10th International Aerosol Conference
September 2 - September 7, 2018
America's Center Convention Complex
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Low-Cost and Portable Sensors


A Community Network of 100 Low-Cost Black Carbon Sensors. CHELSEA V. PREBLE, Julien Caubel, Troy Cados, Joshua Apte, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, University of California, Berkeley

A Guideline for the Application of the Shinyei PPD24NS Low-Cost Dust Sensor for Air Quality Monitoring. Michael Canu, BORIS GALVIS, Ricardo Morales Betancourt, Omar Ramirez, Malika Madelin, Universidad De La Salle, Colombia

A Low-cost Sensor Network to Improve Air Quality Management: A Case Study in Jining, China. XIAOHUI QIAO, Qiang Zhang, Fenglin Liu, Ying Long, Jingkun Jiang, Tsinghua University

A Novel Method Based on Light Scattering for Distinguishing Water and Fly-ash Aerosols in Industrial Stack Emission. Satyanarayanan Seshadri, VIPUL DOGRA, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Air Quality Monitoring in the San Juan Metro Area in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria Using Lower-Cost RAMP Monitors. ELVIS TORRES-DELGADO, R. Subramanian, Aja Ellis, Carl Malings, Rebecca Tanzer, Maité Morales-Medina, Felipe Rivera-Adorno, Darrel Baumgardner, Albert Presto, Stephan Borrmann, Roberto Rondanelli, Mirko Del Hoyo, Rémi Losno, Olga L. Mayol-Bracero, University of Puerto Rico

Airbox: A Participatory Ecosystem for pm2.5 Monitoring. LING-JYH CHEN, Shih-Chun Lung, Sachit Mahajan, Hsin-Hung Hsieh, Jin-Wei Liu, Academia Sinica

Ambient Air Quality and Carbon Monoxide Exposure Among School Children in Cap Haïtien, Haiti. AUDREY DANG, Eben Cross, Melissa Chapnick, Lora Iannotti, Joseph Steensma, Jay R. Turner, Brent Williams, Washington University in St. Louis

Ambient and Laboratory Performance Assessment of Plantower PMS Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensors. TOFIGH SAYAHI, Kerry Kelly, University of Utah

An Electric Impaction Sensor for Detecting PM2.5. CHEN TZU-MING, Hsu Jung-Nan, Fan-Lun Chen, Shuenn-Chin Chang, Industrial Technology Research Institute

Application of Consumer-grade Sensors to Study the Effect of Heatwaves on Indoor Air Quality. RUIKANG HE, Gediminas Mainelis, Ioanna Tsoulou, Sanjeevi Thirumurugesan, Brian Morgan, Stephania Gonzalez, Deborah Plotnik, Jennifer Senick, Clinton J. Andrews, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

AQ & U: A Layered Framework for Integrating Sensor Data of Variable Quality and for Engaging Citizens about PM2.5 Exposure. KERRY KELLY, Pierre-Emanuel Gaillardon, Miriah Meyer, Ross Whitaker, Anthony Butterfield, Pascal Goffin, Tom Becnel, Amir Biglari, Tofigh Sayahi, University of Utah

Assessing Ambient Levels and Personal Exposures in Baltimore: The SEARCH Project. MISTI ZAMORA, Kirsten Koehler, Fulizi Xiong, Drew Gentner, Branko Kerkez, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Calibration and Long-Term Performance Evaluation of Low-Cost Sensors for Gas and Fine Particulate Mass Monitoring with RAMPs. CARL MALINGS, Rebecca Tanzer, Provat Saha, Aja Ellis, Rose Eilenberg, Aliaksei Hauryliuk, Sriniwasa Prabhu Nehru Kumar, Naomi Zimmerman, Levent Burak Kara, Albert Presto, R. Subramanian, Carnegie Mellon University

Challenges in Low-Cost Sensor Calibration: A Case Study on Deployment of Sulfur Dioxide Electrochemical Sensors in an Urban Environment. REBECCA TANZER, Carl Malings, R. Subramanian, Albert Presto, Carnegie Mellon University

City Wide Mobile Air Sensor Network (MASEN) in Hong Kong for Evidence Based Air Quality Management. ZHI NING, Fenhuan Yang, Dane Westerdahl, City University of Hong Kong

