Richard Corsi, PhD, PE (TX)
Dean, College of Engineering
UC Davis

Bio

Dr. Richard Corsi is Dean of the College of Engineering and a Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Davis.  His team has researched a range of indoor air quality issues, including indoor pollutant sources, pollutant interactions with indoor materials, and innovative control technologies.  He recently chaired a National Academies consensus study report on Health Risks of Indoor Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Practical Mitigation Solutions.  Dr. Corsi has been honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of Cal Poly Humboldt and Distinguished Engineering Alumnus of the College of Engineering at UC Davis, and as an endowed research chair and member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at the University of Texas at Austin.  His work has been featured in The Economist, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic, Business Week, and more.

A Cost-Accessible and DIY Air Cleaner - How a Simple Filtration Concept is Protecting, Teaching, and Empowering

Dr. Richard Corsi, Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Davis, describes a cost-accessible DIY air cleaner, the CR Box.  Mechanistic analyses and research findings are used to explain the effectiveness of CR Boxes for removal of indoor particles, from wildfire smoke to respiratory aerosols, and provide lessons learned regarding filtration-based air cleaners.  Dr. Corsi describes the context and benefits of CR Box applications in K-12 schools, including their use as valuable educational tools, offering school children opportunities to learn about airborne particles and the benefits of filtration while observing those benefits in their own classrooms.