JoAnn Slama Lighty is an American chemical engineer who is a professor at Boise State University. Her research considers carbon capture, chemical looping and black carbon emissions. In 2020 she was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for her air quality research.
JoAnn Slama Lighty | |
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| Alma mater | University of Utah |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Utah Boise State University |
| Thesis | Fundamentals of thermal treatment for the cleanup of contaminated solid wastes (1989) |
Education
editLighty was an undergraduate student at the University of Utah, where she specialized in chemical engineering.[1] She remained there for her doctoral research, studying opportunities to cleanup contaminated waste using thermal treatment.[1]
Research and career
editLighty studies the combustion and gasifaction of fuels, and how these processes result in the formation of airborne pollutants.[1] She has worked on carbon-capture from coal powered combustion systems and soot oxidation in fuel-lean conditions.[2]
Lighty joined the faculty at the University of Utah in 1988.[3] In 2007, Lighty was elected Chair of Chemical Engineering at the University.[3] She spent 2010 as a Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge.[4] Her scientific research involves policy work with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and National Science Foundation.[5][6]
Lighty worked as division director for chemical, bioengineering, environmental, and transport systems at the National Science Foundation.[7] In this capacity, she oversaw the clean water program, which sought to identify low cost, low energy technologies to test and treat water.[8] In 2017 Lighty joined Boise State University as dean of engineering.[1][9]
Academic service
editAt the University of Utah, Lighty founded the High School Girls Engineering Abilities Realized (HiGEAR) outreach programme and the elementary engineering group.[3]
Awards and honors
edit- Society of Women Engineers Distinguished Engineering Educator Award[10]
- Utah Engineering Educator of the Year[3]
- YWCA Outstanding Achievement Award[11]
- University of Utah Linda Amos Award for Distinguished Service to Women[12]
- Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers[13]
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[14]
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers Lawrence K. Cecil Award[15]
Selected publications
edit- Lighty, JoAnn Slama; Veranth, John M.; Sarofim, Adel F. (2000-09-01). "Combustion Aerosols: Factors Governing Their Size and Composition and Implications to Human Health". Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. 50 (9): 1565–1618. doi:10.1080/10473289.2000.10464197. ISSN 1096-2247. PMID 11055157. S2CID 44503309.
- Zielinska, B.; Sagebiel, J.; Arnott, W. P.; Rogers, C. F.; Kelly, K. E.; Wagner, D. A.; Lighty, J. S.; Sarofim, A. F.; Palmer, G. (May 2004). "Phase and Size Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Diesel and Gasoline Vehicle Emissions". Environmental Science & Technology. 38 (9): 2557–2567. Bibcode:2004EnST...38.2557Z. doi:10.1021/es030518d. ISSN 0013-936X. PMID 15180051.
- Eyring, E. M.; Konya, G.; Lighty, J. S.; Sahir, A. H.; Sarofim, A. F.; Whitty, K. (2011-03-01). "Chemical Looping with Copper Oxide as Carrier and Coal as Fuel". Oil & Gas Science and Technology – Revue d'IFP Energies nouvelles. 66 (2): 209–221. doi:10.2516/ogst/2010028. ISSN 1294-4475.
Personal life
editLighty is married with two daughters.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "About JoAnn S. Lighty". Boise State. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ "NSF-AEESP Grand Challenges Workshops - Arlington Participants | AEESP". aeesp.org. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ^ a b c d e "JoAnn Slama Lightly - Presidential Commission on the Status of Women - The University of Utah". pcsw.utah.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ "JoAnn Slama Lighty - Service - Faculty Profile - The University of Utah". faculty.utah.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ Matanoski, Genevieve Elizabeth (Murray); Murarka, Ishwar Prasad; Lighty, JoAnn Slama, eds. (1996). "Review of the waste incineration research program". OCLC 36183248.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering; Studies, Division on Earth and Life; Technology, Board on Chemical Sciences and; Roundtable, Chemical Sciences (2017-07-19). CHEMICAL SCIENCES ROUNDTABLE. National Academies Press (US).
- ^ "JoAnn Lighty: At the center of innovation and interconnection". Federal News Network. 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ^ "National Science Foundation invests in a clean water future". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ^ Staff, I. B. R. (2017-04-04). "JoAnn Slama Lighty will be next dean of engineering at Boise State". Idaho Business Review. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ "Individual Awards". Society of Women Engineers. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ "See Outstanding Achievement Award Recipients". YWCA Utah. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ "Linda K. Amos Award - Presidential Commission on the Status of Women - The University of Utah". pcsw.utah.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ Engineering, College of. "JoAnn S. Lighty, Ph.D." College of Engineering. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
- ^ "AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2020 Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ "Winners: Lawrence K. Cecil Award in Environmental Chemical Engineering | AIChE". www.aiche.org. Retrieved 2020-12-16.