Cloud-based Application to Manage Data from Distributed Air Quality Sensors Networks. BRANDON FEENSTRA, Ross Cheung, Vasileios Papapostolou, Andrea Polidori, South Coast Air Quality Management District

Comparison Experiment of Low Cost Sensors for Aerosol and Gasses at Dem Athens. Prodromos Fetfatzis, Stergios Vratolis, Evangelia Diapouli, KONSTANTINOS ELEFTHERIADIS, NCSR Demokritos, Athens, Greece

Continuous Field Calibration of Low-Cost PM2.5 Sensor Networks. Kyle Alberti, GEOFF HENSHAW, Georgia Miskell, Hamesh Patel, Jonathan Taylor, David Williams, Aeroqual Ltd

Deployment of Low-cost Sensors to Assess the Impacts of Portable Air Filtration on Indoor PM2.5 and Associated Personal Exposure. KAROLINE JOHNSON, Christina Norris, Tongshu Zheng, Michael Bergin, James Schauer, Junfeng Zhang, Yinping Zhang, Duke University

Deposition Characteristics of Bioaerosols: Towards Black Silicon-Based MEMS Bioaerosol Detection. UGUR SOYSAL, Evelyne Géhin, Frédéric Marty, Emmanuelle Algré, Charles Motzkus, Université Paris-Est, CERTES

Design and Optimisation of Low-cost Air Quality Sensor Package (KOALA). XIAOTING LIU, Matthew Dunbabin, Bryce Christensen, Rohan Jayaratne, Phong Thai, Lidia Morawska, Queensland University of Technology

Determination of the Size-Resolved Sampling Efficiency for a Commodity (AirBeam) PM2.5 Ambient Aerosol Sensor at a Background U.S. Continental Site. CHARLES STANIER, Nathan Janechek, Nathan Bryngelson, Megan Christiansen, University of Iowa

Development and Application of a New Palm-Sized Optical PM2.5 Sensor. TOMOKI NAKAYAMA, Yutaka Matsumi, ISEE, Nagoya University

Development of the Scientific Payload for UAS Observation. FAN MEI, Jason Tomlinson, Albert Mendoza, Matt Newburn, Lexie Goldberger, Peter Carroll, Mikhail Pekour, Beat Schmid, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

EPA’s Village Green Sensor-Based Air Monitoring Stations: Long-term Performance of PM2.5 Sensors. TERI CONNER, Sue Kimbrough, Ron Williams, Brad Johns, John White, Gayle Hagler, US EPA - ORD, RTP, NC

Evaluating Performance of Low-Cost Optical Particle Counters in Sensing Bioaerosols; an Experimental Chamber Study. PARICHEHR SALIMIFARD, Donghyun Rim, James Freihaut, The Pennsylvania State University

Evaluating the Transferability of Low-Cost Sensor Calibration between Different Regions and Spatial and Temporal Variation in Air Quality in Hartford, CT. Kyle Terracciano, Fatema Parvez, Carl Malings, Rebecca Tanzer, R. Subramanian, KRISTINA WAGSTROM, University of Connecticut

Evaluation of a Low-Cost Personal Sampler for Assessing Respirable Dust Exposure in Taconite Mining. REBECCA FOOS, Nima Afshar-Mohajer, Karl Braun, Gurumurthy Ramachandran, John Volckens, Colorado State University

Evaluation of a Multi-wavelength Black Carbon Sensor. AMARA HOLDER, Brannon Seay, Sue Kimbrough, Johanna Aurell, Steven Blair, Jeff Blair, U.S. EPA

Evaluation of the Performance of a Lightweight, 3D Printed SMPS. KONSTANTINOS BARMPOUNIS, Anne Maisser, George Biskos, AK LemonLabs Ltd.

Evaluation of Wearable Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensors. Ryan Chartier, JONATHAN THORNBURG, RTI International

Extracting Air Quality from Photographs. Batsal Pudasaini, Joseph Skufca, Sumona Mondal, Natasha Banerjee, Jan Scrimgeour, Mark Kanaparthi, SURESH DHANIYALA, Clarkson University

Field Calibration of 50 AQMESH Air Quality Sensors. Jacob Swanson, TRES WUERFFEL, Monika Vadali, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Field Deployment Experience of Low Cost Smart City Air Pollution Monitoring Network. YU-TING CHEN, Chien-Wei Huang, Yeuh-Bin Wang, Shuenn-Chin Chang, Lung-Chi Lin, Chih-Ming Pao, Seng-Yong Lau, Autotronic Enterprise Co., Ltd.

