News from the Cohan Research Group
01/2021 Cohan discusses air quality changes under COVID on KUHF Houston Matters
12/2020 Cohan presents research about air quality impacts of COVID at AGU Fall Meeting
12/2020 Winnie Louh presents research about air quality impacts of COVID at AGU Fall Meeting
12/2020 Lina Luo presents research about soil emissions of nitrogen at AGU Fall Meeting
11/2020 Ricky Morse wins best student poster award from Texas Energy Summit (article)
10/2020 Cohan speaks to Planet Now seminar series (YouTube)
10/2020 Zach Rewolinski presents to CMAS Conference about activity changes under COVID (YouTube)
10/2020 Cohan presents to CMAS Conference about wind, solar, and coal in Texas (YouTube)
12/2019 Cohan speaks on panel: Red State = Green Energy (livestream; slides)
10/2019 Cohan speaks to Fort Bend CAN about pollution from Plant Parish (slides)
10/2019 Cohan presents NYSCAA webinar: Solving the Climate Challenge (slides; webinar)
10/2019 Cohan presents to SSPEED conference: Climate change and the future of hurricanes
09/2019 Cohan speaks to Toshiba Technical Society about Houston air quality (slides)
07/2019 Cohan speaks to National Youth Science Camp about climate solutions (slides)
07/2019 Cohan conducts World Climate Simulation at National Youth Science Camp (slides)
06/2019 Cohan speaks with teachers about climate science for K-12 classes (slides)
06/2019 Cohan presents talk: Climate change and what you can do (slides)
06/2019 Cohan quoted in New York Times
05/2019 Cohan presents to Fort Bend County meeting about W.A. Parish coal plant (slides)
05/2019 Dr. Quazi Rasool is officially awarded his Ph.D.
05/2019 Lina Luo successfully completes her preliminary examination
04/2019 Cohan speaks to Gulf Coast Power Association about wind and solar power (slides)
04/2019 Cohan appears on KUHF Houston Matters to discuss Houston air quality
02/2019 Paper by Quazi Rasool published in Geoscientific Model Development
02/2019 Cohan presents to Meyerland Democrats about climate science and policy (slides)
02/2019 Brian Strasert presents his research to Fort Bend County community forum
01/2019 Houston Chronicle editorial highlights research from our group
01/2019 Cohan appears on Bauer Business Focus
01/2019 Vox covers research by Joanna Slusarewicz
01/2019 Houston Chronicle covers research by Joanna Slusarewicz
12/2018 New York Times covers research by Brian Strasert
11/2018 Paper by Brian Strasert published by Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association
11/2018 Paper by Joanna Slusarewicz published in Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar
11/2018 Cohan appears on Houston Matters
09/2018 Cohan moderates keynote panel at Texas Energy Summit
09/2018 Cohan attends Global Climate Action Summit
08/2018 Quazi Rasool successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis
04/2018 Cohan selected as a Distinguished Faculty Associate of Will Rice College
03/2018 Paper by Sanchez et al. published in Atmospheric Environment
07/2018 Joanna Slusarewicz wins Greene Prize for Environmental Writing at Rice
01/2018 Paper by Rui Zhang et al. published in Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres
01/2018 Cohan presents Rice CEE departmental seminar on "Solving the Climate Challenge"
09/2017 Paper by Rui Zhang et al. published in Atmospheric Environment
08/2017 Brian Strasert successfully defends his M.S. thesis
07/2017 Paper by Shayak Sengupta and Cohan published in Transportation Research D
07/2017 Paper by Pourhashem et al. published in Environmental Science and Technology
07/2017 Paper by Krakauer and Cohan published in Resources
05/2016 Quazi Rasool, Amanda San Miguel, and Ethan Agrawal win Greene Prize for Environmental Writing at Rice
05/2016 Article on sulfur emissions and climate appears in Earthzine
04/2016 Amanda San Miguel awarded Harrianna Butler Scholarship
03/2016 Cohan speaks to Great Discussions group as a Climate Voices speaker
03/2016 Shayak Sengupta selected for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
03/2016 Articles about natural gas study with Shayak Sengupta: Conservation Magazine; Green Car Congress; EnergyWire; World Industrial Reporter; Scientific Blogging; Daily GPI
02/2016 Cohan and Sengupta, International Journal of Global Warming article: Net greenhouse gas emission savings from natural gas substitutions in vehicles, furnaces, and power plants
02/2016 Policy and Legal Dimensions of Climate and Energy Forum, Rice University
02/2016 Cohan serves as lecturer for Rice Alumni cruise to Costa Rica and Panama
Lecture on how El Nino and climate change impact Central America's weather
Lecture on how Costa Rica generates 99% of its electricity from renewables
