The Creation and Evolution of Aerosol Science and Technology

PHILIP K. HOPKE, Clarkson University and University of Rochester

     Abstract Number: 658
     Working Group: History of Aerosol Science

Abstract
As part of the founding of AAAR in 1982, David Shaw, David Ensor, and Ben Liu also initiated the creation of its journal, Aerosol Science and Technology. With the growing field of aerosol science and technology, it was decided that there was a second journal to provide additional opportunities to publish that were previously only available through the Journal of Aerosol Science. Although it was published by Elsevier, AAAR retained the copyright allowing the association to make critical decisions about the journal normally retained by the publisher although there were some issues that needed to be resolved. In 1990, the AAAR leadership decided it was necessary to change the editorial staff and a competition was organized by the Publication Committee. That is where I came in. A number of further changes occurred including a change in publisher and in 2002, we moved to a more routine rotation of the Editor-in-Chief. A variety of details will be presented.