brooker, Ho Ling Cheng and Jeffrey Thomas won the award. XV. NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, McKimmon Center, Raleigh, NC, April 18, 2002. Leslie Schnell, Amy Gabig and Brian Spruell, “Protecting the Public Health - Developing Hourly Air Quality Standards for Environment Canada and the US.” Tracy Robinson, “Saving the Earth by Reducing Ground Level Ozone: What Can We Learn by Examining the Atlanta Ozone Precursor Data?” $200 cash prize for poster. Paul Gallins & Sam Stidham, “Using Statistical Quality Control Analysis to Improve the Accuracy of Volatile Organic Compound Data.” Jeffrey Thomas, Darious Brooker & Ho Ling Cheng, “Can Toxic Release Trends in the Petroleum Industry be Explained?” The paper by Tracy Robinson won a $200 prize at the NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. Tracy received her $200 cash award and recognition at the banquet of the NCSU Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Research Society on April 29, 2002. XVI. North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Data Analysis Colloquium, Raleigh, NC, May 23, 2002. Leslie Schnell, “Protecting the Public Health - Developing Hourly Air Quality Standards for Environment Canada and the US.” Tracy Robinson, “Saving the Earth by Reducing Ground Level Ozone: What Can We Learn by Examining the Atlanta Ozone Precursor Data?” Sam Stidham, “Using Statistical Quality Control Analysis to Improve the Accuracy of Volatile Organic Compound Data.” Jeffrey Thomas & Ho Ling Cheng, “Can Toxic Release Trends in the Petroleum Industry be Explained?” XVII. Summer VIGRE Program 2002 Three VIGRE students – Karen Donaghy, Candace Sorrell and Ben Ogorek worked on US and Canadian PM fine data for two clients: the USEPA, and Environment Canada. Allan Shoulders, a summer student from Hampton University worked on a project examining VOC levels in Charlotte versus Atlanta trying to see if different types of gasoline were responsible for differences in observed volatile organic compound levels. A fifth student, Kristin Chaudoir participated in the RISE program and worked on a sampling problem. Finally, a graduate student, Candace Porter worked on a missing data problem dealing with the Atlanta volatile organic compound data. XVIII. First Annual NC State Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, Raleigh , NC, August 9, 2002. The titles of the student presentations are: Alan Shoulders, Hampton University, “Using the Statistical Analysis System to Investigate Volatile Organic Compound Concentrations in Charlotte and Atlanta” Karen Donaghy and Courtney Sorrell, “Designing Models to Predict Tomorrow’s Air Pollution.” Received an Award. Benjamin Ogorek, “An Exploratory Analysis of Canadian Fine Particulate Matter.” XIIX. Joint Statistical Meetings, New York City, New York, August 11 - 15, 2002. Tracy Robinson, Janet Bartz, Paul Gallins and Sam Stidham, “An Examination of the Atlanta Ozone Precursor Data Provided by the Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Sites (PAMS).” Leslie Schnell, Amy Gabig and Brian Spruell, "Protecting the Public Health - Forecasting Fine Particulate Matter Pollution in Canada and the US.” Jeffrey Thomas, Darious Brooker & Ho Ling Cheng, “ Can Toxic Release Trends in the Petroleum Industry be Explained?” Paul Gallins, Sam Stidham, & Tracy Robinson, “Quality Control Analysis of the Volatile Organic Compound Data.” XIX. NCSU Undergraduate Research Awards, November 27, 2002. Two students received an undergraduate research award for $2000 each to pursue their research on Designing Models to Predict Tomorrow’s Air Pollution. Karen Donaghy and Courtney Sorrell won the award. XX. Air & Waste Management Association’s Annual South Atlantic States Section Meeting, Research Triangle Park, NC, December 4, 2002. Karen Donaghy and Courtney Sorrell, “Designing