- NSF Grant, “Unipolar Diffusion Charging of Spherical and Agglomerated Nanoparticles and its Application toward Surface-area Measurement,” (PI: D.Y.H. Pui with Fissan, Asbach, Wang and TSI), $300,000 (9/15/12-9/14/15)
- European Committee for Standardization (CEN/TC195/ M/461), “Methodology to Determine Effectiveness of Filtration Media against Nanoparticles in the Size Range of 3 to 500 Nanometer,” (Project Leader and Reference Lab PI: J. Wang; Support Lab PI: D.Y.H. Pui), $400,000 total for both labs (2013-19)
- US Army Primary Standards Lab, “Number Concentration Calibration of a CPC and OPC at Ultra-low Concentration,” (PI: David Y.H. Pui) $160,000 (1/1/13-12/30/15)
- IUTA, Duisburg, Germany: Heinz Fissan, Stephen Haep and Christof Asbach on AMC Detection and Filtration Project.
- ETH Zurich-Empa: Jing Wang, Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Engineering. Jing is the PI of a new project funded by Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), “Particulate Matter and Gas Phase Emission Measurement of Aircraft Engine Exhaust,” which will contribute significantly to the setup of a certification requirement for non-volatile PM measurement and of standard at an international level.
- Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU): Da-Ren Chen, Chair Professor, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department; continue collaboration on filtration research.
- China Northeastern University, Prof. Jingxian Liu and Dr. Deqiang Chang
- University of Erlangen: Prof. Wolfgang Peukert, Director of German Cluster of Excellence – Engineering of Advanced Materials; ongoing collaboration on Quantum Dots Filtration.
- Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IEECAS), Prof.Junji Cao, Key Lab for Aerosol Chemistry and Physics
- Filter Pleating Design for Loaded Filters
- Bimodal Loading of HVAC and Engine In-take Filters
- Penetration of sub-3 nm particles through Granular Activated Carbon
- Engine Emissions Control for DPF/GPF
- Particle Standards and Calibration Studies
- Filter Cleaning Performance under Pulsed-Jet Cleaning Test Rig
- Filter Panel Position and Loading Uniformity
- Effect of Particle Properties and RH on Filter Loading
- Modeling Particle Penetration in Electret Media
- Dust Dispersion Uniformity and Deagglomeration for ISO5011 and 19713 Measurements using (Direct Image Particle Analysis) DIPA
- PM2.5 Outgassing from Loaded on the Filter; AMC and VOC Control
- Respirator filtration efficiency under realistic cyclic flow condition
- Filtration of Liquid-borne Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots
- Agglomerates Charging for NP Surface Area Monitoring
- Filter media efficiency for sub-50 nm nanoparticles
- Gas turbine filter evaluation (include how to collect the droplets)
- Development of a Particle Measurement System for Ultra Pure Water