PITA Fiscal Year 2009 Projects - Environmental Technologies
Outfitting of Mobile Laboratory for Air-Quality Measurements Supporting Health Effects Studies
Principal Investigators: Neil M. Donahue, Allen L. Robinson, Albert A Presto, Heber Chacon, Aaron Reeder, Marissa Miracolo, Ngoc Nguyen
A mobile laboratory for the purposes of air-quality monitoring associated with public health
studies will be outfitted and prepared for field deployment. The body of this laboratory has been
purchased with funds made available by Carnegie Mellon University, while a substantial package
of instrumentation is being purchased with funds from the COLCOM foundation. This laboratory
will enable world-class air-quality researchers in the Carnegie Mellon Center for Atmospheric
Particle Studies to collaborate with colleagues in epidemiology and public health to gauge the
severity and extent of air-pollution problems in Pennsylvania, and, most importantly, to observe
improvements in air quality and public health associated with remediation efforts by industry.