Akua A. Asa-Awuku
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Ford Environmental Science & Technology Building
311 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332 -0100
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E-mail: akua.asa-awuku@chbe.gatech.edu
Email: akua@gatech.edu
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Doctoral Candidate
Atmospheric Chemistry
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phd Candidate Graduation: December 2007
M.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , 2006
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003
B.S.E Chemical Engineering
Minor in Writing
Tutor, Georgia Tech Athletic Association
Atlanta, GA. (September 2005- present )
Aided undergraduate student athletes with academic pursuits in general chemistry
Teaching Instructor, The Princeton Review
Atlanta, GA. (November 2003- January 2006 )
Prepared pre-med students in the subject of General Chemistry for the MCATs
Teaching Instructor, Project Interphase
Cambridge, MA. (June 2002- August 2003)
Devised lesson plans, Prepared incoming 1st year students in physical chemistry concepts
Manager, OME Tutorial Service Room
Cambridge, MA. (October 1999- June 2003)
Organize schedules, document appointments, oversee current staff, resolve conflicts
Summer Intern, Proctor & Gamble, Baby Care Technology Development
Cincinnati, OH. (May 2001- August 2001)
Devised options and assessed process feasibility for Baby Care Technology Development
Summer Intern, BP, Western Gas Business Unit, HSE
Houston, TX. (May 2000- August 2000)
Completed waste data info, researched waste minimization techniques for plant operations
Modeling and parameterization of cloud microphysical processes.
Experimental investigation of the activation of Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) into cloud droplets.
NASA ESS (Earth Sun-System) Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology 2004, 2005
NSF-FACES (Facilitating Academic Careers in Engineering and Science) Fellow, Georgia Institute of
Technology, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Dow Chemical Scholarship Recipient in Chemical Engineering (2004)
Barnett D. Gordon Scholar Grant Recipient (2001, 2002, & 2003)
American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR)
Association of Chemical Engineering Graduate Students, (AChEGS)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Alpha Chi Sigma (AXE)
Black Graduate Students Association, Georgia Institute of Technology
National Society of Black Engineers, (NSBE)
AdvanceVT, Virginia Polytechnique Institute, Blacksburg, VA 2006
Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 2006
GT2 Technical Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 2006
Energy Symposium Initiative, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 2006
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH 2005
Annual Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Austin, TX 2005
GT2 Technical Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 2005
Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 2005
Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Student Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA, 2004
Annual Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Atlanta, GA 2004
CHBE 4300 Kinetics and Reactor Design: Spring 2006, Georgia Institute of Technology
CHBE 4505 Process Design and Economics: Summer 2005, Georgia Institute of Technology
CHBE 4200 Chemical Engineering Laboratory, Summer 2004 Georgia Institute of Technology
Mentor, SURE (Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Science )Georgia Institute of Technology
Mentor, Laboratory Mentorship, Julie Simon (Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Undergraduate Student)
Mentor, Laboratory Mentorship, Ryan Morrison (Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Student),
Mentor, Laboratory Mentorship, Timothy VanReken (1 st Place GA State Science Fair)
Asa-Awuku, A., Nenes, A., The Effect of Solute Dissolution Kinetics on Cloud Droplet Formation, in review
Asa-Awuku, A., Nenes, A., Sullivan, A, Hennigan, C. ,Weber, R, Investigation of Molar Volume and Surface
Energies of Aqueous Organic Compounds from a Georgia Biomass Burning Aerosol Sample, in preparation