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Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health (CARTEEH)

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CARTEEH’s research program includes a collaborative program with joint projects conducted by consortium members, a competitive program administered by individual consortium members, and a strategic program. These projects together address important research needs that synergize the expertise of the various partners.

Projects developed under the University Transportation Center Funded by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act

Projects  Institution Principal Investigator
Enhancing the Modeling of Emission Dispersion from Idling and Slowly Moving Vehicles UCR Guoyuan Wu
Assessing Roles of Inductive Opportunity Charging in Battery Electric Truck Operations based on Real-World Truck Activity Data UCR Kanok Boriboonsomsin, PhD
Supporting Health-Transportation Education in Schools TTI Joanne Olson, PhD
Drayage Truck Electrification Feasibility and Benefit Analysis TTI Yanzhi (Ann) Xu, PhD
Fourteen Pathways Between Urban Transportation and Health: Conceptual Model, Literature Review, and Burden of Disease Assessment in Houston TTI Haneen Khreis, PhD
Technology Landscape and Future Direction for Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health TTI Yanzhi (Ann) Xu, PhD
Development of CARTEEH Curriculum for Transportation Emissions, and Health TTI Haneen Khreis, PhD
Quantifying Potential Impacts of Bioavailable Metals and Potential Dust Emissions from Highway-Related and Desert Sediments at Lordsburg Playa, New Mexico UTEP Thomas Gill, PhD
Evaluation of Dockless Mobility User Exposure to TrafficRelated Air Pollution TTI Suriya Vallamsundar, PhD
In-Cabin Fine Particulate Matter Exposure During Paratransit Transport GaTech Alex Samoylov, PhD
Measuring Temporal and Spatial Exposure of Urban Cyclists to Air Pollutants Using an Instrumented Bicycle GaTech Kari Watkins, PhD
Developing a Transportation, Emissions and Health Data Hub TTI Andrew Birt, PhD
Improved Vehicle Emissions and Near-Road Dispersion Modeling Tool for Project Evaluation:  Integrating MOVES-Matric, the FEC, and AERMOD GaTech Haobing Liu, PhD
Modeling Air Quality Impacts of Pollution Mitigation Scenarios at a Multimodal Inland Port GaTech Franklin Gbologah, PhD
PM Exposure for Paratransit Transport GaTech Alex Samoylov, PhD
Truck Emissions Exposure Study in Ports GaTech Michael Rodgers, PhD
Assessing Regulatory Compliance and Community Air Pollution Impacts of Crude Oil by Rail (CBR) Transport in Baltimore City, Maryland JHU Genee Smith, PhD
Health Risk Characterization for Transport Users and Workers: Community Health and Cumulative Risk Considerations JHU Mary Fox, PhD
Making New Mobility a “Win” for Public Health JHU Johnathon Ehsani, PhD
Understanding Modal Shift during the Pandemic and Quantifying its Public Health Impact JHU Michelle Duren
Personal Exposure to Air Pollution in the Vicinity of U.S.-Mexico Border Crossings TTI Tara Ramani, PhD
Characterizing In-Cab Air Quality in Heavy-Duty Diesel Construction Equipment TTI Phil Lewis, PhD
Developing a SMART Framework and Practitioner Toolkit to Enhance the Public Health Benefits of Transportation Infrastructure TTI Benjamin Ettelman
Development of an Emission-Based Selection Algorithm to Optimize Variable Message Signs Location TTI Farinoush Sharifi
Dockless Mobility: Addressing Safety, Emissions, and Gaps in Policy Making TTI Suriya Vallamsundar, PhD
Economic Impacts of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Expansion on Texas Metros TTI Jacqueline Kuzio
Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Air Quality and Mortality across Continental United States – A Data Driven Approach   TTI Rohit Jaikumar
Feasibility Analysis and Infrastructure Requirements of Affordable, Shared, and Electric Mobility TTI Yanzhi (Ann) Xu, PhD
Impacts of COVID-19 Induced Active Transportation Demand on the Built Environment and Public Health TTI Bahar Dadashova
Runners air pollution exposure assessment using Low-cost Wearable (LCS) Sensors TTI Benjamin Ettelman
Technology Landscape and Future Direction for Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health TTI Yanzhi (Ann) Xu, PhD
Trace Metals in Airborne Particulate Matter and Genomic Characterization of Associated Microorganisms:  Insights into Health Effects from an Industrialized, Near-Roadway Site in Houston TTI Shankar Chellam, PhD
Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Childhood Asthma in the United States: A Burden of Disease Assessment TTI Haneen Khreis, PhD
Transportation as a Disease Vector – a Modeling Approach TTI Joe Zietsman, PhD
Transportation Emissions and Health Data Hub TTI Andrew Birt, PhD
Transportation Emissions, Air Pollution, Exposures, and Health Literature Library TTI Haneen Khreis, PhD
Urban Policy Interventions to Reduce Traffic Emissions and Traffic-Related Air Pollution: A Systematic Evidence Map TTI Haneen Khreis, PhD
Develop a performance metric to quantify the inhalation of traffic-related air pollutants at both mesoscale and macroscale UCR Ji Luo
Energy and Emission Benefits Evaluation of Battery Electric/Plug-in Hybrid Electric Connected Drayage Trucks UCR Peng Hao, PhD
Onboard Sensing, Analysis, and Reporting (OSAR):  Expanded Field Demonstrations and Development of Associated Visual Aids UCR Kent Johnson, PhD
Quantifying the Environmental and Health Impacts of Curbside Management for Emerging Multi-modal Mobility Services UCR Guoyuan Wu
Quantifying Traffic Congestion-Induced Change of Near-Road Air Pollutant Concentration UCR Jill Luo, PhD
Secondary Particulate Matter Exceed Primary Emissions from Current Gasoline Vehicles: Air Quality and Public Health Implications UCR Georgios Karavalakis, PhD
Association of Traffic and Related Air Pollutants on Cardiorespiratory Risk Factors from Low-Income Populations in El Paso, TX. UTEP Jsoyoung Jeon, PhD
Children’s Exposure to Traffic Pollution in Texas School Districts: Analyzing Social Disparities and Adoption of Mitigation Strategies UTEP Jayajit Chakraborty
Healthy Living and Traffic-Related Air Pollution in an Underserved Community UTEP Wen-Whai Li, PhD
Instant COVID-19 Diagnostic Devices on the Go to Improve Transportation Safety UTEP Xiujun Li
Locational Marginal Emission Evaluation for Electric Vehicle Charging Facility Planning UTEP Yuanrui Sang
Quantification of traffic-related emissions and exposures at US-Mexico Border Crossings using real-time mobile sensors UTEP Mayra Chavez
Quantifying Bioavailable Metals and Potential Dust Emissions from Highway-Related and Desert Sediments at Lordsburg Playa, New Mexico UTEP Thomas Gill, PhD