01/2016 Cohan, Zhang, Czader, and Rasool present at NASA Air Quality Applied Sciences Team meeting
12/2015 Cohan presents natural gas research at American Geophysical Union annual meeting
04/2015 Cohan selected as department's Faculty Member of the Year by CEE students
04/2015 Shell Center for Sustainability funds study of natural gas leaks in Houston
04/2015 Rui Zhang, Quazi Rasool, and Dan Cohan present work at Texas Air Quality Symposium
03/2015 Shayak Sengupta selected to become a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar to India
03/2015 Cohan named Distinguished Faculty Associate of Will Rice College
10/2014 Amanda McDonald article appears in Sense and Sustainability
05/2014 Cohan appointed a Fellow of the Rice Center for Teaching Excellence
05/2014 Cohan speaks to American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Houston chapter
04/2014 KPRC story about Air Quality Awareness Week
04/2014 Tolulope Akunwumi wins Robert H. Parks Jr. Prize for Excellence in Engineering Leadership
04/2014 Tolulope Akunwumi successfully defends MCEE research on oil sands life cycle impacts
04/2014 Shayak Sengupta wins Rice Engineering Alumni award
04/2014 Elizabeth Pina and Shayak Sengupta win Sims Awards from CEE Department
04/2014 Cohan joins launch of Climate Voices
04/2014 Txchnologist article about Cohan and Chen paper
04/2014 Huffington Post article discusses Cohan and Chen paper
03/2014 Shayak Sengupta wins Greene Prize for Environmental Writing
03/2014 Antara Digar joins the faculty at Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur
03/2014 Zhou article on Houston ozone published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
03/2014 Wei Tang successfully defends Ph.D. dissertation
03/2014 Cohan named Distinguished Faculty Associate of Will Rice College
03/2014 Cohan presents Civic Scientist talk on climate change to Katy Cinco Ranch High School
02/2014 Rui Zhang joins group as a postdoctoral scholar
in the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Research Poster Competition for Undergraduates - See more at: http://news.rice.edu/2014/01/21/people-papers-and-presentations-185/#sthash.8g3HrThq.dpuf
01/2014 NPR coverage of NASA AQAST meeting
01/2014 Findings reported at NASA AQAST meeting at Rice
01/2014 Cohan hosts NASA Air Quality Applied Sciences Team meeting at Rice
12/2013 Cohan named a Baker Institute Faculty Scholar in the Center for Energy Studies
05/2013 Texas Tribune article about fine particulate matter in Houston
05/2013 Article on NOx control in Chemistry & Industry
04/2013 Cohan promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
04/2013 Wei Zhou successfully defends Ph.D. dissertation
03/2013 Zhou article shows faster than expected decline in ozone pollution
02/2013 Tang wins first place in Student Presentation Competition at AMS Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
02/2013 Media coverage of Rice ozone-health studies presented at AAAS:
02/2013 Cohan presents ozone health effects research at AAAS annual meeting
02/2013 EnergyWire article about energy education at Rice
01/2013 Zhou article published in Atmospheric Environment
01/2013 Digar article published in Journal of Geophysical Research
01/2013 Cohan presents research at American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting
12/2012 Cohan presents research at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
07/2012 Ji article selected as a 'Highlight of 2011' in Environmental Research Letters
03/2012 Pegues article documents progress in attaining ozone standards
02/2012 Antara Digar defends Ph.D. dissertation
08/2011 Watson wins Ford Foundation Fellowship
04/2011 Tang article published in Atmospheric Environment
04/2011 Cohan named Outstanding Faculty Associate of Will Rice College
02/2011 Cohan named to NASA Air Quality Applied Sciences Team
01/2011 Digar article published in Environmental Science & Technology
12/2010 Xiao article published in Journal of Geophysical Research
10/2010 Rice at Large article about Rice Air Curriculum for fifth-graders
08/2010 NASA grant to support Texas ozone modeling research
08/2010 Digar article published in Environmental Science & Technology
01/2010 Cohan presents State of the Air talk to Rice alumni luncheon
05/2009 Hodges-Copple receives Fulbright Scholarship to Denmark
04/2009 Rice Engineering News article about Texas power options
03/2009 Cohan receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award
01/2009 Texas Business for Clean Air releases energy and air quality study
06/2007 EPA awards STAR grant for study of uncertainty in air quality decision-making
05/2007 Cohan named Outstanding Faculty Associate of Will Rice College