Assistant Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health and Civil and Environmental Engineering.  Her work focuses on the interactions of air pollution with the built and natural environments and human health. She primarily develops and uses computational modeling tools, but also applies geographical mapping and field pollutant sampling.  Funding support for this work has been provided by USFand the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

REU student projects will include:

1) mapping analysis of air quality equity. Sudents will learn and apply ArcGIS mapping to compare spatial patterns of monitoring data, source data, group measurement and modeling results, and neighborhood population demographics data in the Tampa area.  

2) field characterization of pollutant distributions. Students will learn and apply passive sampling and laboratory analysis techniques to investigate spatial distributions of NOx, formaldehyde, butadiene, and benzene throughout the county.  Analytical methods to be used include colorimetric reaction and visible spectrophotometry, high performance liquid chromatography and UV-Vis detection, and gas chromatography / mass spectrometry, respectively.

3) analysis of alterative urban growth projections. Students will gather and analyze existing urban growth projections for the Tampa area in 2025, including population, economic, land use, and transportation data. This will be compared with current data to scale and spatially distribute pollutant emissions for use in air pollution modeling.  

4) systems modeling of mercury cycling.  Students will learn and apply STELLA modeling to investigate the dynamics of mercury cycling in the environment, economy, and social/cultural system for two case study areas of the Tampa Bay and Guyana.  This will include simulations with an existing group model and limited model development. 

More information: Dr. Stuart's website