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Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH)

August 23, 2024 • 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET

Air monitor

Presentation title: (How) should we do this? Assessing whether to implement air monitoring and exploring resources and tools to accomplish community-partnered projects.

The speakers in this webinar know how to effectively plan and conduct air monitoring projects in a community, and they can help you do the same. The two most important questions to answer at the outset of a community-partnered project are:

  1. Should we do this?
  2. What are our goals? 

The speakers described tools and frameworks to get clear about project goals, establish effective partnerships, and then achieve project goals.

Presentations

(How) Should We Do This? Assessing Whether to Implement Air Monitoring and Exploring Resources and Tools to Accomplish Community-Partnered Projects (3MB) – Scott Hersey, Ph.D., M.S., and Tim Dye, M.S.

Experts

Scott Hersey, Ph.D., M.S.

Scott Hersey, Ph.D., M.S., is the founder and lead of the Air Partners group at the Olin College of Engineering. He also advises student teams in capstone programs (SCOPE and Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship), teaches collaborative design, and is developing project-based courses in environmental analysis and engineering.

Air Partners unites community-driven design with scientific research to build local capacity for improving air quality. Through strong community partnerships, robust technical capabilities, and a mission founded on asset-based community development, Air Partners tackles projects that support environmental justice communities in their quest to breathe cleaner air. They help communities collect and analyze data to form the evidence needed for changing policies and mitigating pollution. Learn more about Air Partners by visiting the their webpage.

Tim Dye, M.S.

Tim Dye, M.S., is the founder of TDEnviro. He has over 30 years of experience in air quality monitoring, data management, and public communication. A visionary and entrepreneur, he has created air quality applications that clearly communicate air quality conditions. Tim is respected as an independent voice in the air monitoring community.

Dye works in many areas:

  1. Low-cost, air quality sensor evaluation and deployment
  2. Air quality monitoring
  3. Data management and analytics
  4. Community science applications

He is regularly sought for his wide-ranging and strategic insights on air quality sensing by foundations, NGOs, government, industry, and companies worldwide. You can learn more about his work by visiting the TDEnviro website.

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