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LUR Project progress meeting

On March 29, a workshop meeting was held at BBL 728 for reviewing the progress and planning next step work. Kevin, Scot, and Doug on Lancaster side, Feng Bin from Boxin Inc,  and representatives from GD Environ. Monior. Centre attended the meeting. Mo Yangzhi gave a detailed report on current progress in low-cost sensor calibration work; Feng Bin reported on land-use, population and traffic data collection; GDEMC introduced their mobile observation van. Shizhen, Li Jun and Gan presented. The progress of LUR by far has been successful, and we hope Yangzhi become of an expert in LUR.

The LUR project aims at using land-use regression model to predict air quality at intra-urban district scale.  It is one of our successful bid for Urban-Innovation Programme launched by Guangdong and UK. 

Yangzhi is making great contribution to the LUR project.

Key players of the LUR project.

POPS study

On March 12-14, a group of us including Xu Yue, Lin Tian, Shizhen, Li Jun, Guangcai, Huang Huanfang (黄焕芳) and Zhang Gan gathered in Conghua for  writing a review of POPs study dedicated to a book to be published. It has been fruitful and we took the opportunity to exchange perspectives on the most current progress in the POPs research area.

First trip to Hanoi vietnam

On January 21-26, Liu Xin, Shizhen and Gan Zhang paid a fruitful visit to Hanoi of Vietnam. The group was invited by Professor Tu Mihn of VNU Hanoi. We were able to visit respectively VNU University of Sciences, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (VNU University of Natural Resources and Environment), as well as Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST).  We had intensive discussions with our Vietnam collaborators including Prof Mihn, Drs Tri and Thang, with collaboration plans set up. In between of the academic visit, we were also able to visit the beautiful Halong Bay for a relax.

In the courtyard of the Faculty of Chemistry, VNU University of Sciences. The building was built in 1908 when Vietnam was colonized by France.
Prof. Gan was talking about POPs.
The “award ceremony”.
VNU University of Natural Resources and Environment.
Bilateral communication with Dr Nam (left 3) and his colleagues in VAST. He is the head of the dioxin lab
Dr Shizhen at the gate of VAST.
An evening tour in Yushanci (玉山祠)in the heart of Hoàn Kiem Lake (还剑湖).
Van Mieu (文庙) and Guoc Tu Giam (国子监)full of Chinese flavor.
Farewell lunch with Thang and Phung, who just visited us for the SCP training course.
Indulged in nightlife of Hanoi.
Dr Shizhen on the Halong Bay trip in the weekend.