Healthier Air and People: Intelligent Solutions to Urban Pollution for Equity and Resilience
The Healthier Air and People: Intelligent Solutions to Urban Pollution for Equity and Resilience (iSUPER) Impact Engine will pair low-cost, adaptable sensing technologies with novel pollution prediction models to accurately identify hyperlocal pollution hot spots in real time.
THE CONTEXT
Air pollution is a major global health risk throughout densely populated urban centers, especially in disadvantaged socioeconomic communities. Existing air pollution sensor locations are limited and sparsely located in urban areas.
THE PROBLEM
Hyperlocal data is critically needed to make sound policy decisions and recommendations for air pollution control, environmental justice, and urban infrastructure improvement at the city level.
THE SOLUTION
The Intelligent Solutions to Urban Pollution for Equity and Resilience (iSUPER) Impact Engine will pair low-cost, adaptable sensing technologies with novel pollution prediction models to accurately identify hyperlocal pollution hot spots in real time. This innovative use of these technologies will generate neighborhood-level data that will help guide decisionmakers towards effective governance and policymaking. The pilot program will measure data in two Boston neighborhoods representing communities with different socioeconomic characteristics.
THE IMPACT
and real-time surveillance systems.
LEADERSHIP
Yang Zhang, PhD
Professor and Distinguished Fellow and Associate Chair for Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering
CROSSDISCIPLINARY TEAM
Haris N. Koutsopoulos
Professor & Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Affiliated Faculty, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Qi “Ryan” Wang
Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Affiliated Faculty, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs
Matthew J. Eckelman
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering;<br /> Affiliated Faculty, Chemical Engineering; Affiliated Faculty, Marine and Environmental Sciences; Affiliated Faculty, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Amy Mueller
Assistant Professor and Vice Chair for Graduate Studies, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Assistant Professor, Marine and Environmental Sciences; Affiliated Faculty, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ming Wang
COE Distinguished Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, VOTERS
Jennifer Dy
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Director of Experiential AI Postdoc Education, Roux Institute
Stratis Ioannidis
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Khoury College Courtesy Appointment
David Kaeli
COE Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Program Director, Data Science; Affiliated Faculty, Bioengineering; Affiliated Faculty, Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Sara Wylie
Associate Professor Sociology and Health Science
Julia Varshavsky
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Sciences; Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Daniel T. O'Brien
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Boston Area Research Initiative; Director, PhD in Public Policy Program
Becca Berkey
Lecturer of Human Services; Director of Service-Learning,College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Community-Engaged Teaching & Research
PARTNERSHIPS
Government
- The City of Chelsea
- The Town of Brookline
- The City of Revere
External Partners
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Yale University, USA
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University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
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Institute for the Environment, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
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The Research Center for the Atmospheric Environment at the University of Paris (CEREA), France
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University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Industry
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The J.J. Wilbur Company, Inc., USA
Non-Profits
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The Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM), USA
National Laboratories
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
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