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Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: TBD

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series. This seminar is in person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.

Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: TBD

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series. This seminar is in person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.

Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Sensors in cities – how variable is urban air quality, and how can sensor networks support different types of urban decision making?

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with Dr. Amy Mueller, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Marine and Environmental Sciences at Northeastern University. This seminar is in person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.

Abstract:

The health implications, and associated disparities, of air pollution in urban environments - as well as the shortcomings in using regulatory monitoring networks to quantify these - are both well recognized. The iSUPER (Intelligent Solutions to Urban Pollution for Equity and Resilience) project is partnered with two Boston-area communities (Brookline and Chelsea, Massachusetts) to pilot very high density air quality sensor networks, understand connections between infrastructure operations/changes and air quality, and develop tools that support communities in designing, deploying, and leveraging air sensor networks as part of the portfolio of urban decision making support. The network of 150+ multi-parameter air quality sensors was co-designed to capture both spatial heterogeneity (hotspots in space and time) as well as provide data to generate insight relative to specific collaborator questions, such as the relationship between air quality and greenspaces, transportation interventions such as addition of bicycle and bus lanes, impact of freight traffic, etc. At a moment where many municipalities are considering the potential benefits of deploying air quality sensor networks, this talk will provide a “behind-the-scenes” look at the realities of sensor network deployments from a practical, data quality, and insight generation point of view, connecting this to spatial and social disparities, urban renovation, and the cutting-edge science and data science needed to support these insights.

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Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: TBD

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with Edward Adams from MIT. This seminar is in person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.

Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: TBD

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series. This seminar is in person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.

Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: TBD

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series. This seminar is in person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.

Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: From the brain to water uptake of roots to fuel cells—Porous Media are “almost” everywhere 

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with Rainer Helmig from University of Stuttgart. This seminar is in person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.

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Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Linking hydrological disasters, satellite temperature and precipitation data, and household-level outcomes to understand the effects of floods and droughts on household water access and child nutrition across Bangladesh and Kenya

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with Lauren Broyles from Pennsylvania State University. This seminar is in person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.

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Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series:  Multiscale Fluid, Sediment, and Biota Interactions in Aquatic Ecosystems

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with Assistant Professor Judy Yang from University of Minnesota. This seminar is in person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.

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Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Chasing the missing organoflourine in PFAS exposure assessments

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with Professor Elsi Sunderland from Harvard University. This seminar is in person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.

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Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Tropical Forests and Environmental Change: Insights from Long-Term Phenology and Large-Scale Experiments in the Amazon

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with researcher Izabela Fonseca Aleixo from the National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA), Brazil. This seminar is in person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.

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Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: TBD

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series. This seminar is in person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.

Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Science-informed climate interventions: A case study on decarbonization of marine shipping

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with Professor Andrew Babbin from MIT. This seminar is in person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.

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Building a Network: Digital & In-Person Strategies

Led by Comm Fellow and PhD student Trevor Cambron, this Comm Lab workshop will examine ways to proactively build your network in both digital and in-person settings, from LinkedIn to AGU. Guided activities will help you develop specific networking goals, purpose-driven pitches for digital and in-person contexts, and a concrete outreach plan. This event is in-person in 48-216A.

CEE Annual Research Day: Understanding the Biodiversity-Climate-Infrastructure nexus 

To improve human well-being and to make it accessible to all humans, we need to develop sustainable infrastructure coupled with a deep understanding of its relationship with climate and biodiversity. This year’s event brings together the CEE community for a thought-provoking experience and great opportunity to highlight CEE work increasing our understanding of the infrastructure-climate-biodiversity nexus. This event will consist of lightning-fast research talks and poster presentations by CEE faculty, students, and postdocs. It will also include light food and drinks during the poster presentation reception hours. This event will be held in the Samberg Conference Center, 7th Floor.