On February 22, 2022, I travelled to Halifax, Nova Scotia in preparation for an upcoming field campaign. During my trip, I visited collaborators at Dalhousie University and Wood PLC in Halifax before participating in the Fog and turbulence interactions in the marine atmosphere (Fatima) campaign this summer. This is a large ($12M USD) international project with collaborators from Canada, the UK, and the USA. The main measurements for this campaign will be taken aboard a research vessel (RV) travelling within the Grand Banks (Atlantic Ocean) starting in July. My contribution to the project is to perform comprehensive measurements of the chemical composition of the ambient marine aerosol. Sized-resolved aerosol samples will be collected using two Micro Orifice Uniform Impactors (MOUDIs) aboard the RV in conjunction with a suite of real-time gas and particulate phase monitors. During my trip to Halifax, I first visited Wood PLC that provided, on loan, a MOUDI and an accompanying housing unit for their (as well as our) equipment to sample onboard. Some modifications were required, such as installing a shared inlet to house the second MOUDI from York University prior to installing both systems on the RV. Then, I visited Dr. Rachel Chang, our collaborator at Dalhousie University, where all preparations and modifications of the MOUDI were performed in her lab. As the RV will depart from Halifax, Dr. Chang’s lab, logistically, is the best place to convene prior to departing on our field sampling voyage. Also, I became familiarized with the fog water sampler in her lab which I will use to compare fog and non-fog periods to better understand how aerosol chemistry affects fog formation in the campaign. Throughout this process, I applied and have been awarded the Academic Excellence Fund (Winter 2022) to support costs stemming from my trip to Halifax.