People

Current Members

	Alan Shihadeh Principal Investigator Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, AUB Research Interests: Aerosol Thermodynamics; Human Exposure & Effects; Organic Particles in the Atmosphere; Particle Transport, Deposition, and Phase Change Phenomena; Urban Air Pollution; Pollutant Formation in Flames
	Rola Salman Aerosol Lab Manager / Analytical Chemist Master in Environmental Technology, AUB Research Interests: Characterization of Mainstream and Sidestream Tobacco Smoke Toxicants
	Nareg Karaoghlanian Research Engineer Master in Mechanical Engineering, AUB Research Interests: Mechatronics, Programming
	Soha Talih Post-doctoral fellow PhD, Biomedical Engineering, UK Research Interest: Homogeneous nucleation of gaseous mixtures
	Mohamad Baassiri Graduate Research Assistant Master in Mechanical Engineering, AUB Research Interests: Evaporation Kinetics and Thermodynamic Properties of Organic Aerosols from Gasoline Engine Emissions
	Ebrahim Karam Research Assistant B.E. (Bachelor of Engineering) in Electrical and computer engineering minor in Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering Research Interests: Embedded Systems and Topography devices
	Mario El Hourani Mechanical Engineering PHD Student Master's Degree: Applied Energy (AUB) Graduated in 2013 Research Interests: Waterpipes and Electronic cigarettes aerosol toxicants, Renewable energy systems
	Omar El Hajj Graduate Research Assistant B.E in Mechanical Engineering Research Interests: Combustion, Heat and Mass transfer in Porous Media
	Ahmad El Hellani Research Associate PhD in Organic Chemistry Research interest: Assessment of ECIG's efficiency in nicotine delivery as a modified risk tobacco product, and detection/quantification of toxicant emissions in their aerosols.
	Rachel El Hage Senior Research Assistant Master's Degree in pharmacology and cosmetology Research Interest: quantitative and qualitative analysis of e cigarette liquid content and aerosol toxicants and emissions

Alumni

			Christina Haddad Graduate Research Assistant Master of Science, Chemistry, AUB Research Interest: Reactive oxygen species assessment in aerosols of electronic cigarette
			Khairallah Atwi Graduate Research Assistant Master's in mechanical engineering, AUB
			Maha Yazbeck Graduate Research Assistant Master's in mechanical engineering, AUB
			Sarah Soussy Graduate Research Assistant Master of Science, Chemistry, AUB Research Interest: Detection of HMF and FA in the aerosol of electronic cigarettes
			Mariam Fawaz Graduate Research Assistant Masters in Mechanical Engineering, AUB. Research Interest: Evaporation Kinetics of Secondary Organic Aerosols Generated by Photochemistry of Engine Emissions
			Zainab Balhas Graduate Research Assistant Master in Mechanical Engineering, AUB Research Interests: Developing heat and mass transfer model to predict ECIG nicotine yields as a function of product design and puff parameters
			Rachid Ammar Research Associate PhD in environmental and physical chemistry, University of Lyon I, Lyon, France Research Interest: Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Atmospheric Aerosols, Gasoline Engine Exhaust, Air Quality
			Ezzat Jaroudi Aerosol Lab Manager Master's of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, AUB, 2006 Research Interests: Particle Size Measurements and Instrumentation, Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
			Sara Jaber Graduate Research Assistant Master in Applied Energy, AUB Research Interests: Atmospheric Aerosols and Primary Organic Aerosols
			Omar Melhem Post-doctoral Research Research Interests: Diesel Engine Exhaust Particle Size Distribution
			Joseph Bakarji Research Assistant BE in Mechanical Engineering ,AUB Research Interests: MEMS
			Elizabeth Sepetdjian Research Associate Department of Chemistry, AUB Master of Science, Chemistry, AUB 2006 Research Interests: Analytical Chemistry of Aerosol Particles
			Rasha Abdul Halim Graduate Research Assistant Department of Chemistry, AUB Research Interest: analytical chemistry of tobacco smoke
		Marc Al Helou Research Assistant BS in Physics, AUB, 2008 Research Interests: ultrafine particle distribution patterns from diesel generator emissions in urban environments
		Sarah Safieddine Graduate Research Assistant Department of Physics, AUB Research Interests: evaporation kinetics and thermodynamic properties of organic aerosols.
		Hassan Beydoun Undergraduate Research Assistant Department of Mechanical Engineering, AUB Research Interest: Atmospheric Aerosols
		Charbel Antonios Research Assistant Department of Mechanical Engineering, AUB Research Interests: Shape Memory Alloy and instrumentation
		Sima Azar, MS Controls Engineer Revolutionary Engineering, Inc. Livonia, MI, USA Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, U New Mexico, 2005
		Therese Badr Post-doctoral Research Associate PhD in Mechanical and Energetic Engineering, Ecole des Mines - Douai, France, 2007 Research Interests: computational fluid dynamics, fugitive dust emissions, particle deposition, environmental chemistry
		Mariam El Rashidi Graduate Research Assistant Department of Chemistry, AUB Research Interests: measurement of carbonyl compounds in particle and gas phases of tobacco smoke aerosols
		Antoine Haddad Research Assistant Department of Mechanical Engineering, AUB
		Marwan H. Katurji PhD Candidate Center for Atmospheric Research University of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand Master of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, AUB 2005 Research Interests: aerosol sampling, modeling and measurement of atmospheric wind velocity features
		Elie Kfoury Assistant Instructor and Graduate Research Assistant Department of Mechanical Engineering, AUB Research Interests: fixed bed combustion, pollutant formation kinetics
		May Khalil Graduate Research Assistant Department of Mechanical Engineering, AUB Research Interests: aerosol transport phenomena
		Bassel Monzer Graduate Research Assistant Department of Mechanical Engineering, AUB Research Interests:heat and mass transfer in porous beds, toxicant sources in tobacco smoke aerosols
		Rawad Saleh Visiting Research Engineer Post-doctoral fellow, Carnegie Mellon University Master's of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, AUB 2004 PhD, Environmental Engineering, Duke University 2011 Research Interests: aerosol thermodynamics, and particle growth and evaporation kinetics
		Hiba Sheheitli PhD Candidate Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Research Interests: Nonlinear dynamics