Dr. M. Talat Odman

Principal Research Engineer 
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
Georgia Institute of Technology 
311 Ferst Drive
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0512 USA 
Phone: (404) 894-2783 FAX: (404) 894-8266 
e-mail: talat.odman@ce.gatech.edu 
web: http://www.ce.gatech.edu/~todman

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Education

• Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (1992), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• M.S. Mechanical Engineering (1986). Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
• B.S. Mechanical Engineering (July 1983). Bogaziηi University, Istanbul, Turkey

Research Interests

• Air Quality Modeling
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• High Performance Computing
• Numerical Methods

Professional Experience

Principal Research Engineer (2003-Present), Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Senior Research Engineer (1997-2003), Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. 

Research Scientist (1992-97), Environmental Programs, MCNC.

Honors

Associate Professor of Meteorology (2007-Present), Turkish Council of Higher Education.

Adjunct Assistant Professor (1995-2005), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University. 

Recent Publications

• Odman, M. T., Hu, Y., Unal, A., Russell, A. G. and Boylan, J. W, "Determining the sources of regional haze in the Southeastern U.S. using the CMAQ model," Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, vol. 46, No. 11, pp. 1731-1743, November 2007.
• Bergin, M. S. , Shih, J.-S., Krupnick, A. J., Boylan, J. W., Wilkinson, J. G., Odman, M. T. and Russell, A. G. "Regional Air Quality: Local and interstate impacts of NOx and SO2 emissions on ozone and fine particulate matter in the Eastern United States," Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 41, no. 13, pp. 4677-4689, July 2007.
• Hu, Y., Odman, M. T. and Russell, A. G., “Re-examination of the 2003 North American Electrical Blackout Impacts on Regional Air Quality,” Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 33, L22810, doi:10.1029/2006GL027252.
• Kindap, T., Unal, A., Chen, S.H., Hu, Y., Odman M. T. and  Karaca, M., “Long-Range Aerosol Transport from Europe to Istanbul, Turkey,” Atmospheric Environment, vol. 40, no. 19,  pp 3536–3547, June 2006.
• Hu, Y., Odman, M. T. and Russell, A. G., “Mass conservation in the Community Multiscale Air Quality model,” Atmospheric Environment, vol. 40, no. 7, pp. 1199–1204, March 2006.
• Boylan, J. W., Odman, M. T., Wilkinson, J. G. and Russell, “Integrated assessment modeling of atmospheric pollutants in the Southern Appalachian Mountains: Part II – PM_2.5 and visibility,” Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 12-22, January 2006.
• Unal, A., Hu, Y., Odman, M. T. and Russell, A. G.,  “Airport related emissions and impacts on air quality: Application to the Atlanta International Airport,” Atmospheric Environment, vol. 39, no. 32, pp. 5787–5798,  October 2005.
• Mathur, R., Shankar, U., Hanna, A.,  Odman, M. T.,  McHenry, J. N.,  Coats, C. J., Alapaty, K.,  Xiu, A., Arunachalam, S.,  Olerud, D. T., Byun, D. W.,  Schere, K. L.,  Binkowski, F. S., Ching,  J. K. S.,  Dennis, R. L.,  Pierce, T. E.,   Pleim, J. E., Roselle, S. J. and  Young, J. O. “The Multiscale Air Quality Simulation Platform (MAQSIP): Initial Applications and Performance for Tropospheric Ozone and Particulate Matter,” Journal of Geophysical Research– Atmospheres, vol. 110, no. D13, D13308, July 2005. 
• Boylan, J. W., Odman, M. T., Wilkinson, J. G., Russell, A. G., Doty, K., Norris, W. and McNider, R., “Integrated assessment modeling of atmospheric pollutants in the Southern Appalachian Mountains: Part I – Hourly and seasonal ozone,” Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, vol. 55, no. 7, pp. 1019-1030, July 2005. 

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