Stuart Group Research Projects
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Air pollution is an important environmental exposure with significant adverse human health effects. We study the multi-scale interactions of air pollutants with the natural and built environments and the effects of these interactions on public health and on sustainability. Some foci have included improving estimates of spatial distributions of air quality, investigating effects on exposures of disadvantaged populations, and improving numerical modeling and prediction of air pollution under uncertainty using data assimilation.
- Z Chen, Y Guo, AL Stuart, Y Zhang, X Li. Exploring the equity performance of bike-sharing systems with disaggregated data: A story of southern Tampa. Transportation Research Part A, 130 (Dec): 529-545, doi: 10.1016/j.tra.2019.09.048, 2019.
- R Ramakrishnan, AL Stuart, JL Salemi, H Chen, K ORourke, RS Kirby. Maternal exposure to ambient cadmium levels, effect modification by maternal smoking during pregnancy, and congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Birth Defects Research, 2019:1-9, doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1555, 2019.
- KSC Barrett, FM Jaward, AL Stuart. Forest filter effect for polybrominated diphenyl ethers in a tropical watershed. Journal of Environmental Management, 248 (Oct):109279. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109279, 2019.
- X Yu, A Stuart, Y Liu, C Ivey, A Russell, H Kan, L Henneman, S Sarnat, S Hasan, AHM Sadmani, X Yang, H Yu. On the accuracy and potential of Google Maps location history data to characterize individual mobility for air pollution health studies. Environmental Pollution, 252:924-930, doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.05.081, 2019.
- S Gurram, AL Stuart, and AR Pinjari. Agent-based modeling to estimate exposures to urban air pollution from transportation: exposure disparities and impacts of high-resolution data. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 75 (May): 22-34. doi: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2019.01.002, 2019.
- R Ramakrishnan, JL Salemi, AL Stuart, H Chen, K ORourke, RS Kirby. Trends, correlates, and survival of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia and its subtypes. Birth Defects Research, 110: 1107-1117. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1357, 2018.
- H Yu, and AL Stuart. Impacts of compact growth and electric vehicles on future air quality and urban exposures may be mixed. Science of the Total Environment 576 (15 Jan): 148-158, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.079, 2017.
- S Gurram, AL Stuart and AR Pinjari. Tampa, Florida: High Resolution Simulation of Urban Travel and Network Performance for Estimating Mobile Source Emissions, in The Multi-Agent Transport Simulation MATSim, Eds. A Horni, K Nagel, and KW Axhausen. London: Ubiquity Press. doi:10.5334/baw (License: CC-BY 4.0), 2016.
- JP Tanner, JL Salemi, AL Stuart, H Yu, MM Jordan, C DuClos, P Cavicchia, JA Correia, SM Watkins, and RS Kirby. Uncertainty in maternal exposures to ambient PM2.5 and benzene during pregnancy: Sensitivity to exposure estimation decisions. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology 17: 117-129. doi:10.1016/j.sste.2016.04.009, 2016.
- H Yu, and AL Stuart. Exposure and inequality for select urban air pollutants in the Tampa bay area. Science of the Total Environment 551-552 (May): 474-83, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.157, 2016.
- M Dirgawati, R Barnes, AJ Wheeler, A-L Arnold, KA McCaul, AL Stuart, D Blake, A Hinwood, BB Yeap, JS Heyworth. Development of land use regression models for predicting exposure to NO2 and NOx in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia. Environmental Modelling & Software 74 (December): 258-67, doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.07.008, 2015.
- N Good, A Molter, C Ackerson, A Bachand, T Carpenter, ML Clark, KM Fedak, A Kayne, K Koehler, B Moore, C L Orange, C Quinn, V Ugave, AL Stuart, JL Peel and J Volckens. The Fort Collins commuter study: Impact of route type and transport mode on personal exposure to multiple air pollutants. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, (October). doi:10.1038/jes.2015.68, 2015.
- JP Tanner, JL Salemi, AL Stuart, H Yu, MM Jordan, C DuClos, P Cavicchia, JA Correia, SM Watkins, and RS Kirby. Associations between exposure to ambient benzene and PM2.5 during pregnancy and the risk of selected birth defects in offspring. Environmental Research 142 (October): 345-53. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2015.07.006, 2015.
- R Michael, AL Stuart, G Dagne, J Volckens, and J Peel. An integrative modeling approach for predicting exposures to traffic pollution during commuting. Extended Abstract #511. Proceedings of the 108th Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition, Raleigh, NC. June 2015.
