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Research (see link to Baity
Laboratory)
| Nicole Hagan | presently enrolled |
| Tom Peters | graduated 2004 |
| John Volckens | graduated 2003 |
| Jacky Rosati | graduated 2002 |
| Al Armendariz | graduated 2002 |
| Jeff Wagner | graduated 2000 |
| Jon Thornburg | graduated 1999 |
| Peter Raynor | graduated 1998 |
| Marc Plinke | graduated 1994 |
| G. Ramachandran | graduated 1993 |
| Lori Todd | graduated 1990 |
| Chung-te Lee | graduated 1988 |
| Donna Lee Jones | graduated 1988 |
| John Dirgo | graduated 1988 |
| John Koehler | graduated 1986 |
| David Johnson | graduated 1985 |
| Thomas Kalinowski | graduated 1981 |
| Michael Ellenbecker | graduated 1979 |
Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction, presented by the Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005.
Newton Underwood Award for excellence in teaching, presented by the students of the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, 2003.
John E. Larsh, Jr. Award for Student Mentorship, presented by the Dean, School of Public Health, UNC, 2001.
Newton Underwood Award for excellence in teaching, presented by the students of the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, 1993.
Best Engineering Paper in Industrial Hygiene Published during 2000, co-author with Maryanne Boundy, David Hands, Michael Gressel and G. Edward Burroughs.
Best Paper Published in AIHA Journal during 1999, co-author with John Volckens, Maryanne Boundy, and David Hands.
Best Paper Published in AIHA Journal during 1996, co-author with Peter C. Raynor and Steven Cooper.
Best Paper Published in App. Occup. Env. Hyg. during 1995, co-author with John J. McAneny and Maryanne G. Boundy.
Outstanding Aerosol Paper Award, 1992, co-author with Marc Plinke, David B. Holstein and Maryanne G. Boundy.
Best Paper Published in AIHA Journal, during 1990, co-author with Lori Todd.
Papers Since 1990
Iozia, Donna Lee and David Leith, "The Logistic Function and Cyclone Fractional Efficiency", Aerosol Science and Technology, 12: 598-606 (1990).
Todd, Lori and David Leith, "Remote Sensing and Computed Tomography in Industrial Hygiene I: Theoretical Basis", J. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 51: 224 (1990).
Leith, David, "Introduction to Aerosol Science", in Aerosol Control in the Microelectronics Industry, R.P. Donovan, ed., Marcel Dekker, New York, 1990.
Leith, David, "Fundamentals of Light Scattering by Aerosol Particles", in Aerosol Control in the Microelectronics Industry, R.P. Donovan, editor, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1990.
Sherman, Christopher P.C., David Leith, and Michael J. Symons, "Outlet Mass Flux from a Pulse-Jet Cleaned Fabric Filter: Testing a Theoretical Model", Aerosol Science and Technology, 13: 426-433 (1990).
Boundy, Maryanne G., David Leith, and Michael R. Knowles, "Dispersion and Size Distribution of Amiloride by Metered Dose and Dry Powder Inhalers", Journal of Aerosol Medicine, 3: 233-241 (1990).
Kamens, Richard, Chung-te Lee, Russell Wiener, and David Leith, "A Preliminary Study to Characterize Indoor Particles in Three Homes", Environmental Science and Technology, 25A: 939-948 (1991).
Kessler, Marc and David Leith, "Flow Measurement and Efficiency Modelling of Cyclones for Particle Collection", Aerosol Science and Technology, 15: 8-18 (1991).
Ramachandran, G., David Leith, John Dirgo, and Henry Feldman, "Cyclone Optimization Based on a New Empirical Model for Pressure Drop", Aerosol Science and Technology, 15: 135-148 (1991).
Plinke, Marc A. E., David Leith, David B. Holstein and Maryanne G. Boundy, "Experimental Examination of Factors that Affect Dust Generation", American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 52: 521-528 (1991).
