The ISIAQ meeting Healthy Buildings America 2021 is taking place this week, Jan 18 – 20 on a virtual format due to the omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Below is a list of talks that we recommend, that are authored by grantees of the Chemistry of Indoor Environments Program.
The full conference program and a detailed listing of the sessions and their times can be viewed here.
All times below are shown in CST
Tuesday, 18 January
9am – 10:45 am Indoor Microbiome and Fungal Exposures
Specialized Indoor Environments: Fungal Growth and Relative Humidity in Dust Collected from the International Space Station » Mr. Nicholas Nastasi, Ms. Ashleigh Bope, Dr. Marit Meyer, Dr. John Horack, Dr. Karen Dannemiller
9:30am – 11am Cleaning and Disinfection
Disinfectant Type and its Relationship with Antimicrobial Resistance in Isolates and Communities » Ms. Olivia Barber, Prof. Erica Hartmann
MS2 and Phi6 bacteriophages on carpet and dust: viability and cleaning methods » Mr. Nicholas Nastasi, Ms. Nicole Renninger, Ms. Ashleigh Bope, Mr. Samuel Cochran, Mr. Justin Greaves, Dr. Sarah Haines, Ms. Neeraja Balasubrahmaniam, Ms. Katelyn Stuart, Mrs. Jenny Panescu, Dr. Kyle Bibby, Dr. Natalie Hull, Dr. Karen Dannemiller
11:15am – 12:45pm SARS-CoV-2: Monitoring/Transmission in Buildings
Using HVAC Filter Dust as a Monitoring Tool for SARS-CoV-2 in a Large, Multi-Story, Residential Building » Mr. David Jarma, Dr. Kerry Kinney, Dr. Juan Maestre, Dr. Atila Novoselac, Mr. Daniel Blomdahl, Dr. Pawel Misztal
Environmental viral monitoring at the building level for SARS-CoV2 » Ms. Nicole Renninger, Mr. Nicholas Nastasi, Ms. Ashleigh Bope, Mr. Samuel Cochran, Dr. Sarah Haines, Ms. Neeraja Balasubrahmaniam, Mr. John Van Dusen, Ms. Katelyn Stuart, Mr. Aaron Bivins, Dr. Kyle Bibby, Dr. Natalie Hull, Dr. Karen Dannemiller
1:15pm – 2:45pm Indoor Chemical Sources & Exposures I
Exposure to oxygenated volatile organic compounds during and after indoor disinfection events » Mr. Daniel Blomdahl, Dr. Leif Jahn, Mr. Nirvan Bhattacharyya, Ms. Pearl Abue, Ms. Mengjia Tang, Prof. Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz, Dr. Atila Novoselac, Dr. Pawel Misztal
Secondary organic aerosol formation from the reaction of chlorine atoms with compounds attributable to human occupants » Dr. Anita Avery, Ms. Francesca Majluf, Dr. Jordan Krechmer, Dr. Harald Stark, Prof. Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz, Prof. William Brune, Dr. Manjula Canagaratna, Dr. Andrew Lambe
1:15pm – 2:00pm Poster Session 5A: Pathogens, Cleaning and Infection Risk
Predicting Probabilities of Contracting Different Airborne Infectious Diseases Using CO2 Measurements While Studying in an Austin Smoothie Shop » Ms. Rileigh Robertson, Dr. Pawel Misztal, Dr. Sahil Bhandari, Prof. Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz
Chlorhexidine Interacts with Disinfectants and Microbes on Indoor Surfaces » Mr. Tyler Shimada, Ms. Jiaxian Shen, Ms. Olivia Barber, Prof. Erica Hartmann
4:15pm – 5:45pm Healthy Buildings Roundtable I: Sources, Exposures and Beyond
Effect of personal hygiene on human emissions and indoor air chemistry » Dr. Gabriel Beko, Dr. Nijing Wang, Dr. Shen Yang, Dr. Dusan Licina, Dr. Pawel Wargocki, Prof. Jonathan Williams
6:35pm – 7:15pm Poster Session 1B: Sources and Health Effects
