Program – 2021 CARTEEH Transportation, Air Quality, and Health Symposium

Final program, updated May 12, 2021. | Access the detailed program.

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All times are listed in Central Daylight Time (CDT).

Tuesday, May 18, 2021
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Welcome Joe Zietsman, Texas A&M Transportation Institute and Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health Matt Barth, University of California, Riverside
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon	Keynote Session: Challenges and Opportunities in Community Air Quality and Health Moderator: Matt Barth, University of California, Riverside Speaker: Liane Randolph, California Air Resources Board
12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.	Break
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Breakout Sessions Breakout Session A: Modeling Traffic Emissions and Air Pollution Moderator: Kirsten Koehler, Johns Hopkins University A Surrogate Approach for Estimating Vehicle-Related Emissions Under Heterogenous Traffic Patterns Yuche Chen, University of South Carolina Assessing Ambient Pollution Concentrations and Personal Exposures in Baltimore: The SEARCH Project Misti Zamora, Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health Estimating Traffic-Related Air Pollution Using a Noise-Based Model Masoud Fallah-Shorshani, University of Southern California Modeling Spatiotemporal Exposures to Traffic-Related Air Pollutants in a Near-Highway Microenvironment Mayra Chavez, The University of Texas at El Paso Breakout Session B: Characterizing Traffic-Related Air Pollution Moderator: Wen-Whai Li, The University of Texas at El Paso Dynamic Receptor Grid Method for Regional-Level Near-Road Air Quality Analysis: A Case Study for Particulate Matter Daejin Kim, Gangneung-Wonju National University Dust and Particulate Matter Hazard on Interstate 10 at Lordsburg Playa in Southwestern New Mexico Thomas E. Gill, The University of Texas at El Paso Elemental Analysis of PM2.5 at Four Schools in El Paso, TX, USA and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, MX Amit Raysoni, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley COVID-19 and Air Pollution: A Case Study of a London Street Daisy Thomas, 3DATX Corporation
1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.	Break
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Breakout Sessions CARTEEH Spotlight Session 1: UTC Paves the Way for Transportation, Air Quality and Health Moderator: Ann Xu, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Advancing a Research Agenda for Transportation Emissions, Health and Beyond Tara Ramani, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Improving Public Health in Disadvantaged Communities Near Ports Through Heavy-Duty Truck Electrification Kanok Boriboonsomsin, University of California, Riverside Characterization of Exposures and Associated Health Risks in Underserved Near-Road Communities Due to Traffic Emissions: Recent Investigations in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region Wen-Whai Li, The University of Texas at El Paso Public Health Methods for Decision Making in Communities Mary Fox, Johns Hopkins University Teaching Transportation, Air Quality and Public Health Michael Rodgers, Georgia Institute of Technology Breakout Session C: Addressing Transportation Emissions to Improve Public Health Moderator: John Hall, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Short-Term Associations of Traffic-Related Air Pollutants on Cardiorespiratory Risk Factors from Low-Income Populations in El Paso, TX Juan Aguilera, The University of Texas at El Paso The TRANSIT Accountability Study: Preliminary Results & Methods to Assess Impacts of Local Congestion Programs on Pregnant Women in Texas Perry Hystad, Oregon State University Reducing Community Exposure to Diesel Emissions Through Health-Conscious Truck Routing Ji Luo, University of California, Riverside
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon	Plenary Session: Protecting Community Air Quality and Health Moderator: Vernon Hughes, California Air Resources Board Speakers: Toward Improved Mobile Source Activity Data for AB 617 Communities Hanjiro Ambrose, California Air Resources Board Environmental Justice and Air Quality: AB 617 Implementation in the San Francisco Bay Area Philip Martien, Bay Area Air Quality Management District Improving Air Quality in Environmental Justice Communities in Southern California Jo Kay Ghosh, South Coast Air Quality Management District Communities’ Experience and Perspective on Local Air Quality and Health Impacts Chris Chavez, Coalition for Clean Air
12:00 noon – 12:15 p.m.	Break
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Lightning Talks Moderator: Ben Ettelman, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Off-Road Construction Equipment Electrification: Current State of Technology Development and Pathway toward Market Adoption Fuad Un-Noor, University of California, Riverside The Effect of Vehicular Emissions on the Traffic Wardens Aderemi Adewunmi, Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology, NITT Can Battery Electric Trucks Replace Conventional Heavy-Duty Trucks Used in Port Drayage Operation? Shams Tanvir, California Polytechnic State University Development of a Standard Testing Method for Vehicle Cabin Air Quality Index Heejung Jung, University of California, Riverside Development and Application of a Micro-PEMS System for Onboard Sensing, Analysis, and Reporting Kent Johnson, University of California, Riverside Pollutants and Adverse Health Effects of Traffic Related air Pollution: A Literature Review Shabnam Bhuiyan, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Bridging Model Estimates of Vehicular Emissions with Near-Roadway Ambient Measurements Ayla Moretti, University of California, Riverside Effects of Route Selection on In-Use NOx Emissions from Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks George Scora, University of California, Riverside Evaluation of Population Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollutions by Demographic Characteristics Using Activity-Based Models with Path Retention and Streamlined Dispersion Modeling Tool: Case in Atlanta, GA Hongyu Lu, Georgia Institute of Technology Energy Consumption Estimation for Buses Under Mountain Driving Characteristics: A Machine-Learning Approach Yuche Chen, University of South Carolina Overview of Active Transportation Programs Implemented Between 2017-2020 in the U.S. Olga Bredikhina, The University of Alabama Sanaa Rafique, The University of Alabama
