Name: Seminar - Air Quality and IoT-based Air Sensors
Start: 2023-11-07T08:00:00+00:00
End: 2023-11-08T19:00:00+00:00
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Seminar - Air Quality and IoT-based Air Sensors

from Tuesday, 7 November 2023 (08:00) to Wednesday, 8 November 2023 (19:00)

Monday, 6 November 2023
Tuesday, 7 November 2023

08:30 Welcome

08:30 - 09:00

09:00 OPENING SESSION: The IoT4AQ Project
The IoT4AQ Project
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 Air Pollution and Health Effects: S1.1
S1.1
09:30 - 10:10
Contributions

09:30 Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Africa: Emissions, Sources and Health Impacts - Bertrand TCHANCHE (Alioune Diop University) Manal INCHAOUH (Faculty of Science of Ain Chock, University Hassan ΙΙ of Casablanca, Morocco)

09:45 Indoor environmental quality in elementary schools and students’ wellbeing - Oluyemi Toyinbo (University of Oulu)
10:10 Air Pollution and Health Effects: S1.2
S1.2
10:10 - 10:50
Contributions

10:10 Assessing vehicular traffic pollution - Isaac Nyarko

10:25 Comprehensive Assessment of Air Pollution and Air Quality Index (AQI) in Residential Areas: A Case Study in Ikere-Ekiti - Francis Olawale Abulude (Environmental and Sustainable Research Group (ESRG), Science and Education Development Institute, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria)
10:50 Air Pollution and Health Effects: S1.3
S1.3
10:50 - 11:30
Contributions

10:50 ASSESSMENT OF ORGANOPHOSPHATE FLAME RETARDANTS IN AIR SAMPLES FROM AN ELECTRONIC WASTE DUMPSITE IN LAGOS, NIGERIA - Temilola Oluseyi (University of Lagos)

11:05 Mountain and valley winds and their implications on processes controlling air quality - Dino Zardi (University of Trento)
11:30 BREAK

11:30 - 12:00
12:00 IoT TUTORIALS: The Internet of Things, Sensors and Actuators (Dr. Uli Raich)
The Internet of Things, Sensors and Actuators (Dr. Uli Raich)
12:00 - 13:00
Contributions

12:00 The Internet of Things, Sensors and Actuators - Uli Raich (retired)
13:00 LUNCH TIME

13:00 - 14:00
14:00 IoT TUTORIALS: The Internet of things, uploading sensor readings to the Internet (Dr. Uli Raich)
The Internet of things, uploading sensor readings to the Internet (Dr. Uli Raich)
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions

14:00 The Internet of things, uploading sensor readings to the Internet - Uli Raich (retired)
15:00 BREAK

15:00 - 15:20
15:20 Air Sensors and Air Quality Monitoring: S2.1
S2.1
15:20 - 16:00
Contributions

15:20 Assessment of fine particles pollution inside the kitchen of a house by an optical sensor - Mecherouh Kouider Noureddine

15:35 Assessment of Particulate Matter Exposure Near Quarrying Vicinities in Southeastern Nigeria - Imoh Ekpa (Federal University of technology Ikot Abasi)
16:00 Air Sensors and Air Quality Monitoring: S2.2
S2.2
16:00 - 16:40
Contributions

16:00 Improving learning through classroom experience in East Africa: Preliminary findings - Oluyemi Toyinbo (University of Oulu, Open Development and Education)

16:15 Air Pollution and Health Impacts - Tom Mutabazi (Mbarara University of Science and Technology)
Wednesday, 8 November 2023

08:30 Welcome

08:30 - 09:00
09:00 IoT TUTORIALS: HOW TO BUILD YOUR LOW-COST AQ MONITOR / ESP32 & WIFI (Dr. Jacob Taamté)
HOW TO BUILD YOUR LOW-COST AQ MONITOR / ESP32 & WIFI (Dr. Jacob Taamté)
09:00 - 09:30
Contributions

09:00 How to design and test your own low-cost air quality monitor: Part I - Mbarndouka Taamté Jacob (Research Centre for Nuclear Science and Technology, Institute of Geological and Mining Research)
09:30 IoT TUTORIALS: HOW TO BUILD YOUR LOW-COST AQ MONITOR / ARDUINO & GSM (Dr. Jacob Taamté)
HOW TO BUILD YOUR LOW-COST AQ MONITOR / ARDUINO & GSM (Dr. Jacob Taamté)
09:30 - 10:00
Contributions