Gene expression in fungi associated with materials degradation in aircraft » Ms. Nicole Renninger, Dr. Vanessa Varaljay, Dr. Wendy CrookesGoodson, Dr. Karen Dannemiller
6:35pm – 7pm Poster Session 3B: COVID-19
Analysis of the dispersion of droplets in an air-conditioned classroom by CFD simulation » Dr. Hyungkeun Kim, Mr. Donghyun Kim, Prof. Taeyeon Kim
Wednesday, 19 January
9am – 10:45am Indoor Microbiome and Fungal Exposures
Meta-analysis of the Indoor Microbiome: Where Are We Now and Where Should We Go? » Ms. Jiaxian Shen, Ms. Yuhan Weng, Mr. Vikas Ahluwalia, Ms. Phuong Lam, Mr. Kaiyu (Kevin) Huang, Ms. Jourdan He, Prof. Fangqiong Ling, Prof. Erica Hartmann
11am – 12:15pm Poster Session 5B: IAQ and Ventilation
Analysis of Building Age and Room Size on Carbon Dioxide Levels in University Classrooms » Ms. Kate Gayler, Ms. Sangeetha Kumar, Dr. Kerry Kinney, Dr. Atila Novoselac
1:15pm – 2:30pm Poster Session 5C: Chemical/PM Sources & Exposures
Emission of VOCs and Particles from Wood Products during Cutting and Drilling: Implications for Occupational Exposure » Ms. Sarah Deek, Ms. Paulien Aerts, Dr. Pawel Misztal, Dr. Atila Novoselac, Dr. Kerry Kinney, Mr. Nsilo Berry, Ms. Rebecca Stamm, Ms. Teresa McGrath, Mr. Bill Walsh
Thursday, 20 January
8am – 9am Poster Session 5D: Comfort, Productivity and Health
Hanji window application for improvement of indoor air quality » Mr. Suwhan Yee, Dr. Donghyun Rim
9am – 10:30 am Engineering Controls for Healthy Buildings
Performance of a wall-mounted kitchen rangehood for electric and gas stoves » Mr. Seongjun Park, Ms. Shinhyee Lee, Prof. Myoung-Souk Yeo, Prof. Donghyun Rim
Ozone Removal Performance of UV-PCO Devices » Ms. Mengjia Tang, Dr. Atila Novoselac
11am – 12:30 pm COVID-19 Transmission: Ventilation, Filtration, Controls II
Performance of an upper room UVGI system based on two analytical models » Mr. Seongjun Park, Dr. Donghyun Rim, Dr. Richard Mistrick
Evaluation of ventilation and social distancing as control strategies for viral aerosols in buildings » Mr. Gen Pei, Dr. Donghyun Rim
1:15pm – 2:45pm Indoor Chemical Sources & Exposures II
Quantifying VOC and mVOC Emissions from Wood » Ms. Paulien Aerts, Dr. Pawel Misztal, Ms. Sarah Deek, Dr. Atila Novoselac, Dr. Kerry Kinney, Mr. Nsilo Berry, Ms. Teresa McGrath, Mr. Bill Walsh, Ms. Rebecca Stamm
Microbial growth and mVOC emissions from building materials associated with increased moisture » Dr. Sarah Haines, Ms. Emma Hall, Ms. Katarzyna Marciniak, Dr. Pawel Misztal, Prof. Allen Goldstein, Dr. Rachel Adams, Dr. Karen Dannemiller
1:15pm – 2:45pm Indoor Air Quality & Health Effects II
Seasonal implications for asthma control in New York City: increased springtime concentrations of total fungi and allergenic fungal species in a pediatric asthma cohort » Mr. Samuel Cochran, Dr. Luis Acosta, Mr. Adnan Divjan, Mrs. Angela Lemons, Dr. Andrew Rundle, Dr. Rachel Miller, Dr. Brett Green, Dr. Matthew Perzanowski, Dr. Karen Dannemiller
4:15pm – 5:45pm Schools
Characterizing Ventilation Systems in University Classrooms » Ms. Sangeetha Kumar, Ms. Annette Nguyen, Ms. Kate Gayler, Ms. Grace Madigan, Dr. Atila Novoselac
4:15pm – 4:45pm Poster Session 4B: Engineering Controls/Ventilation
Personal PM2.5 exposures of husband and wife by residential characteristics in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia » Mr. Donghyun Kim, Ms. Hyerin Shin, Dr. Sooyoung Guak, Mr. Jargalsaikhan Galsuren, Prof. Davaalkham Dambadarjaa, Prof. Kiyoung Lee