What type of organization best describes you?
I am an individual PhD student at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in air quality modeling. I am originally from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, which suffers from some of the worst air pollution in the world. Witnessing the severe health impacts of air pollution in Dhaka inspired me to pursue this field and motivates me to undertake this personal monitoring project.
Describe your organization.
Although my PhD project has access to resources for deploying a network of sensors in Boston, there is a significant lack of air quality monitoring infrastructure in Dhaka. In particular, Mohammadpur—a densely populated area with many families and schools—has no local air quality measurements, despite its high residential density and numerous high-rise buildings. This project seeks to address that gap.
Describe your project.
I plan to install one PurpleAir sensor in my family’s apartment on the 14th floor of a high-rise building to monitor ambient and semi-indoor air quality. A second sensor would be placed on the first floor, near the reception of a residential building adjacent to a main road, to capture data influenced by traffic emissions. Together, these sensors will offer valuable insights into vertical and indoor-outdoor variations in air pollution in a previously unmonitored area.
Which PurpleAir model(s) are you interested in and how many would you want for your project?
I would like to request two PurpleAir Flex sensors. This number would be sufficient to begin my personal monitoring project and provide valuable baseline data for Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area.