09:30 How to design and test your own low-cost air quality monitor: Part II - Mbarndouka Taamté Jacob (Research Centre for Nuclear Science and Technology, Institute of Geological and Mining Research)
10:00 BREAK

10:00 - 10:20
10:20 Design & Testing of IoT-based Air Quality Monitors: S3.1
S3.1
10:20 - 11:00
Contributions

10:20 Design and Evaluation of a Low-cost Weather Station - Evans Atioyire (Department of Physics, University of Ghana)

10:35 Development of an integrated Sensor System for Real-Time Measurement of Particulate Pollutants and Environmental Parameters - Alex kimuya (Meru University of Science and Technology)
11:00 Design & Testing of IoT-based Air Quality Monitors: S3.2
S3.2
11:00 - 12:00
Contributions

11:00 Development of an IoT based Air Quality Instrument suitable for profiling Particulate Matter (PM) distribution across Nigeria using a PMS5003 and DHT11 digital sensors. - Ezechi Nwachukwu Emmanuel (Centre for Basic Space Science and Astronomy,) Nasiru Aliyu (Centre for Basic Space Science and Astronomy)

11:15 An IoT-Based Dynamic pollution hotspots areas detection System using ESP8266 NodeMCU and Arduino - Ahmed Gueye (Université cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar)

11:30 Air quality monitoring through solid state gas sensor systems in urban environment - Ambra Fioravanti (Institute of Science and Technology for Sustainable Energy and Mobility, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-STEMS)
12:00 LUNCH TIME

12:00 - 13:00
13:00 SPECIAL SESSION: Satellites and Low-Cost Sensors: Advantages, Limitations, and Opportunities for Integration (Dr. Carl Malings)
Satellites and Low-Cost Sensors: Advantages, Limitations, and Opportunities for Integration (Dr. Carl Malings)
13:00 - 13:30
Contributions

13:00 Satellites and Low-Cost Sensors: Advantages, Limitations, and Opportunities for Integration - Carl Malings (Morgan State University, GESTAR-II, NASA GSFC GMAO)
13:30 SPECIAL SESSION: IOT solutions for vehicular traffic estimation and emissions (Dr Stefano Bilotta)
IOT solutions for vehicular traffic estimation and emissions (Dr Stefano Bilotta)
13:30 - 14:00
Contributions

13:30 IOT solutions for vehicular traffic estimation and emissions - Stefano Bilotta (University of Florence)
14:00 BREAK

14:00 - 14:20
14:20 SPECIAL SESSION: Getting useful, actionable data out of air sensors (Prof. Dan Westervelt)
Getting useful, actionable data out of air sensors (Prof. Dan Westervelt)
14:20 - 14:50
Contributions

14:20 Getting useful, actionable data out of air sensors - Daniel Westervelt (Columbia University)
14:50 SPECIAL SESSION: Air Quality Management 2.0: Leveraging Innovative Technologies and Partnerships at the Intersection of Air Quality, Health, and Policy (Sean Wihera)
Air Quality Management 2.0: Leveraging Innovative Technologies and Partnerships at the Intersection of Air Quality, Health, and Policy (Sean Wihera)
14:50 - 15:20
Contributions

14:50 Air Quality Management 2.0: Leveraging Innovative Technologies and Partnerships at the Intersection of Air Quality, Health, and Policy - Sean Wihera (Clarity Movement)
15:20 SPECIAL SESSION: Catalyzing Air Quality Improvement in Africa Through Rigorous Low-Cost Sensor Evaluation: The Afri-SET Approach (Prof Allison Felix Hughes)
Catalyzing Air Quality Improvement in Africa Through Rigorous Low-Cost Sensor Evaluation: The Afri-SET Approach (Prof Allison Felix Hughes)
15:20 - 15:50
Contributions

15:20 Catalyzing Air Quality Improvement in Africa Through Rigorous Low-Cost Sensor Evaluation: The Afri-SET Approach - Allison Felix Hughes (Department of Physics, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana)
15:50 CLOSING SESSION

15:50 - 16:30

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