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Poster Session
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Breakout Sessions Breakout Session D: Heavy Duty and Non-Road Transportation Emissions Moderator: Haobing Liu, The University of New Mexico Measurement of Particulate Matter and Gaseous Emissions from Commercial Harbor Craft During Real-World Operation Chas Frederickson, University of California, Riverside Oversize/Overweight Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emissions Impacts Study Jason Brown, North Central Texas Council of Governments In-Cab Pollutant Measurements for Nonroad Diesel Equipment Phil Lewis, Texas A&M University Breakout Session E: Life-Cycle and Regional Assessments of Transportation Emissions Moderator: Kanok Boriboonsomsin, University of California, Riverside Life-Cycle Modeling of Technologies and Strategies for a Sustainable Freight System in California Hanjiro Ambrose, University of California Davis Alissa Kendall, University of California Davis Regional Assessment of Implementing Autonomous Vehicle Dedicated Lanes on Transportation Congestion and Emissions Farinoush Sharifi, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Energy Use of Full Electric and Combustion Engine Vehicles in Transient Traffic Aron Jazcilevich, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Thursday, May 20, 2021
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.	Breakout Sessions Breakout Session F: Health Effects of Air Pollution Moderator: Haneen Khreis, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Air Pollution and Mental Health-Related Emergency Room Visits in California Ruwan Thilakaratne, Air and Climate Epidemiology Section, California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Oakland, CA. Development of a Consumer Cumulative Risk Profile Mary Fox, Johns Hopkins University Systematic Review on the Health Effects of Long-term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution Hanna Boogaard, Health Effects Institute Air Quality Monitoring in Glasgow Craig Michie, University of Strathclyde Breakout Session G: Policy Making and Partnerships for Transportation and Health Moderator: Katie Turnbull, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Development of a Fuel-Economy Based Automobile Excise Tax in the District of Columbia Joseph Jakuta, District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment A Systems Approach into Health Pathways from Community Development, Active Travel Behavior to Body Mass Index and Health Xiaobing Li, Alabama Transportation Institute Frameworks and Tools for Measuring, Understanding, and Realizing Transportation Land Use Coordination for Sustainability, Livability, Health, and Equity Bruce Appleyard, San Diego State University Software Eats the World: A No Added Hardware, Connected Vehicle Data Driven Approach to Automating Signal Retiming Jatish Patel, Flow Labs
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon	Break
12:00 noon – 1:15 p.m.	Breakout Sessions CARTEEH Spotlight Session 2: Highlights from Students and Early Career Researchers Moderator: Haneen Khreis, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Transportation, Technology and Public Health: Assessing the Health Impacts of Automated Vehicles Soheil Sohrabi, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Use of Traffic-Related Air Quality Estimates to Inform Health-Aware Travel Route Choice Ji Luo, University of California, Riverside Accurately Tracking Emissions from Electric Power Generation Yuanrui Sang, The University of Texas at El Paso Evaluation of Potential Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Strategies to Improve Healthy-Food Accessibility Chia-Hsiu Chang, Johns Hopkins University Investigation of MOVES and AERMOD Uncertainty: Impact of Temporal- and Spatial- Aggregation of Onroad Operating Conditions on Emissions and Dispersion Modeling Hongyu Lu, Georgia Institute of Technology Breakout Session H: Exposures and Health Effects Moderator: Mary Fox, Johns Hopkins University Investigating Health Effects of Various Particulate Matter on Mice by Using Animal Exposure Chambers Qi Li, University of California, Riverside Ambient Near-Road Mobile Source Air Toxics Concentrations in the United States: 2016–2018 Olivia Ryder, Sonoma Technology, Inc. Benzene Exposure and Cancer Risk from Commercial Gasoline Station Fueling Events Using a Novel Self-Sampling Protocol Andrew Patton, Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health The Impact of Roadside Structures on Near-Road Air Quality Ranga Rajan Thiruvenkatachari, University of California, Riverside
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Break
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Plenary Session: Building Back Better – New Directions for Transportation and Health after the Global Pandemic Moderator: Joe Zietsman, Texas A&M Transportation Institute and Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health Speakers: Two Pandemics for the Price of One: Chronic and Infectious Disease Impacts of the Built and Nature Environment Larry Frank, University of California San Diego Advancing Future Mobility, Clean Air, and Climate Actions in the California Capital Region Alberto Ayala, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District Pathway to Better Health for All: Connecting Healthy People 2030 and Transportation Policy Carter Blakey, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks and Student Awards Joe Zietsman, Texas A&M Transportation Institute and Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health Matt Barth, University of California, Riverside