Air Pollution

Research

Objective

To advance strategies that address the human health and climate consequences of air pollution.

Implementation

Read about the ME-170 Class (Mechanical Engineering Design - Integrating Context with Engineering)  

PROJECTS

Assessing brick kilns number, location and use in Bangladesh

Health effects of living near unimproved brick kilns and a pilot path to improvement

Air pollution and health in Kamalapur

Brick Kiln Intervention Trial: Clean Air and Better Health in Bangladesh

Automatic Coal Feeder: Refining a technology to reduce black carbon emissions from South Asian brick kilns

Brick Kiln Worker Study: Profit Motives, Working Conditions, and Labor Trafficking: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Bangladesh's Brick Kiln Industry

Addressing Corruption in an Informal Industry: Evidence from Brick Kiln Industries in Bangladesh

Designing preferred windows to maximize household ventilation in urban slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Human and environmental health costs and benefits of firewood versus clean fossil fuel consumption in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh

Mitigating Methane Emissions: Conversion of Biogas from Organic Wastes into a High-Value Fish Food Supplement for Aquaculture in Bangladesh

PUBLICATIONS

Air Pollution