Elena C. McDonald-Buller, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor

Office: EME 1.320C
Phone: 512 471 2891
Fax: 512 471 1720
Email: ecmb@mail.utexas.edu
UT Mail: R7100
My Website: http://www.utexas.edu/research/ceer/elena_mcdonald.htm

Mailing Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Center for Energy and Environmental Resources
10100 Burnet Road, Bldg. 133
Stop R7100
Austin, Tx 78712

Area(s) of Expertise: 
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering

Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D., University of Texas, Civil Engineering, 1996
MS, Florida Institute of Technology, Environmental Engineering 1992
BS, Michigan State University, Civil Engineering, 1990

Technical Interests:
Air quality modeling, emissions trading, atmospheric chemistry, impacts of development and land use/and cover characterization on urban and regional air quality, applications of satellite remote sensing data for air quality analyses.

Selected Publications:

Feldman, M.S., T. Howard, E.C. McDonald-Buller, G. Mullins, D.T. Allen, A. Webb, and Y. Kimura, Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing Data for Estimating Dry Deposition in Eastern Texas, Atmospheric Environment, 41 (2007), 7562-7576.

Song, J., B. Parmenter, A. Webb, D. Allen, and E. McDonald-Buller, Impacts of Urbanization on Emissions and Air Quality: Comparison of Four Visions of Austin, Texas, Environmental Science & Technology, 42 (2008), 7294-7300.

Wang, L., D.T. Allen, and E.C. McDonald-Buller, Interpollutant Emission Trading of Ozone Precursors in Texas, Clean Technology and Environmental Policy, 11 (2009), 189-200.

Zhu, Y., J. Pudota, D. Collins, D. Allen, A. Clements, A. Denbleyker, M. Fraser, Y. Jia, E. McDonald- Buller, and E. Michel, Air Pollutant Concentrations Near Three Texas Roadways, Part I: Ultrafine Particles, Atmospheric Environment, 43 (2009), 4513-4522.

Clements, A., Y. Jia, A. Denbleyker, E. McDonald-Buller, M. Fraser, D. Allen, D. Collins, E. Michel, J. Pudota, D. Sullivan, Y. Zhu, Air Pollutant Concentrations Near Three Texas Roadways, Part II: Chemical Characterization and Transformation of Pollutants, Atmospheric Environment, 43 (2009), 4523-4534.