- S Gurram, AL Stuart, and AR Pinjari. Estimating human exposures to traffic-related pollution using an integrated transportation and air pollution modeling framework: application to the Tampa region. Extended Abstract #308. Proceedings of the 108th Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition, Raleigh, NC. June 2015.
- S Gurram, AL Stuart and AR Pinjari. Impact of travel activity and urbanicity on exposures to ambient nitrogen oxides and on exposure disparities between sub-populations in Tampa, Florida. Air Quality Atmosphere & Health, 8: 97-114, doi:10.1007/s11869-014-0275-6, 2015.
- H Yu and AL Stuart. Spatiotemporal distributions of ambient oxides of nitrogen, with implications for exposure inequality and urban design. J. Air & Waste Management Assoc., 63(8):943-955, doi:10.1080/10962247.2013.800168, 2013.
- S Fridh and AL Stuart. Spatial variation in ambient benzene concentrations over a city park. (author draft) Journal of Environmental Health, 76(6):86-91, 2014.
- SC Fridh and AL Stuart. A spatial investigation of highly-resolved environmental benzene concentrations using passive sampling. Extended Abstract. Proceedings of the 104th Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, FL. June 2011. (Earned 2nd place in the MS student poster competition)
- H Yu, and AL Stuart. The spatial distribution of nitrogen oxides in Hillsborough County, FL with implications for the social distribution of exposures. Extended Abstract. Proceedings of the 104th Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, FL. June 2011. (Earned 3rd place in the PhD student poster competition)
- AE Evans and AL Stuart. A passive sampling study of small-scale variations in ambient acetaldehyde and formaldehyde concentrations]. Air, Soil, and Water Research, 4: 71-79, doi: 10.4137/ASWR.S7582, 2011.
- AL Stuart and M Zeager. An inequality study of ambient nitrogen dioxide and traffic levels near elementary schools in the Tampa area. Journal of Environmental Management, 92:1923-1930, doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.03.003, 2011.
- AL Stuart, P-S Lin, C Lee, H Yu, H Chen. Assessing Air Quality Impacts of Managed Lanes. Final Report for the State of Florida Department of Transportation. BDK85 TWO #977-11. December, 2010.
- SJ Hendricks, E Hillsman, A Foster, A Yassin, and A Stuart. Developing a Framework for a Toolkit for Carbon Footprint that Integrates Transit (C-FIT). Final Report for the State of Florida Department of Transportation, 2010.
- AL Stuart, S Mudhasakul, and W Sriwatanapongse. The social distribution of neighborhood-scale air pollution and monitoring protection. J. Air & Waste Management Assoc., 59:591-602, doi:10.3155/1047-3289.59.5.591, 2009.
- AL Stuart, M Zeager, N Poor, S Mudhasakul, W Sriwatanapongse. Assessing environmental equity related to local air pollution in Tampa, FL. Extended Abstract for the Air & Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition, 2008.
- AL Stuart, A Aksoy, F Zhang, and JW Nielsen-Gammon, Ensemble-based data assimilation and targeted observation of chemical tracer in a sea breeze model. Atmospheric Environment, 41: 3082-3094, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.11.046, 2007.
- F Zhang, N Bei, JW Nielsen-Gamon, G. Li, R. Zhang, A. Stuart, and A. Aksoy. Impacts of meteorological uncertainties on ozone pollution predictability estimated through meteorological and photochemical ensemble forecasts. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 112, D04304, doi: 10.1029/2006JD007429, 2007.
- AL Stuart, A. Aksoy, JW Nielsen-Gammon, F. Zhang. Ensemble Kalman filter data assimilation for improved chemical tracer forecasts in a 2-D sea breeze model. The 86th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, January, 2006.
- AL Stuart, A Aksoy, F Zhang, JW Nielsen-Gammon. Data assimilation and targeted observation of chemical tracer concentrations in a sea breeze model forecast using an ensemble Kalman filter. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract A33F-04, December, 2005.
- S Hayes, A Stuart, S Pye, L Levin, J Killus, Assessing exposure to airborne particulate matter, Proceedings of the 89th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association. June 1996.
Mercury contamination is an important global environmental problem that has led to very visible community health impacts. Although the detrimental effects of high mercury exposures have long been known, there remain many unknowns concerning the factors that lead to continued exposures. These include lack of adequate knowledge of its cycling in the environment and of the social (economical, political, and cultural) issues that affect its continued use, release, and consumption. In collaboration with colleagues Dr. Maya Trotz (CEE) and Dr. Fenda Akiwumi (Geography), we study the factors affecting mercury use, cycling, and exposures from a full system perspective.