Models to Predict Tomorrow’s Air Pollution.” This paper won 3 rd prize. Benjamin Ogorek, “An Exploratory Analysis of Canadian Fine Particulate Matter.” Caleb Rowe and Valerie Harris, “Assessing Urban Growth Land Use Patterns and Air Quality Trends in the Phoenix and Raleigh-Durham Metropolitan Areas.” Douglas Hayden, Jay Riley, David Dail, “Exploratory Analysis of PM Fine Organic Carbon & Gaseous Volatile Organic Compound Data.” Christy Finger, Gary Beecham, and Jane Eslinger, “ How Toxic Can It Be? Examining the Guidance for Statistical Evaluation of Hazardous Waste Constituent Levels in Soils.” XXI. NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, McKimmon Center, Raleigh, NC, April 10, 2003. Karen Donaghy and Courtney Sorrell, “Improving the Forecast for Tomorrow’s Air Pollution.” Both students won the $200 cash prize for poster. Benjamin Ogorek , “ An Examination of a Possible Short Term Hourly Standard for PM Fine.” Caleb Rowe and Valerie Harris, “A Tale of Three Cities – How Does Urban Growth Impact Air Pollution? Douglas Hayden, Jay Riley, David Dail, “Predicting PM Fine Organic Carbon from Volatile Organic Compound Gases .” Gary Beecham, Hugh Crews and Christy Finger, “How Toxic Can It Be? Examining the Guidance for Statistical Evaluation of Hazardous Waste Constituent Levels in Soils .” Eliza J. Britt, KeTrena Langhurst, and Jiaomei Liu, “ Resolving the Volatile Organic Compound to Nitrogen Oxides Discrepancy in Houston .” XXII. NC Department of Environment & Natural Resources Data Analysis Colloquium, Raleigh, NC, May 23, 2003. Karen Donaghy and Courtney Sorrell, “Improving the Forecast for Tomorrow’s Air Pollution.” Benjamin Ogorek, “ An Examination of a Possible Short Term Hourly Standard for PM Fine.” XXIII. 96th Annual Air & Waste Management Association Meeting, San Diego, CA from June 22-26, 2003. Karen Donaghy and Courtney Sorrell, “Improving the Forecast for Tomorrow’s Air Pollution.” Benjamin Ogorek, “ An Examination of a Possible Short Term Hourly Standard for PM Fine.” Caleb Rowe and Valerie Harris, “A Tale of Three Cities – How Does Urban Growth Impact Air Pollution? Douglas Hayden, Jay Riley, David Dail, “Predicting PM Fine Organic Carbon from Volatile Organic Compound Gases .” Gary Beecham, Hugh Crews and Christy Finger, “How Toxic Can It Be? Examining the Guidance for Statistical Evaluation of Hazardous Waste Constituent Levels in Soils .” Eliza J. Britt, KeTrena Langhurst, and Jiaomei Liu, “ Resolving the Volatile Organic Compound to Nitrogen Oxides Discrepancy in Houston .” XXIV. Second Annual NC State Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC, August 9, 2003. Caleb Rowe and Valerie Harris, “A Tale of Three Cities – How Does Urban Growth Impact Air Pollution? Received an Award. Louise Camalier and Brendan Yoshimoto, “Can Chemical Upsets and Malfunctions at Industrial Sources Explain the Discrepancy in the VOC to NOx Emission Inventory versus the Air Quality Ration in Houston , TX ?” XXV. Triangle University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Duke University, Durham, NC, November 1, 2003. Louise Camalier, Brendan Yoshimoto and Brian Stines, "A Statistical Methodology for Corroborating Emission Inventories - Solving the Houston Air Quality Emission Inventory Discrepancy." XXVI. NCSU Undergraduate Research Awards, November 18, 2003. Seven students - Louise Camalier, Brian Currier, Ornella Darlington, Jennifer Lawhorn, Jamie Ridenhour, Brian Stines and Brendan Yoshimoto - each received an U ndergraduate Research Award for $500 each to pursue their research. XXVII. Water Resources Research Institute 2004 Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC, March 31, 2004. Ornella Darlington and Brian Currier, “Has water quality gotten better or worst in the Raleigh-Durham Area over the last 30-years? Jera Mendenhall