Plinke, Marc A. E., Ralf Maus and David Leith, "Experimental Examination of Factors that Affect Dust Generation Using the Heubach and MRI Testers", American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 53: 325-330 (1992).
Ramachandran, G. and David Leith, "Extraction of Aerosol Size Distributions from Multispectral Light Extinction Data", Aerosol Science and Technology, 17: 303-325 (1992).
Cawley, Brian and David Leith, "A Bench-top Apparatus to Examine Factors that Affect Dust Generation", Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 8: 624-631 (1993).
Ramachandran, G., David Leith and Lori Todd, "Extraction of Spatial Aerosol Distributions from Multispectral Light Extinction Measurements With Computed Tomography", Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 11: 144-154 (1994).
Plinke, Marc A. E., David Leith, Randall G. Goodman, and Friedrich Löffler, "Particle Separation Mechanisms in Flow of Granular Material", Particulate Science and Technology, 12: 71-87 (1994).
Plinke, Marc A.E., David Leith, Royal Hathaway, and Friedrich Löffler, "Cohesion in Granular Materials", Bulk Solids Handling, 14: 101-106, (1994).
Leith, David, "Apparatus for Administering Solid Particulate Aerosols to the Lungs", US patent 5,304,125, issued 19 April 1994.
Ramachandran, G., Peter C. Raynor and David Leith, "Collection Efficiency and Pressure Drop for a Rotary-Flow Cyclone", Filtration and Separation, 31: 631-636 (1994).
Plinke, Marc A.E., David Leith, Maryanne G. Boundy and Friedrich Löffler, "Dust Generation from Handling Powders in Industry, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 56: 251-257 (1995).
Casper, Rober A., Malcom E. Taylor, Frank A. Leith, David H. Leith, and Maryanne G. Boundy, "Multi-dose Dry Powder Inhalation Device, ", US patent 5,415,162 issued 16 May 1995.
McAneny, John J., David Leith and Maryanne G. Boundy, "Volatilization of Mineral Oil Mist Collected on Sampling Filters", Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 10(9): 783-787 (1995).
Lanning, Jeffrey S., Maryanne G. Boundy and David Leith, "Validating a Model for the Prediction of Dust Generation", Particulate Science and Technology, 13: 105-116 (1995).
Cooper, Steven J., Peter C. Raynor and David Leith, "Evaporation of Mineral Oil in a Mist Collector", Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 11: 1204-1211 (1996).
Raynor, Peter C., Steven Cooper, and David Leith, "Evaporation of Polydisperse Multicomponent Droplets", American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 57: 1128-1136 (1996).
Leith, David, Frank A. Leith and Maryanne G. Boundy, "Laboratory Measurements of Oil Mist Concentrations Using Filters and an Electrostatic Precipitator", American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 57: 1137-1141 (1996).
Leith, David, Peter C. Raynor, Maryanne G. Boundy and Steven J. Cooper, "Performance of Industrial Equipment to Collect Coolant Mist", American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 57: 1142-1148 (1996).
Leith, David and Donna Lee Jones, "Cyclones" in Handbook of Powder Science and Engineering, 2nd ed., M.E. Fayed and L. Otten, eds., Chappman & Hall, New York, 1997.
Cooper, Steven J. and David Leith, "Evaporation of Metalworking Fluid Mist in Laboratory and Industrial Collectors", American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 59: 45-51 (1998).
Thornburg, Jonathan, Steven J. Cooper and David Leith, "Counting Efficiency of the API Aerosizer", Journal of Aerosol Science, 30(4): 479-488 (1999).
Raynor, Peter C., and David Leith, "Evaporation of Accumulated Multicomponent Liquids from Fibrous Filters", Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 43(3):181-192 (1999).
Volckens, John, Maryanne Boundy, David Leith and David Hands, “Oil Mist Concentration: A Comparison of Sampling Methods”, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 60: 684-689 (1999).
Rosati, Jacky, David Leith and Peter C. Raynor, “Determinants of Filter Lifetime”, Filtration and Separation, 36:(10): 30-32 (1999)
Raynor, Peter C. and David Leith, “The Influence of Accumulated Liquid on Fibrous Filter Performance Journal of Aerosol Science, 31: 19-34 (2000).
