The Air Quality Laboratory , under the direction of Jay Turner, applies chemical engineering principles to environmental problems. Both technical and policy aspects are addressed to support the integration of research results into the environmental decision-making process.
Current research spans a range of air quality-related issues.
Prof. Turner is the principal investigator for the St. Louis-Midwest Supersite . This project will provide a data set suitable for the investigation of atmospheric aerosol dynamics, source-receptor relationships, control strategy development, monitoring equipment performance evaluation, and health effects. Examples include biogenic hydrocarbon emissions from forests and particulate matter emissions from tire wear and resuspended road dust. Emissions from such sources are often difficult to quantify because they cannot be directly sampled under controlled conditions. In this case, field measurements are conducted and emission rates are reconstructed using modeling.