Field Performance Evaluation of Four Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensors. ANDREA CLEMENTS, Manu Srivastava, Teri Conner, Joann Rice, Bruce Habel, Stephen Reece, Ron Williams, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development

Field Validation of a Low-Cost Integrated PM2.5 and Aerosol Optical Depth Monitor. ERIC WENDT, Jessica Tryner, Christian L'Orange, Bonne Ford, Casey Quinn, John Mehaffy, Jeffrey R. Pierce, Shantanu Jathar, Dan Miller-Lionberg, John Volckens, Colorado State University

Fluorescence Analysis of Combustion Particulate Matter on Solid State Substrate. GAURAV MAHAMUNI, Gregory Korshin, Igor Novosselov, University of Washington

Improving Quantification Methods for Long-term (24-36 mo.) Low-cost Air Quality Sensor System Deployments. EBEN CROSS, David Hagan, Leah Williams, Jesse Kroll, John Jayne, Aerodyne Research, Inc.

In-Situ Spectroscopic Analysis of PM Chemical Composition in a Low-Cost Particle Collector. HE JIAYANG, Byron Ockerman, Igor Novosselov, University of Washington

Indicating Black Carbon Exposure with a Smartphone App Using Image Analysis. Gang Chen, Mengxuan Cai, Bruce Urch, Frances Silverman, Yushan Su, ARTHUR W. H. CHAN, University of Toronto

Intelligent PM2.5 Sensor Network Experience in Taiwan’s Campus and Industrial Park. HSUNLING BAI, Chungsying Lu, Shie-Yuan Wang, Wen-Chih Peng, Chun-Chia Hsu, Sihyu Liou, Chienchiao Hung, Yen-Chi Huang, Peiyu Lu, Wei So Sun, National Chiao Tung University

Investigating the Performance of a Low-Cost PM Monitor (Dylos) against Dusttrak DRX for Different Indoor and Outdoor PM Sources. MEHDI AMOUEI TORKMAHALLEH, Obaidullah Mohiuddin, Fatemeh Mohammaddezashibi, Madina Obaidullah, Hamed Sharifi, Chemical and Aerosol Research Team, Nazarbayev University

Low-Cost Particle Sensor for Monitoring Real-Time Protection of Respirators. BINGBING WU, Maija Leppänen, Jonathan Corey, Michael Yermakov, Yan Liu, Sergey A. Grinshpun, University of Cincinnati

Low-cost Sensing of Aerosol Active Surface Area by Direct Ultraviolet Photoionization. ROBERT NISHIDA, Tyler J. Johnson, Adam M Boies, John Saffell, Simone Hochgreb, University of Cambridge

Low-cost Sensor Calibration, Application, and Modification for Size Distribution and Refractive Index Measurements. JIAYU LI, Jiaxi Fang, Tandeep Chadha, Benjamin Sumlin, Rajan K. Chakrabarty, Pratim Biswas, Washington University in St Louis

Mapping Occupational Hazards with a Multi-Hazard Monitor Network in a Heavy-Vehicle Manufacturing Facility. CHRISTOPHER ZUIDEMA, Sinan Sousan, Nima Afshar-Mohajer, Larissa Stebounova, Alyson Gray, Laura Hallett, Xiaoxing Liu, Marcus Tatum, Mitch Fitzpatrick, Oliver Stroh, Campbell Summer, Geb Thomas, Thomas Peters, Kirsten Koehler, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Measurements of Atmospheric Aerosol Vertical Distribution Using Multi-Rotors Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Portable Aerosol Instruments. ZHIJUN WU, Yishu Zhu, Yong-Hee Park, Kang-Ho An, Min Hu, Peking University, Beijing, China

New Test Method for the Low Cost Dust Sensors. KANG-HO AHN, Yong-Hee Park, Woo-Young Kim, Hee-Sang Kim, Hanyang University, R. of Korea

One Year Spatial and Temporal Variability of PM in a Southern California Community using an Air Quality Sensors Network. BRANDON FEENSTRA, Vasileios Papapostolou, Ross Cheung, Andrea Polidori, South Coast Air Quality Management District

