Thursday
28th March: Delving into Passive Techniques for Air Pollution Mitigation
  Introductory Talks
"The Impact of Passive Air Pollution Mitigation Measures in the Built Environment"
Co-Chair: Asst. Prof. John Gallagher, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
"Towards Optimizing the Designs of Transportation Green Infrastructure"
Co-Chair: Assoc. Prof. Max Zhang, Cornell University, New York, USA
Upcoming Sessions & Panel Discussion  
Solid Barriers: Air Pollution Dispersion around Existing Infrastructure
Prof. Prashant Kumar, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Green Infrastructure: Their Role in Air Pollution Abatement
Dr. Richard Baldauf, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA
Urban Design: Informing Change through Advancements in Modelling
Dr. Stijn Janssen, VITO NV, Belgium
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  "Passive Pollution Barriers: Hedges and Trees in Open-Roadside Environments"
Chair: Prof. Prashant Kumar,
University of Surrey, United Kingdom
"The Impact of Buildings and Roads on Dispersion of Vehicle Emissions: Models Informed by Experimental Findings”
Prof. Akula Venkatram, University of California, Riverside, USA
"The Passive Control of Urban Air Pollution using Solid Barriers: After 10 Years of Research, Where do we Stand?"
Assoc. Prof. Aonghus McNabola, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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  "Exploring Green Infrastructure Air Quality Impacts as part of Sustainable Urban Design"
Chair: Dr. Richard Baldauf,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA
"Deposition and Dispersion – Interaction between Vegetation and Particle Air Pollution"
Dr. Sara Janhäll, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden
"The Role of Urban Trees in Mitigating Air Pollution"
Dr. David Nowak, USDA Forest Service, USA
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  "Air Quality Modelling for Policy Support: An Efficient way to Explore Options for Urban Planning"
Chair: Dr. Stijn Janssen,
VITO NV, Belgium
"Real-time Modeling of Traffic-related Air Pollution at Urban Scales"
Dr. Vlad Isakov, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA
"How CFD Modelling can Inform the Position of Green Infrastructure to Improve Air Quality in Urban Spaces"
Dr. Vera Rodrigues, University of Aveiro, Portugal
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