chemistry

Tami Bond

Tami Bond is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tami Bond rather than just read about it. In short: Tami Bond is an American environmental engineer and atmospheric scientist. She holds the Walter Scott Jr.

Key takeaways

Tami Bond belongs to chemistry; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Tami Bond to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Tami Bond from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Tami Bond is an American environmental engineer and atmospheric scientist. She holds the Walter Scott Jr. Presidential Chair in Energy, Environment and Health at Colorado State University since 2019. For many years she was a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois, and an affiliate professor of Atmospheric Science. Bond has focused research on the effective study of black carbon or soot in the atmosphere. She is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. A MacArthur Fellowship was awarded to her in 2014.

Education Tami Bond received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington in 1993. She went on to graduate study at the University of California at Berkeley, where she was awarded a Masters of Science in engineering in 1995, focusing on combustion. In 2000, she completed study for an interdisciplinary Doctor of Philosophy degree in Atmospheric Sciences, Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, again from the University of Washington.

Career and scholarship When discussing how she became interested in engineering, Bond noted, "I was poor and had a car that broke, and I had to fix it. It was frustrating but satisfying." In the late 1980s, she apprenticed in an auto body shop and became curious about how cars were made. She wanted to know about their design, not just to fix automobiles but to improve them. These experiences and others eventually led her to engineering According to the MacArthur Foundation, Bond's laboratory and field research into quantifying the sources and effects of black carbon, as well as its optical and physical properties in the atmosphere, have provided the most comprehensive data on this pollutant and its effects as of 2014. Bond has expressed a specific interest in having her research bring a difference to the practical lives of individuals. In 2003, Bond joined the faculty at department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois. She then became an affiliate professor in Atmospheric Sciences in 2007. In 2014, Bond was named a Nathan M. Newmark Distinguished Professor. Bond joined the Colorado State University's department of Mechanical Engineering in 2019 as the Walter Scott Jr. Presidential Chair in Energy, Environment and Health.

Awards In addition to the MacArthur Award, Bond is the recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, and the Nauman Faculty Scholar Award. She has also received the Xerox Faculty award and the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois fellowship. In 2015, she was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and was an ISI Highly Cited Researcher. In 2017, she was granted the Outstanding Publication Award by the American Association for Aerosol Research. In 2018, the University of Washington honored Bond with a Diamond Award for Distinguished Achievement in Academia.

Selected publications Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment A technology‐based global inventory of black and organic carbon emissions from combustion Light absorption by carbonaceous particles: An investigative review

References

External links Bond, Tami C. (2010-03-16). "Testimony for "Clearing the Smoke: Black Carbon Pollution" House Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming United States House of Representatives The Honorable Edward Markey, Chair" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 2014-06-21. "Radio interview with Tami Bond, Black Carbon ..." Radio Ecoshock Show. A-Infos Radio Project. 2010-04-23. Retrieved 2014-10-19.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tami Bond

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tami Bond claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tami Bond before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tami Bond ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tami Bond

In research: Tami Bond appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tami Bond in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tami Bond is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics American atmospheric scientists, American environmental engineers, Atmospheric chemists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tami Bond outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Tami Bond in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Tami Bond means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Tami Bond in simple terms?

Tami Bond is an American environmental engineer and atmospheric scientist. She holds the Walter Scott Jr.

Why does Tami Bond matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Tami Bond?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Tami Bond.