Raynor, Peter C., John Volckens, and David Leith, “Modeling Evaporative Loss of Oil Mist Collected by Sampling Filters”, Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 15(1): 90-96 (2000).
Volckens, John, Maryanne Boundy and David Leith, "Mist Concentration Measurements II: Laboratory and Field Evaluations", Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 15(4): 370-379 (2000).
Thornburg, Jonathan and David Leith, “Mist Generation during Metal Machining”, Journal of Tribology (ASME), 122: 544-549, (2000).
Thornburg, Jon, and David Leith, “Size Distribution of Mist Generated During Metal Machining”, Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 15(8): 618-628 (2000).
Boundy, Maryanne, David Leith, David Hands, Michael Gressel and G. Edward Burroughs, "Performance of Industrial Mist Collectors Over Time", Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 15 (12): 928-935 (2000).
Wagner, Jeff and David Leith, "Passive Aerosol Sampler", US Patent Application (2000).
Wagner, Jeff and David Leith, “Field Tests of a Passive Aerosol Sampler”, Journal of Aerosol Science, 32: 33-48 (2001).
Wagner, Jeff and David Leith, “Passive Aerosol Sampler. I: Principle of Operation”, Aerosol Science and Technology, 34(2) 186-192 (2001).
Wagner, Jeff and David Leith, “Passive Aerosol Sampler. II: Wind Tunnel Experiments”, Aerosol Science and Technology, 34(2) 193-201 (2001).
Peters, Thomas, Maryanne Boundy, and David Leith, “Influence of Upstream
Flow Characteristics on Filter Efficiency”, Filtration and Separation, 38
(10) 40-47 (2001).
Wagner, Jeff and David Leith, “Passive Aerosol Sampler and Methods”, US
Patent 6,321,608 granted 27 November 2001.
Armendariz, Alfredo and David Leith, “Concentration Measurement and
Counting Efficiency for the Aerodynamic Particle Sizer 3320”
Journal of Aerosol Science, 33: 133-148 (2002).
Volckens, John and David Leith, “Electrostatic Sampler for Semivolatile Aerosols: Chemical Artifacts”, Environmental Science and Technology 36: 4608 - 4612 (2002).
Volckens, John and David Leith, “Filter and Electrostatic Samplers for Semivolatile Aerosols: Physical Artifacts”, Environmental Science and Technology, 36: 4613 - 4617 (2002).
Rosati, Jacky A., James S. Brown, Thomas M. Peters, David Leith, and Chong S. Kim, “A Polydisperse Aerosol Inhalation System Designed for Human Studies”, Journal of Aerosol Science, 33:1433-1446 (2002).
Volckens, John and David Leith, “Partitioning
Theory for Respiratory Deposition of Semi-Volatile Aerosols”, Annals of
Occupational Hygiene, 47 (2) 157 - 164 (2003).
Peters, Thomas M. and David Leith, “Concentration
Measurement and Counting Efficiency of the Aerodynamic Particle Sizer 3321” Journal
of Aerosol Science, 34 627 – 634 (2003).
Rosati, Jacky A., David Leith, and Chong S. Kim,
“Monodisperse and Polydisperse Aerosol Deposition in a Packed Bed”, Aerosol
Science and Technology, 37 (6) 528 – 535 (2003).
Volckens, John and David Leith, “Response to
Comment on ‘Electrostatic Sampler for Semivolatile Aerosols: Chemical
Artifacts’ and ‘Filter and Electrostatic Samplers for Semivolatile Aerosols:
Physical Artifacts’”, Environmental Science and Technology, 37:
2023 (2003).
Volckens, John and David Leith, “Comparison of Methods for Measuring Gas-Particle Partitioning of Semivolatile Compounds”, Atmospheric Environment, 37 3177-3188 (2003).