- R Michael, AL Stuart, MA Trotz, and F Akiwumi. Source apportionment of wet-deposited atmospheric mercury in Tampa, Florida. Atmospheric Research 170 (March): 168-75. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.11.017, 2016.
- R Michael, AL Stuart, MA Trotz, and F Akiwumi. Mercury deposition to the Tampa bay area: Source influences from the 2012 USF deposition experiment. Extended Abstract #497. Proceedings of the 108th Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition, Raleigh, NC. June 2015.
- R Michael, AL Stuart, MA Trotz, F Akiwumi. Atmospheric mercury deposition and source attribution for Tampa. Extended Abstract. Proceedings of the 104th Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, FL. June 2011.
- JH Howard, MA Trotz, KD Thomas, E Omisca, HT Chiu, T Halfide, F Akiwumi, R Michael, AL Stuart. Total mercury loadings in sediment from gold mining and conservation areas in Guyana . Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 179: 555-573, doi: 10.1007/s10661-010-1762-3, 2010.
- AL Stuart, M Trotz, F Akiwumi. An integrated student-centered study of mercury in the economy, society, and environment of the Tampa Bay area. Abstract, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, 2008.
Cloud systems containing ice have significant impacts on acid precipitation, air pollution, and climate change. Although many cloud-chemical processes have received extensive study, interactions of chemicals with the ice-phase are poorly understood. Our work has investigated chemical partitioning during freezing and riming of supercooled drops.
- R. Michael, A.L. Stuart. The fate of volatile chemicals during wet growth of a hailstone. Environmental Research Letters, 4, 015001, doi:10.10188/1748-9326/4/1/015001, 2009.
- M.C. Barth, S.-W. Kim, W.C. Skamarock, A.L. Stuart, K.E. Pickering, and L.E. Ott. Simulations of the redistribution of formaldehyde, formic acid, and peroxides in the 10 July, 1996 Stratospheric-Tropospheric Experiment: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone deep convection storm. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D13310, doi:10.1029/2006JD008046, 2007.
- A.L. Stuart and M.Z. Jacobson. A numerical model of chemical partitioning during cloud drop freezing. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 53: 13-42, doi:10.1007/s10874-006-0948-0, 2006.
- A.L. Stuart and M.Z. Jacobson. Drop-scale numerical modeling of chemical partitioning during cloud hydrometeor freezing. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation. International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences. July 2004.
- A.L. Stuart and M.Z. Jacobson. Chemical retention during dry-growth riming. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D07305, doi:10.1029/2003JD004197, 2004.
- A.L. Stuart and M.Z. Jacobson. A timescale investigation of volatile chemical retention during hydrometeor freezing: Non-rime freezing and dry-growth riming without spreading. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D6), 4178, doi:10.1029/2001JD001408, 2003.
- A.L. Stuart. Volatile chemical partitioning during cloud hydrometeor freezing and its effects on tropospheric chemical distributions. Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University. Stanford, California. September 2002.
- M.C. Barth, A.L. Stuart, and W.C. Skamarock. Numerical simulation of the July 10 Stratospheric-Tropospheric Experiment: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone (STERAO) - Deep Convection experiment storm: Redistribution of soluble tracers. Journal of Geophysical Research. 106(D12): 12,381-12,400. June 27, 2001.
- A.L. Stuart, M.C. Barth, W.C. Skamarock, And M.Z. Jacobson. A three-dimensional modeling study of the effects of solid-phase hydrometeor-chemical interaction in cumulonimbus clouds on tropospheric chemical distributions. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation. International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences. pp. 932-935. August 2000.
- M.C. Barth, A.L. Stuart, and W.C. Skamarock. The influence of cloud processes on the distribution of chemical species for the 10 July 1996 STERAO Deep Convection storm. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation. International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences. pp. 960-963. August 2000.
Emergency releases:
A.L. Stuart and D.A. Wilkening. Degradation of biological weapons agents in the environment: implications for terrorism response. Environmental Science & Technology, 39(8): 2736 - 2743, doi:10.1021/es048705e, 2005.
Chyba, C, M.F. Cuellar, L. Donohue, L. Eden, M. Lynn, M. May, E. Pate-Cornell, J. Pullen, T. Putnam, M. Race, and A. Stuart. Final Report: Top Officials 2 Full Scale Exercise. Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University. June 2003.
