FRANK R. FREEDMAN, PH.D.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST
& CONSULTANT
http://www.air-basics.com
Phone:
AREAS OF INTEREST & SPECIALTY
§
Air Pollution Dispersion Modeling
v
Experience
with EPA-approved models (AERMOD, ISCST3, CALPUFF, ALOHA, SCREEN3, SCIPUFF, others)
v
In-depth
understanding of AERMOD model formulation
§
Research
v
Atmospheric
boundary layers
v
Urban
boundary layers
v
Fluid
turbulence modeling
v
Weather model
formulation
v
Soil-atmosphere
coupling
§ Courses and Workshops taught
v Air Pollution: Meteorology, Combustion and Control
v Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling
v Workshop development: Primary School Science Education Training
§
Consulting
v
Forensic
science and engineering for litigation
v
Air
pollution regulatory compliance modeling
v
Weather
prediction
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Summary
Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering,
July 2006 - present Environmental Consultant,
Independent
Aug. 2004 - present Researcher and Instructor,
Sept. 2004 - present Senior Scientist, Envirocomp Consulting Inc.,
April 2003 - March 2004
Postdoctoral Researcher, NCEP,
Sept. 1996 - Feb. 2003 Doctoral
Researcher,
June 1995 - Aug. 1995 Researcher, Lockheed Martin Missiles
and Space,
Aug. 1994-May 1995 Instructor,
Aug. 1993-Dec. 1996 M.S. Researcher,
April 1993-June 2003 Research Assistant, ISPRA EU
July 1992-March 1993 Research Assistant,
Aug. 1989-Dec. 1992 B.S. studies,
Description (chronological)
January 2007 – May 2007
Instructor,
Meteorology 131: Air Pollution
Meteorology and Control
Department of Meteorology
Upper
division undergraduate course. Topics
taught include air pollution
regulation, sources, meteorology, dispersion modeling, chemistry, particulate
formation, combustion
physics, control devices, fuel additives, indoor pollution, CO2
control strategies and “clean coal” technology.
July 2006 – present
Consultant, Independent
Modeling of short-range air transport of
stack and fugitive emissions from chemical facilities and oil refineries. Common use of AERMET/AERMOD dispersion modeling
system. Development and review of
emission scenarios.
September 2004 - present
Senior Scientist,
Envirocomp Consulting Inc.
Scientific consulting and management for projects involving routine and accidental releases
of air pollutants. Dispersion modeling carried out
with EPA-approved dispersion models (ISCST3, AERMOD, INPUFF, CALPUFF, SCIPUFF) as well as with more sophisticated models as necessary.
Development and review of emission scenarios.
August 2004 - present
Researcher,
Research
for government-funded projects involving modeling turbulent transport
and air pollution dispersion in urban areas (Prof. Robert Bornstein, Principal
Investigator). Continued participation with
NOAA NCEP in GEWEX GABLS project (continuation of postdoctoral research). Continued
development of Freedman-Jacobson k-epsilon turbulence model (continuation of PhD research).
January 2005 – May 2005
Instructor,
Chemical Engineering 177: Air
Pollution Control and Combustion
Department of Materials and
Chemical Engineering
Upper
division undergraduate course. Topics include air pollution
regulation, sources, meteorology, dispersion modeling, chemistry, combustion
physics, control devices, fuel additives, indoor pollution, CO2
control strategies and “clean coal” technology.
January 2005 – May 2005
Instructor,
Meteorology 245: Mesoscale
Meteorological Modeling
Department of Meteorology
Graduate course on the structure of
mesoscale, regional and limited-area meteorological computer models. Focus on
equations, solution techniques, physical process parameterizations and data
ingestion for initialization and boundary conditions. Emphasis on suite of
April 2003 – March 2004
Postdoctoral
Researcher
National Research
Council Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Testing, development
and improvement of boundary-layer parameterizations used in NCEP GFS (global
model) and ETA (regional) forecast models. Focus on predictions for cases of
stable stratification (nighttime and polar regions). Involvement
in GEWEX GABLS project (UN-funded climate study effort) on stable boundary
layer modeling. Evaluated models against field data from CASES99 experiment
(Oct. 1999, Kansas). Studied coupling of boundary-layer parameterization with‘Noah’ Land Surface Model (‘Noah’ LSM).