Volckens, John and David Leith, “Effects of Sampling Bias on Gas-Particle Partitioning of Semivolatile Compounds”, Atmospheric Environment, 37 3385-3393 (2003).
Leith, David, John Volckens, Maryanne Boundy and
David Hands, “Control Methods for Mineral Oil Mists”, Applied
Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 18: 883-339 (2003).
Armendariz, Alfredo J. and David Leith, “A Personal Sampler for Aircraft Engine Cold Start Particles: Laboratory Development and Testing”, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 64: 755-762 (2003).
Armendariz, Alfredo J., David Leith, Maryanne Boundy, Randall Goodman, Les Smith and Gary Carlton, “Development and Field Demonstration of an Electrostatic Personal Particle Sampler”, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 64: 777-784 , (2003).
Peters, Thomas and David Leith, “Measurement of Particle Deposition in Industrial Ducts”, Journal of Aerosol Science 35: (4) 529-540 (2004).
Peters, Thomas M. and David Leith, “Droplet Deposition in Industrial Duct Bends”, Annals of Occupational Hygiene 48 (5) 483-490 (2004).
Boundy, Maryanne, David Leith and Thomas Polton, “Method to Evaluate the Dustiness of Pharmaceutical Powders”, Annals of Occupational Hygiene 50: 253-258 (2006).
Leith, David, Darrell Sommerlatt and Maryanne G. Boundy, "Passive Sampler for PM10-2.5 Aerosol", J. Air and Waste Management Association, 57: 332-336 (2007).
Whitehead, Todd and David Leith, “Passive Aerosol Sampler for Particle Concentrations and Size Distributions”, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 10: 331-335 (2008).
de Bruijne, Kim, Seth Ebersviller, Kenneth Sexton, Sandra Lake, David Leith, Randall Goodman, James Jetter, Melanie Doyle-Eisele, Glenn Walters, Ruby Woodside, Harvey Jeffries and Ilona Jaspers, “Design and Testing of Electrostatic Aerosol In Vitro Exposure System (EAVES): An Alternative Exposure System for Particles”, Inhalation Toxicology, 21: 91-101 (2009).
Nash, David and David Leith, “Use of Passive Diffusion Tubes to Monitor Air Pollutants”, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, 60: 204-209 (2010).
Nash, David and David Leith, “Ultrafine Particle Sampling with the UNC Passive Aerosol Sampler,” Aerosol Science and Technology, 44: 1059-1064 (2010).
Raynor, Peter C., David Leith, K.W. Lee and R. Mukund, “Sampling and Analysis Using Filters” in Aerosol Measurement, 3rd ed., P Kulkarni, P.A. Baron and K Willeke, eds., Wiley Interscience, New York (2011).
Leith, David and Stephen N. Rudnick, "Melvin W. First, 1914 - 2011", Aerosol Science and Technology, 46: 124-125 (2012).
Yeatts, Karin B., Mohamed El-Sadig, David Leith, William Kalsbeek, Fatma Al-Maskari, David Couper, William E. Funk, Taoufik Zoubeidi, Ronna L. Chan, Chris B.Trent, Christopher A. Davidson, Maryanne G. Boundy, Maamoon M. Kassab, Mohamed Y. Hasan, Ivan Rusyn, Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, and Andrew F. Olshan, “Indoor Air Pollutants and Health in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)”, accepted by Environmental Health Perspectives, (2012).
Yeatts, Karin B., Mohamed El-Sadig, Habiba I. Ali, Fatma Al-Maskari, Alan Campbell, Shu Wen Ng, Lisa Reeves, Ronna L. Chan, Christopher A. Davidson, William E. Funk, Maryanne G. Boundy, David Leith, Barry Popkin, Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, Ivan Rusyn, Andrew F. Olshan, “Conducting Environmental Health Research in the Arabian Middle East: Lessons and Opportunities,” accepted by Environmental Health Perspectives, (2012).
Arashiro, Maiko and David Leith, "Precision of PM Measurements with the UNC Passive Aerosol Sampler", submitted to Journal of Aerosol Science, (2012).