Crites, T, T. Putnam, F. Steinhausler, and A. Stuart. Report of the delegation from the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC): TOPOFF-2 Planning Meeting for RDD Attack. Stanford University. October 2002.
A.L. Stuart, S. Jain, and S.B. Libicki, The use of long-term meteorological
information to predict impact probabilities resulting from toxic chemical releases. Proceedings of the International Topical Meeting of Probabilistic Safety Assessment. American Nuclear Society. October 1996.
Research Funding
- A Stuart and R Bertini. Air pollution and equity impacts of the proposed Tampa Bay Next program from a Health in all Policies perspective. Project under the UTC: Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health. U.S. Department of Transportation. October 2018 - September 2019.
- X Li, Y Zhang, A Stuart. Measuring the impact of emerging transportation technologies on community equity in economy, environment and public health. Project under the UTC: Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health. U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2017 - September 2018.
- A Stuart, F Mannering. Impacts of transit-oriented compact-growth on air pollutant concentrations and exposures in the Tampa region. Project under the UTC: Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health. U.S. Department of Transportation. November 2016 - November 2017.
- A Stuart, R Michael. Development, application, and dissemination of systems-based computational approaches for understanding and reducing exposures to air pollutants. College of Public Health, University of South Florida. January - August 2015.
- D Mendoza, AL Stuart. Quantifying variations in exposure to PM10 and NOx for road construction workers. Pilot Project. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida. January - June 2013.
- J. Volckens, J. Peel, A. Stuart. The Commuter Exposure Study: linking exposure, source-receptor models, and health. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. January 2012 - October 2017.
- A. Stuart and R. Michael. Development, application, and dissemination of systems-based computational approaches for understanding and reducing exposures to air pollutants. College of Public Health. USF. January - August 2015.
- J. Mihelcic, A. Stuart, Q. Zhang, S. Ergas, and Y. Zhang. S-STEM: Graduate Scholarships to Achieve Sustainable Infrastructure at the Water-Energy-Global Nexus. National Science Foundation. June 2010 - May 2014.
- R. Kirby, A. Stuart (co-I, lead for air pollution subproject). Environmental Public Health Tracking. Florida Department of Health. November 2011 - June 2014.
- A.L. Stuart , P-S Lin. Air quality impacts of managed lanes. National Center for Transit Research, Florida Department of Transportation. April 2009 - Dec. 2010.
- S.J. Hendricks, E. Hillsman A.L. Stuart . Developing a framework toolkit for carbon footprint for integrating transit. National Center for Transit Research, Florida Department of Transportation. Feb. 2009 - Sept. 2010.
- A.L. Stuart. CAREER: Multi-scale interactions of air pollution, urban growth, and equity - integrated research methods and informal science teaching. CBET- Environmental Sustainability, National Science Foundation. January 2009 - Dec. 2013.
- A.L. Stuart, M. Trotz, F. Akiwumi. Understanding and promoting sustainability related to mercury exposures through integrated research, graduate education, and community involvement. Sustainable Healthy Communities Initiative, USF. May 2007 - May 2009.
- A.L. Stuart. Tampa Bay Toxics Assessment. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. July 2006 - June 2007.
- A.L. Stuart. A preliminary study of mercury deposition to Tampa Bay. New Researcher Grant, USF. 2006 - 2007.
- J. Nielsen-Gammon, A.L. Stuart, and Jerry Guynes. A rural air quality monitoring tower site in East-Central Texas. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Sept. 2004 - Aug. 2005.
- J. Nielsen-Gammon, A.L. Stuart, and F. Zhang. Meteorological model improvements using the ensemble Kalman filter. Texas Environmental Research Consortium. Jan. 2004 - Nov. 2004.
- A.L. Stuart. STAR Graduate Fellowship, US Environmental Protection Agency. 1999 - 2002.
- A.L. Stuart. Graduate Fellowship, National Science Foundation. 1996 - 1999.
Group Members
Research Graduates: (only those for whom I supervised a thesis, dissertation, or similar research document are listed)
- Talha Kocak, MSPH 2019 (Thesis: Air pollution and equity impacts of a proposed transportation improvement program for Tampa)
- Jacqueline Murray, MPH 2019 (Special Project: A geospatial analysis of rent burden in Hillsborough Co, FL.)
