「简报」改善非洲的空气质量；CMU 神经科学专业学生研究正念冥想​

Improving Air Quality in Africa

因为非洲大多数地区几乎没有关于空气质量的数据，专家们不知道有多少人究竟因为空气污染而受苦。然而，发表在《地球物理研究杂志》上的估计表明，与空气质量相关的死亡是整个非洲大陆最主要的死亡原因之一。来自非洲卡耐基梅隆大学的工程师和 CMU 工程学院希望能借助清洁空气基金的新赠款来填补这一知识空白。这笔资金将用在加纳共和国首都阿克拉建立一个中心，以测试和评估低成本空气质量传感器的准确性，并培训人们收集和分析已部署技术的数据。

该项目将建立在 AfriqAir 之前的工作之上，一个隶属于卡耐基梅隆大学非洲的小组，致力于汇集全球研究人员，以提高对非洲空气质量的了解。该小组由来自世界各地的合作者组成，包括来自 CMU 的许多面孔：机械工程研究教授 Albert Presto，工程与公共政策教授 Paulina Jaramillo，和电气与计算机工程和工程公共政策教授兼 CMU-Africa 的研究主任 Tim Brown。

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https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2023/march/improving-air-quality-in-africa

Experts do not know how many Africans suffer due to air pollution because there is little to no data about air quality in most areas. Yet estimates published in the Journal of Geophysical Research say that air quality-related deaths rank within the top leading causes of death across the continent. 

Engineers from Carnegie Mellon University in Africa and CMU’s College of Engineering are hoping to fill this knowledge gap with the help of a new grant from the Clean Air Fund. The funding will create a center in Accra, Ghana to test and evaluate the accuracy of low-cost air quality sensors as well as train people to gather and analyze the data of the deployed technology.

The project will build on the previous work of AfriqAir, a Carnegie Mellon Africa-affiliated group focused on bringing together global researchers to improve knowledge about air quality in Africa. The group, made up of collaborators from across the world, includes many faces from CMU: Albert Presto, a research professor of mechanical engineering; Paulina Jaramillo, a professor of engineering and public policy; and Tim Brown, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and engineering public policy, who is also the director of research at CMU-Africa.

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https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2023/march/improving-air-quality-in-africa

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