Michael Rodgers

Bio

Dr. Rodgers has more than thirty years experience in the analysis of modeling of emissions data and in the development and application of advanced instrumentation for atmospheric measurements. During the 1980's, Dr. Rodgers was a pioneer in the development of multi-photon laser induced fluorescence detection systems that remain the standard for ultra-sensitive detection of numerous trace gases. Since 1988, when he founded the Air Quality Laboratory at Georgia Tech, Dr. Rodgers' research emphasis has shifted toward measurements and modeling related to transportation, energy and the environment. During his career, Dr. Rodgers has served as principal investigator/project director on more than one hundred research programs including service as project director for the development of the Mobile Emissions Assessment System for Urban and Regional Evaluations (MEASURE) for U.S. EPA and the Federal Highway Administration, a predecessor to EPA's new MOVES emissions model. Dr. Rodgers also served as mission scientist for the Pacific Exploratory Mission- Tropics (PEM-Tropics) for NASA; chief scientist for both the Southeastern Regional Oxidant Network (SERON) and Southern Oxidant Research Program (SORP) for U.S. EPA, and currently serves as project director the long-running (since 1993) Continuous Atlanta Fleet Evaluation (CAFÉ) vehicle remote sensing program for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. At Georgia Tech, Dr. Rodgers is jointly appointed between the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering where is an Adjunct Professor/Director of the Air Quality Laboratory and the Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems (ATAS) laboratory of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) where he serves as Chief Engineer and Principal Research Scientist. Dr. Rodgers also has an appointment in the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy. Dr. Rodgers is one of three academic members of the Mobile Source Technical Advisory Subcommittee (MSTRS) for U.S. EPA, the principal federal advisory committee (FACA) for mobile source emissions and policy, and serves on ASTM committee D-22 (Analysis of Atmospheres) and as a U.S. technical advisor to the International Standards Organization.