News

2024

Our CASA project was featured in this nice article from NIST: A House Ahead of Its Time.

Prof. Vance became a fellow of the CU Boulder Office of Faculty Affair's Faculty Leadership Institute.

Welcome to our new group members:

Smit Ajmera, professional MS student,
Henrik Helmig, DLA student,
Ethan Richter, DLA student.

Prof. Vance became the Director for Graduate Education for the Environmental Engineering Program at CU Boulder.

Prof. Vance was interviewed for Expert Reviews on What Does an Air Purifier Do?

Welcome to our new PhD student Rileigh Robertson!

2023

Dr. Marina Vance, Fulbright US Scholar, Delivers Seminars on PM2.5 Assessment in Australia

Congratulations to Drew Martin on his Master's Thesis defense. The title of his thesis was: "Transport and Implications of Point-Source PM_2.5 Emissions in a Multi-Story House."

Congratulations to PhD student Sofie Schwink for winning a student poster competition award at AAAR!

Congratulations to Austin Hayes on defending his PhD dissertation! Austin was co-advised by Prof. Greg Whiting. The title of his dissertation was: "Additive Manufacturing for Wind Turbine Generators: How Safety, Hybrid Approaches, and Advanced Cooling Come Together to Create High-Power Density Generators."

Prof. Vance has earned tenure at CU Boulder!

Vance wins Fulbright Scholar Award to do year-long research project in Indonesia

Congratulations to Brittany Nixon on her Master's Thesis defense. The title of her thesis was: "TModeling photovoltaic soiling with co-located ambient particulate matter data."

2022

Congratulations to Sumit (Sam) Sankhyan on defending his PhD dissertation! The title of his dissertation was: "Aerosol Science and Engineering Research for Indoor Air Quality Improvement and Mitigating Exposure."

Prof. Vance was interviewed by the podcast "Environmental Conversations" with Lilia Abron, president of AAEES, and Joel Ducoste, president of AEESP.

Our research was featured in: What the Marshall Fire can teach us as we prepare for future climate catastrophes - CU Boulder Today

2021

Our research was featured in two articles:

You Can Wash and Reuse Your Cloth Mask for a Year Without Losing Protection, Study Finds - EcoWatch
Don’t throw that cloth mask away yet—it still works - CU Boulder Today

Our new WildPM project was featured in multiple articles:

CU Boulder researchers receive $1.1M EPA grant to study wildfire smoke - The Daily Camera
Amid wildfires and a pandemic, here’s how to keep your indoor air clean - CU Boulder Today
University of Colorado Boulder researchers awarded $1.1 million for projects to reduce exposure to wildland fire smoke at school and at home - EPA Region 8 News Release

Simple safety measures reduce musical COVID-19 transmission - CU Boulder Today

Prof. Vance was interviewed for the local news: The Best Methods To Filter Indoor Air, According To A Pollution Expert At CU Boulder - Channel 4 CBS Denver

Prof. Vance was interviewed by the Smithsonian Magazine: Four Ways to Protect Yourself From Harmful Air Pollution Caused by Wildfires

June, 2021. Congratulations to Sarah Toth on defending her PhD! She was co-advised by prof. Mike Hannigan. The title of her dissertation was: “Ambient Particular Matter and Photovoltaic Soiling Loss”.

Prof. Vance was interviewed by Healthline: Wildfire Season is Coming, What You Should Do Right Now

News article about Prof. Vance's new NSF CAREER Award: Vance to study changes in particles as they move between indoor, outdoor environments

Apr 2021. PhD student Sarah Toth's research was featured on NREL's website: Scientists Studying Solar Try Solving a Dusty Problem

2020

Prof. Vance was interviewed by Healthline: Will Your COVID-19 Mask Protect You from Wildfire Smoke?

Prof. Vance was interviewed by Scientific American: Coronavirus Lockdowns May Raise Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution

Prof. Vance was interviewed by GQ Magazine: How to Clear the Air, Literally, in Your Home

2019

Prof. Vance was interviewed by The Washington Times: Environmental scientists express concern about indoor air pollution

Prof. Vance co-edited a journal special issue on Indoor air: sources, chemistry and health effects, Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. Several papers from this special issue have made to the ESPI Best Papers of 2019 collection

Prof. Vance was named a McLagan Family Faculty Fellow by the College of Engineering at CU Boulder.

