Welcome to AIRU
We are bringing low-cost, air quality sensors and teaching modules to high-school and middle school classrooms along the Wasatch Front. Researchers at the University of Utah are partnering with teachers, environmental advocates and citizen-scientists to identify, understand, and begin to address the region’s air quality challenges and develop a novel strategy for community-science and the evaluation of sensor performance.
Our team won the 2019 AIChE STEM outreach competition. See story.
Our team won the William H. Corcoran Award for the best paper in chemical engineering education.
Our work is highlighted in a recent National Science Foundation Science Nation Video.
We were recently selected as a grand-prize winner at the University of Utah Bennion Center's Pitch In Event in recognition of our strong community partnerships.
Our team was honored to be selected to present our building-block, air-quality sensor and teaching modules at the National Science Fair and Expo in Washington, DC on April 6 - 8th. See the video and pictures.
See our hands-on teaching module about the causes of an inversion. You also get the chance to blow bubbles. Check out the video here.
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