and Audria Humes, “Is there a better way to define swamplands in the Coastal Plain and Sandhills?” Won 3rd Prize in Poster Competition and each student received a $25 cash award. XXVIII. NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, McKimmon Center, Raleigh, NC, April 22, 2004. Louise Camalier, Brendan Yoshimoto and Brian Stines, “A Statistical Method to Corroborate VOC Emission Inventories Using Air Quality Data – Applied to Houston and Atlanta .” Won the $200 cash prize for poster. Jennifer Lawhorn and Jamie Ridenhour, “A Statistical Model to Forecast Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution in Charlotte , NC .” Ornella Darlington and Brian Currier, “Has water quality gotten better or worst in the Raleigh-Durham Area over the last 30-years?” Jera Mendenhall and Audria Humes, “Is there a better way to define swamplands in the Coastal Plain and Sandhills?” XXIX. 97th Annual Air & Waste Management Association Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, June 22-25, 2004. Louise Camalier, Brendan Yoshimoto and Brian Stines, “A Statistical Method to Corroborate VOC Emission Inventories Using Air Quality Data – Applied to Houston and Atlanta.” Jennifer Lawhorn and Jamie Ridenhour, “A Statistical Model to Forecast Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution in Charlotte, NC.” XXX. Third Annual NC State Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC, August 5, 2004. Bryan Stines, “Alternative Methods of Graphically Representing Ambient Air Quality Data, by Locating Point Sources of Emissions.” Jay H. Bibby and Kimberly A. Madsen, “Is there a relationship between water chemistry and bug abundance?” John T. White, “ Is the Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution “Non-attainment” Problem in Hickory and Lexington , NC Regional or Local?” Received an Award. XXXI. Joint Statistical Meetings, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 8-12, 2004. W. Hunt. N. Shah, K. Weems, M. Stephens, W. Swallow, M. Crotty and Jamie Ridenhour, “A Winning Approach for Training Environmental Statisticians.” XXXII. OPT-ED Alliance Day Meeting, Raleigh, NC, September 24, 2004. Audria Humes, “Is there a better way to define swamplands in the Coastal Plain and Sandhills?” XXXIII. Undergraduate Research Journal of North Carolina State University, First Edition http://www.ncsu.edu/undergrad-research/urj/ Louise Camalier, Brendan Yoshimoto and Brian Stines, “A Statistical Method to Corroborate VOC Emission Inventories Using Air Quality Data – Applied to Houston and Atlanta .” XXXIV. Annual Meeting of the South Atlantic States Section of the Air and Waste Management Association, Virginia Beach, VA, November 4-5, 2004. Jamie Ridenhour, “A Statistical Model to Forecast Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution in Charlotte, N.C.” Bryan Stines, “Alternative Methods of Graphically Representing Ambient Air Quality Data, Wind Speed and Wind Direction to Identify the Locations of Point Sources of Emissions” John White, “Is the Fine Particulate Matter “Nonattainment” Problem in Hickory and Lexington , NC Local or Regional?” XXXV. Triangle Undergraduate Research Symposium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, November 6, 2004. Jera Mendenhall, “Is there a better way to define swamplands in the Coastal Plain and Sandhills?” Jay Bibby, Audria Humes and Kimberly Madsen, “Is there a relationship between water chemistry and bug abundance?” Ken Hayden, Paul Tillman, and Cathy Pitts, “An Analysis of Environmental Toxic Release Trends in Wake County, North Carolina” XXXVI. NCSU Undergraduate Research Awards, November 19, 2004. Eight students – Ken Hayden, Audria Humes, Kimberly Madsen, Jera Mendenhall, Cathy Pitts, Bryan Stines, Paul Tillman and John White - each received an Undergraduate Research Award for $500 each to