- Josh Donegan, MSIS 2018 (Thesis: Design and Implementation of a Ferrocement Improved Cookstove in Rural Panama)
- Sashikanth Gurram, PhD 2017 CEE (Dissertation: Understanding the linkages between urban transportation design and population exposure to traffic-related air pollution: application of an integrated transportation and air pollution modeling framework to Tampa, FL )
- Alicia Steiert, MPH 2017 (Special Project: A chemical safety and hygiene plan for a multi-group university laboratory)
- Patricia Leandro, MPH 2017 (Special Project: Environmental and urban risk factors for poverty increments in Detroit)
- Kayon Barrett, PhD 2017 EOH (Dissertation: The Influence of Tropical Forests and Climate Change on the Fates of Select Organic Pollutants in a Jamaican Watershed.)
- Kayla Peacock, MA 2016 (Project Report: Engaging faith-based organizations in sustainability and environmental awareness - Ireland)
- Colette Nasworthy, MPH 2016 (Special Project: Preparedness for accidental gas cylinder releases)
- Ryan Michael, PhD 2013 EOH (Dissertation: Investigation of mercury use, release, deposition, and exposures in the Tampa Bay area); MSES 2008 (Thesis: Fate of volatile chemicals during wet-growth riming in clouds)
- Haofei Yu, PhD 2013 EOH (Dissertation: A modeling investigation of human exposure to select traffic-related air pollutants in the Tampa area: spatiotemporal distributions of concentrations, social distributions for exposure, and impacts of urban design on both)
- Sarah Burns, MPH 2013/MSES 2014 (Special Project: Sensitivity analysis of different temporal and spatial parameters for estimating maternal exposures to benzene and PM2.5 in Florida)
- Jill Sears, MSPH 2013 (Thesis: Spatial distribution of nitrogen oxides, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes in Hillsborough County, Florida: an investigation of impacts of urban forests on ambient concentrations of air pollutants associated with traffic); BS 2011 (Honor's Thesis: Public health implications of marina pollution on recreational beaches)
- Merril Putnam, MSIS 2013 (Thesis: Insight into the use, perception, and value surrounding domestic water in Peru: envisioning demand management in an intermittent, small-city service context)
- Carol Barrick, MPH 2013 (Special Project: Greenhouse gas accounting - new requirements for a new age. Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC - case study)
- Theresa Chu, MPH 2013 (Special Project: The barriers and motivations to physical activity for adults in the Tampa Bay region)
- Aisha Turnbull Lawrence, MPH 2011 (Special Project: A review and analysis on the use of evaluation methods in the USF Laboratory Safety Training program to improve its effectiveness)
- Samantha Fridh, MSPH 2011(Thesis: A pilot study of small-scale variations in outdoor benzene concentrations)
- Harold Hurst, MPH 2011 (Special Project: Acrolein in urban air - monitoring and health impacts)
- Amanda Evans, MSPH 2010 (Thesis: A pilot study of small-scale spatial variability in aldehyde concentrations in Hillsborough County, Florida)
- Ryan Davis, MA / MPH 2010 (Thesis: Fireproofing the lawn: Reclaimed water and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Tampa Bay)
- James Womble, MPH 2009 (Special Project: Development of a passive sampling protocol for pilot study of benzene and 1,3-butadiene concentrations in ambient air)
- Watcharaphol Traisantikul, MS 2009 KMUTT (Special Research Project: Air pollution dispersion modeling for localized exposure in Tampa)
- Tippawan Dethtada, MS 2009 KMUTT (Special Research Project: Urban land use and transportation growth modeling development for air quality)
- Somkit Bunchitomongkhon, MS 2009 KMUTT (Special Research Project: Mass balance calculations for mercury cycling in Tampa Bay)
- Alex Tapper, BS 2009 (Honors Thesis: Mercury from dental amalgams: routes of exposure and methods of reduction)
- Joe Graham, MPH / ME 2008 (Special Project: Method selection and protocol development for passive measurement of aldehydes in ambient air)
- Michelle Zeager, MPH 2008 (Special Project: Spatial variation of nitrogen dioxide in Hillsborough County, Florida)
- Sarntharm Mudhasakul, MS 2007 KMUTT (Special Research Project: Localized air quality and population disparities in Tampa, Florida)
- Pakornkit Borrisuth, MS 2007 KMUTT (Special Research Project: Mercury atmospheric deposition study for Tampa Bay)(KMUTT is King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand)
- Chantal Braithwaite, BS 2006 (Honors Thesis: Investigation of air pollution related health disparities in Tampa, Florida)
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