September 1996 – February
2003
Doctoral Researcher
Development
of ‘k-epsilon’ turbulence parameterization suitable for atmospheric boundary
layer (
June 1995 – August
1995
Researcher, Lockheed
Martin Missiles and Space
Implementation
and development of LAPS mesoscale meteorological data ingestion software to
incorporate data from polar orbiting satellites.
August 1994 – May
1995
Lecturer,
Meteorology 10:
Weather and Climate
Department of
Meteorology
Lower
Division general education course. Descriptive course on processes determining weather
and climate. Topics include earth radiation budget, temperature, winds,
cloud formation, stability, instrumentation and pollution. Taught
two sections in each of fall and spring semesters.
August 1993 –
December 1996
M.S. Researcher
Development
and testing of ‘one-equation’ turbulence parameterization. Development of improved
mixing length formulation suitable for atmospheric residual layer. Testing against Wangara Day 33 data set (
April 1993 – June
1993
Research Assistant
Performance of
computer simulations of ground-level ozone for the northeastern
July 1992 – March
1993
Research Assistant
Development of lower
boundary condition formulation for TVM mesoscale model, focusing on equations
for soil heat and moisture transport and surface energy and moisture balances. Assistant to Prof. Bornstein (see above).
August 1989 –
December 1992
B.S. studies,
Meteorology,
Coursework focused on
both theory and application, emphasis on weather prediction. Experience in air
pollution and low level flow modeling obtained through project work studying
the wind impact of man-made lake.
Freedman, F. R., and M. Z. Jacobson, 2003: “Modification of the standard e-equation for
the stable ABL through enforced consistency with Monin-Obukhov similarity theory”, Bound.-Layer Meteor., 106, 322-341.
Freedman, F. R., and M. Z. Jacobson, 2002: “Transport-dissipation analytical solutions to
the E-e turbulence model and their role in predictions of the neutral ABL”, Bound.-Layer Meteor., 102, 117-138.
Cuxart and coauthors, 2005: “Single-column model intercomparison for a stably-stratified atmospheric
boundary layer”,
Bound.-Layer Meteorol.,
118, 273-303.
Gopalakrishnan, S. G.,
F. R. Freedman, M. Sharan and T.V.B.P.S. Rama
“A Model Study of the Strong and
Weak Wind, Stably Stratified Nocturnal Boundary Layer: Influence of Gentle Slopes”, Pure and Applied Geophys., 162, 1795-1809.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Surface cooling predictions of the coupled
NMM/WRF PBL and Noah land surface schemes”, 16th
Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, American Meteorological
Society, San Diego (CA), 2006
“Testing NCEP Operational Surface Layer Parameterizations for Stable Conditions Using CASES-99 Data”, 15th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, American Meteorological Society, Portland (Maine), 2004
“Analysis and
pollution implications of the E-e turbulence model predictions of the neutral ABL”, Millennium
(24th) NATO/CCMS International Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling
and its Applications,
“Preliminary
investigation into the effect of nocturnal residual layer mixing on next-day
surface concentrations”, 10th Joint Conference on the
Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the AWMA, American
Meteorological Society,
“Numerical simulation of shear-induced turbulence in the nocturnal residual layer”, 12th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, American Meteorological Society, Vancouver, 1997
LECTURES & SHORT
COURSES
Instructional Team Member, “Partnership
for Student Success in Science Summer Institute – Air & Weather”, June
2006, Synopsis Inc.; Training workshop for
Invited Lecturer, “Spring Colloquium on Regional Weather
Predictability and Modeling, Part I: Workshop on Design and Use of Regional
Weather Predication Models”,
The Abdus Salam International Centre
for Theoretical Physics,
TRAINING WORKSHOPS
Attendee at Summer 2006 WRF-NMM
Tutorial Workshop, Developmental Testbed Center,
Boulder, CO.
AWARDS
National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, April 2003 -
March 2004
MEMBERSHIPS
American Meteorological Society (1989)
American Geophysical Union (1996)
American Physical Society (2004)\
Air and Waste Management Association (2006)
JOURNAL REFEREE
Boundary-Layer Meteorology
Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association