pursue their research. XXXVII. Statistics/Biomathematics/ Bioengineering Undergraduate Poster Session, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, February 4, 2005. John White and Ashley Queen, “Is the Fine Particulate Matter “Nonattainment” Problem in Hickory and Lexington, NC Local or Regional?” XXXVIII. Meredith College: Mathematical Association of America, Southeastern Section, 84th Annual Meeting, Raleigh, NC, March 11-12, 2005 Ken Hayden, Paul Tillman, and Cathy Pitts, “An Analysis of USA Air Toxic Release Trends” Andrew Moore, Maya Thompson & Bryan Stines, “What is the best way to characterize the distribution of residential wood combustion emissions and how do we estimate average emissions with confidence?” John White and Ashley Queen, “Is the Fine Particulate Matter “Nonattainment” Problem in Hickory and Lexington, NC Local or Regional?” XXXIX. 24th Annual National Conference on Managing Environmental Quality Systems, San Diego, California, April 11 - 14, 2005. Ken Hayden, Paul Tillman, and Cathy Pitts, “An Analysis of USA Air Toxic Release Trends” Bryan Stines, “Alternative Methods of Graphically Representing Ambient Air Quality Data, Wind Speed and Wind Direction to Identify the Locations of Point Sources of Emissions” John White and Ashley Queen, “Is the Fine Particulate Matter “Nonattainment” Problem in Hickory and Lexington, NC Local or Regional?” XL. Capital Research Day, North Carolina State Legislature, Raleigh, NC, April 12, 2005 Kimberly Madsen, “Is there a connection between bug abundance and water chemistry?” XLI. USEPA Earth Day Celebration, Research Triangle Park, NC, April 21, 2005 Kimberly Madsen and Audria Humes, “Is there a connection between bug abundance and water chemistry?” Jera Mendenhall, "Statistical Analysis of Waterways in the Coastal Plains - Is there a better way to define swamplands in the Coastal Plains?" Andrew Moore, Maya Thompson and Bryan Stines, “Using Statistics to Better Characterize the Residential Wood Combustion Emissions Project.” Cathy Pitts, Ken Hayden and Paul Tillman, “Trends in the Toxic Release Inventory.” Bryan Stines, “Alternative Methods of Graphically Representing Ambient Air Quality Data, Wind Speed and Wind Direction to Identify the Locations of Point Sources of Emissions.” John White and Ashley Queen, “Is the Fine Particulate Matter ‘Nonattainment’ Problem in Hickory and Lexington, NC Local or Regional?” XLII. Undergraduate Research Symposium, McKimmon Center, April 28, 2005 Kimberly Madsen and Audria Humes, “Is there a connection between bug abundance and water chemistry?” Jera Mendenhall, "Statistical Analysis of Waterways in the Coastal Plains - Is there a better way to define swamplands in the Coastal Plains?" Andrew Moore, Maya Thompson and Bryan Stines, “Using Statistics to Better Characterize the Residential Wood Combustion Emissions Project.” Cathy Pitts, Ken Hayden and Paul Tillman, “Trends in the Toxic Release Inventory.” Bryan Stines, “Alternative Methods of Graphically Representing Ambient Air Quality Data, Wind Speed and Wind Direction to Identify the Locations of Point Sources of Emissions.” John White and Ashley Queen, “Is the Fine Particulate Matter ‘Nonattainment’ Problem in Hickory and Lexington , NC Local or Regional?” Won the $200 cash prize for poster. XLIII. Other Student Accomplishments Four are continuing on for a Ph.D: Michael Crotty, Hugh Crews, Kristen Madsen and Benjamin Ogorek. Nine students graduated with a master’s degree in statistics: Janet Bartz, Michael Crotty, Ronnie DeFrancis, Paul Gallins, Daric Harrington, Kristen Madsen, Benjamin Ogorek, Tracy Robinson and Kathy Woodside. Seventeen students have gone onto graduate school programs in statistics: Gary Beecham, Ho Ling Cheng, Brian Copeland, Hugh Crews, David Dail, Ronnie DeFrancis, Karen Donaghy, Christy Finger, Amy Gabig, Paul