Studies show how homes can pollute indoor air - Science News for Students

Prof. Vance and other colleagues from the HOMEChem study were interviewed by the New Yorker Magazine: The Hidden Air Pollution in our Homes

As global fight for clean air intensifies, IKEA unveils air-purifying curtain - UN Environment

Bringing Attention to Indoor Air Pollution - Forbes Magazine

Household Chemicals Pose Health Hazards - AAAS News

Cooking, Cleaning Could Raise Air Pollution Levels In Homes, Study Says - CBS Local

Cooking, Frying, Washing, and Cleaning all contribute to outdoor air pollution - Health News Office

Toast is more toxic than traffic fumes - The Times

How to pollution-proof your roast dinner - The Telegraph

Why your roast dinner could be killing you: Indoor pollution from cooking as bad as in city centres, say scientists - The Telegraph

Your home is a hidden source of air pollution - CU Boulder Today

Earthly Exploration - CU Engineering

2018

HOMEChem gives chemistry student inside look at air quality - The Triangle

Dr. Vance was elected vice-chair of the Indoor Aerosols and Aerosol Exposure Working Group for AAAR, the American Association for Aerosol Research. This is a 2-year position that starts as vice-chairs and then moves on to chair. Duties include selecting abstracts for oral and poster presentations at the AAAR conferences, proposing plenary speakers, tutorial sessions, and special symposia.

Dr. Vance was interviewed by the Helium Podcast about life in academia as a tenure-track professor. Check out the podcast here.

Are you ‘safely indoors’? - Education in Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry)

30 Seconds of HOMEChem: World's Most Awesome Experiment in Indoor Air - Home Performance on Youtube

Meet Marina Vance, the Skeptic of HOMEChem - Home Performance on Youtube.

Large scale experiment probes chemistry inside our homes - Chemistry World

Indoor Chemistry, and emerging science. - National Press Foundation. Featuring a news story and three video interviews exploring the HOMEChem study.

Nation's largest, most comprehensive indoor chemistry study now underway - EurekAlert.

Ryan Elementary, CU Boulder partner to build toy for Children's Hospital Colorado - Boulder Daily Camera (news related to a Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Project)

Rain Game brings science learning to children in the hospital - Mechanical Engineering Blog (news related to a Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Project)

Designing a UAV system that can outsmart a thunderstorm - Mechanical Engineering Blog (news related to a Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Project)

3-D printer emissions raise concerns and prompt controls - Chemical & Engineering News

2017

Vance earns $1.25 million Sloan Foundation air quality grant - EurekAlert
Bringing chemistry HOME with $1.1 million Sloan Foundation grant - EurekAlert

2016

Green-er gold nanoparticles - Environmental Science: Nano Blog

Learn about nanotechnology with these tutorial posts! - VTSuN Blog

2015

Nanotechnology in our everyday lives - VTSuN Blog

Nanotechnology – old or new? - Environmental Science: Nano Blog

Scholar of the Week Recognition - Virginia Tech Office of the Vice President for Research

Great Balls of Fire - Environmental Science: Nano Blog

2014

Pulse of the Planet - radio interviews:

Ancient Nanotechnology - What's the connection between Notre Dame Cathedral and the cutting edge world of nanotechnology?

Small Is Not Enough - One of the defining characteristics of nano materials is that they have new properties, compared to larger versions of the same materials.

Nano Medicine - Gold nanoparticles can be used in the treatment of cancer.

Nano Inventory - The Nanotechnology Consumer Products Inventory is an online compendium of products which contain nanomaterials.

Antimicrobial silver nanoparticles - Radio Health Journal radio interview.

Générateur de vortex : comment fonctionne l'arme anti-grêlons - Science et Avenir - An article explaining how hail cannons work mentioned our research on the environmental and health risks of silver nanoparticles.

Some antibacterials come with worrisome silver lining - Chicago Tribune

The nanotechnology in your toothpaste. - The article mentions our work on the Consumer Products Inventory.