March 2022 Seminar: Increasing Our Understanding Of PM2.5 Particulate Pollution Monitoring Deandre Ayton [2cK22836Y9x]

Presenters:

-Dr. Kenneth Loparo: Professor, Dept. of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering; Faculty Director, Institute for Smart, Secure and Connected Systems (ISSACS), Case Western Reserve University

-Nick Barendt: Executive Director, Institute for Smart, Secure and Connected Systems (ISSACS), Case Western Reserve University

-Christina Yoka: Chief of Air Pollution Outreach Cleveland Department of Public Health Division of Air Quality (CDAQ)

Particulate air pollution, especially fine particles (PM2.5), can have a profound impact on health. Unfortunately, existing particulate pollution monitoring systems are limited in temporal and spatial resolution - for example, stubhub there are a limited number of continuous PM2.5 monitors for all of Cuyahoga County, sampling strickland hourly.

Dr. Kenneth Loparo, Nick Barendt, and Christina Yoka share their experience deploying and operating 50 air quality monitors across the region and building an integrated data and visualization website to begin to look at the correlation between high PM2.5 pollution and COVID-19. The work presented is a collaboration between CWRU, DigitalC, the City of Clevelands Division of Air Quality, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, and the IoT Collaborative. Funding for this work was provided by US golden knights vs ducks Ignite, the National Science Foundation, and the Cleveland Foundation.