Environmental Engineering Internship

This summer, during my internship, I hope to learn:
What is used to measure air quality?
How can people help improve air quality in their daily lives?
How often is air quality monitored exactly? Is it constant or at certain intervals?
What factors contribute the most to the quality of air?
Where are the places in the world that have the lowest/worst quality of air? What about in New Haven?
Which cities in the US are most at risk when it comes down to air quality?
What are the health risks of having low quality air?

I'm excited to work collaboratively in the lab and built more air quality modules like the ones that we saw, or to analyze data collected by the lab, or to do anything else involved with air quality/the environment!

I also am curious about how different demographics come into play when considering air quality--I had never considered that something like demographics could affect something that we take for granted, like our air. I also really like to look at the social aspects of major science issues, so I am looking forward to seeing any data related to New Haven/Connecticut in general and examining how it affects people, especially those close to us.