The switch to online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic forced educators to adapt hands-on environmental engineering experiments to a remote curriculum previously conducted in a laboratory using expensive analytical instruments (> $2000 per device). Here, we describe how we developed a low-cost (<$200) aerosol sensor platform as a successful solution for supporting remote laboratories on air quality for environmental engineering courses in Spring 2021, and continued for in-person classes in Spring 2022. This sensor platform, called HazeL (Haze Laser Sensor), consists of an externally mounted aerosol sensor, a GPS receiver, and temperature and pressure sensors coupled to an Arduino MKR WiFi 1010 microcontroller connected via a Grove system. Using a project-based learning approach and implementing the scientific method, students worked asynchronously to design experiments, collect aerosol measurements, and analyze and visualize data using the R programming language. Students generated hypotheses regarding factors affecting air pollution, measured ≥0.3 μm particles in different locations, tested differences between samples, and rejected the null hypothesis if appropriate. HazeL was also used for projects on data processing and statistical inference in an upper-level computational course. We present an instructional guide on manufacturing the HazeL platform and using it as a teaching tool for enhancing student experiential learning, participation, and engagement.
We report the results of a survey on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) perceptions, capacity, and barriers at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in high-HIV-burden jurisdictions in the United States. Healthcare workers at FQHCs identified multiple barriers to, and strategies for, improving PrEP implementation.
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