Indoor Air Quality workshop set for January 3-7, 2000 Kansas State University

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KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Indoor Air Quality workshop set for January

Concern for air quality in agribusiness operations, homes, schools, offices

and other buildings has prompted recent research efforts both on the causes

of indoor air quality problems and on potential solutions. In response to

this trend, a week-long workshop, " Indoor Air Quality, " will be offered at

Kansas State University, Jan. 3-7.

The workshop will be conducted under the direction of the Environmental Air

Quality Program at K-State, an interdisciplinary air quality group headed by

Larry kson, professor of chemical engineering and director of the Center

for Hazardous Substance Research, and Mohammad Hosni, associate professor of

mechanical engineering and director of the Institute for Environmental

Research.

The course will emphasize indoor air quality issues associated with office

buildings, confined animal feeding operations, airplane cabins, food

processing plants, and other structures including residential buildings,

kson said. The anticipated audience is building industry professionals,

air quality engineers, consultants, regulators, and those who work with

special environments. Students with an interest in air quality are

encouraged to attend, kson said, as the workshop also qualifies as a

one-hour credit intersession course.

" A large amount of interest exists in indoor air quality at this time, "

kson said, " due to the number of people affected by it. This workshop is

an effort to serve the needs of those who must deal with these issues. It

will offer information on the fundamentals of indoor air quality and

introduce the latest scientific and technological methods for dealing with

indoor air quality problems. "

Registration deadline for the five-day workshop is Dec. 15. Interested

persons can register on-line at http://www.dce.ksu.edu/dce/conf/indoorair/

or contact the Division of Continuing Education at (785) 532-5637.

Co-sponsors of the event include the University of Iowa Great Plains Center

for Agricultural Health; the University of Kansas; the Office of Safety and

Health, State Department of Human Resources; the American Society of

Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers; and the Air and Waste

Management Association.