Redesign of Low-cost Sensors Used in Community-engaged Air Pollution Monitoring
May 22, 2025UC Berkeley Climate/Engineering, 2024–25
Liaison(s): Chelsea Preble, Thomas Kirchstetter
Advisor(s): Yifan Wu
Students(s): Zhian Zhou (TL-S), Carmen Horenstein (TL-F), Thomas Lilygren (S), Matthew Molinar (S), and Madeleine Kan (S), Megan Kho (F), Julia Manese (F), Kanoa Parker (F)
A lab at UC Berkeley has conducted a study to spatiotemporally analyze the air quality in West Oakland using a fleet of 100 black carbon sensors. The HMC UC Berkeley Clinic team designed a solution to upgrade the data communication and integrate automated localization for this fleet of sensors to be used in an upcoming study to analyze the air quality of three California cities: Richmond, Stockton and Fresno.