Gallins, Valerie Harris, Douglas Hayden, KeTrena Langhurst, Ben Ogorek, Alan Shoulders, Kathy Woodside and Wendy Woolfolk. Joseph McMichael, Lisa Cason, Andy Clarke, Angela Pitts, Jane Eslinger, Janet Bartz, Douglas Hayden and Kimberly Madsen are employed at the Research Triangle Institute as environmental statisticians. Ten students have worked part-time at the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) as statisticians: Janet Bartz, Michael Crotty, Brian Copeland, Karen Donaghy, Shawn Edney, Daric Harrington, Sharon Isley, Kristen Madsen, Ben Ogorek and Kathy Woodside. Louise Camalier is employed as an Environmental Statistician at EPA, RTP, NC. XLIV. Graduate Student Accomplishments Kevin Daly, my former graduate assistant, worked with me creating a web page. He assisted the undergraduate students in dealing with complex environmental data sets. Over and beyond his responsibilities as my graduate assistant, he conducted an in-depth analysis for the NCDENR and wrote the following report for them: Kevin Daly, Surface Level Ozone and Meteorological Variables in the Charlotte NC MSA: Correlation Study and Summer of 1993-1997 Hourly Data, North Carolina Department of the Environment and Natural Resources, November 1999. My current graduate student, Michael Crotty, was also a former student. He received the North Carolina State University’s prestigious Department of Statistics’ Gertrude M. Cox Fellowship for his graduate study. Michael and I have co-authored nine papers/presentations: William F. Hunt, Jr., and Michel Crotty, “Protecting the Public Health - Forecasting Fine Particulate Matter,” The 22nd International Symposium on Forecasting 2002, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, June 23-26, 2002. William F. Hunt, Jr., Kimberly Weems and Michael Crotty, “A Winning Approach for Training Environmental Statisticians,” 96th Annual Air & Waste Management Association Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 22-26, 2003. William F. Hunt, Jr., Kimberly Weems and Michael Crotty, “ Training Environmental Statisticians – Tomorrow’s Problem Solvers,” Joint Mathematics Meeting, MAA Poster Session – Projects Supported by the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education, Phoenix, AZ, January 9, 2004. William F. Hunt, Jr., Kimberly Weems and Michael Crotty, Panel Discussion, “Analyzing Environmental Data Through a Partnership Between Undergraduate Statistical Programs and Government Agencies,” 97th Annual Air & Waste Management Association Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, June 22-25, 2004. William F. Hunt, Jr., Kimberly Weems and Benjamin Ogorek, “An Alternative PM Fine Standard, Based Upon the Daily Max Hour PM fine Value,” submitted to EM, the Air & Waste Management Association’s Magazine for Environmental Managers, 2004. W. Hunt, N. Shah, K. Weems, M. Stephens, W. Swallow and M. Crotty, “A Winning Approach for Training Environmental Statisticians.” Joint Statistical Meetings, Toronto , Ontario , Canada , August 8-12, 2004. W. Hunt, N. Shah, K. Weems, M. Stephens, W. Swallow, M. Crotty and A. Moore, “Training Environmental Statisticians – Tomorrow’s Problem Solvers,” The First United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS), Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, May 19-21, 2005. W. Hunt, K. Weems, W. Swallowand M. Crotty, “Collaborative Research: Training Environmental Statisticians Using Complicated Data Sets to Make More Informed Environmental Statisticians,” 2005 WNAR/IMS Annual Meeting, Fairbanks, AK, June 21-24, 2005. W. Hunt, K. Weems, W. Swallow and M. Crotty, “Training Environmental Statisticians – Tomorrow’s Problem Solvers, ” 25 th European Meeting of Statisticians, Oslo , Norway , July 24-28, 2005. Email contact for this site: whunt@stat.ncsu.edu Last updated: August 16, 2005 |