Portable Digital Holography Instrument for In-situ Coarse-mode Aerosol Imaging. OSKU KEMPPINEN, Matthew Berg, Yuli W. Heinson, Stephen Holler, Kansas State University

Possibilities and Limitations of Low-cost PM Sensors. CHRISTOF ASBACH, Michael Spreitzer, Michael Bässler, Thorsten Schultze, Jörg Lindermann, Heinz Kaminski, Bryan Hellack, Ana Maria Todea, IUTA, Duisburg, Germany

Smart Air Quality Network, the Measurement Network for the Future. VOLKER ZIEGLER, Markus Pesch, Matthias Budde, Michael Beigl, Till Riedel, Johannes Riesterer, Klaus Schäfer, Stefan Emeis, Duick Young, Josef Cyrys, Juergen Schnelle-Kreis, Andreas Philipp, Erik Petersen, Johanna Redelstein, Hans Grimm, Stefan Hinterreiter, Thomas Gratza, GRIMM Aerosol Technik Ainring GmbH & CO.KG, Germany

Source Apportionment of Particulate Matter Using Low-Cost Particle Sensors with Co-Located Reference Measurements. DAVID HAGAN, Jesse Kroll, Eben Cross, Joshua Apte, Shahzad Gani, Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz, Sahil Bhandari, Gazala Habib, MIT

Spatial and Temporal Variability of Air Quality in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a 50-Node RAMP Network. R. SUBRAMANIAN, Carl Malings, Rebecca Tanzer, Aliaksei Hauryliuk, Provat Saha, Aja Ellis, Rose Eilenberg, Sriniwasa P.N. Kumar, Naomi Zimmerman, Allen Robinson, Albert A. Presto, Carnegie Mellon University

Spatial Modeling of PM2.5 Concentrations Measured by a Low-Cost Sensor Network: Comparison of Linear and Machine-Learning Enabled Land Use Models. SAKSHI JAIN, Naomi Zimmerman, Albert Presto, Carnegie Mellon University

The Impact of Ambient Conditions on the Performance of a Low-cost Air Quality Sensor Package (Koala). XIAOTING LIU, Rohan Jayaratne, Phong Thai, Matthew Dunbabin, Lidia Morawska, Queensland University of Technology

The National Plan of Environmental Internet of Things Using Widespread Air Quality Sensors in Taiwan. CHIA-PEI CHEN, Yeuh-Bin Wang, Fan-Lun Chen, Kun-Hsing Liu, Bo-Chieh Yang, Shuenn-Chin Chang, Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration

The Performance Evaluation System of Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors in Taiwan. Yen-Ting Li, CHIA-WEI CHANG, Yi-Cyun Yang, Jiunn-Haur Shaw, Yeuh-Bin Wang, Industrial Technology Research Institute

Theoretical Analysis of a High-Pass Electrical Mobility Filter. NIC SURAWSKI, Spyros Bezantakos, Konstantinos Barmpounis, Andreas Schmidt-Ott, George Biskos, University of Technology Sydney

Toward a More Reliable Optical Smoke Detector: Scattering Matrix Analysis of Fire and Non-fire Aerosol for Classification. QIXING ZHANG, Jia Liu, Jie Luo, Feng Wang, Jinjun Wang, Yongming Zhang, University of Science and Technology of China

Toward the Development of a Portable Single-Particle Fluorescence Spectrometer for Inexpensive Analysis of Bioparticles Collected on a Substrate. BENJAMIN E. SWANSON, Donald R. Huffman, J. Alex Huffman, University of Denver, CO

Towards High-Resolution Air Pollution Mapping: Fusing Mobile PM Measurements with Data from a Dense Low-Cost Sensor Network. SARAH CHAMBLISS, Kyle Messier, Chelsea V. Preble, Julien Caubel, Ramon Alvarez, Brian LaFranchi, Melissa M. Lunden, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Joshua Apte, University of Texas at Austin

Using Low-Cost Sensors (RAMPs) to Evaluate the Spatial and Temporal Variation of Fine Particulate Matter Concentration within Environmental Justice Communities Surrounding Large Industrial Facilities. REBECCA TANZER, Carl Malings, Allen Robinson, R. Subramanian, Albert Presto, Carnegie Mellon University