Our Vision
Bringing clean air and workers’ safety to eastern North Carolina, North Carolina, the Nation, and the World.
Our Mission
Our mission is to advance public health and occupational health by developing and applying innovative sensor technology. By rigorously evaluating aerosol and gas sensors in controlled environments, we empower the public, outdoor workers, and industrial professionals with reliable exposure monitoring solutions. Through research, education, and the field deployment of low-cost sensors, we strive to prioritize environmental health, prevent occupational diseases, enhance workplace safety, and support sustainable agricultural practices, thereby ensuring healthier lives and safer working conditions for all.
Dr. Sinan Sousan
Dr. Sinan Sousan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health at ECU and the North Carolina Agromedicine Institute. His research focuses on airborne exposures (aerosols and toxic gases) and their health effects. His specific expertise is related to exposure measurements and the potential health effects, based on the quantitative analysis of the collected data. His current active projects include personal exposure assessment using low-cost sensors, respiratory protection and respirator efficiency testing, quantifying secondhand electronic cigarette exposure, and detecting airborne pathogens inside residential halls and occupational sites. His interests extend to physical hazards, including extreme temperatures, UV exposure, and noise. Dr. Sousan has been an educator for over twenty years, teaching higher education levels and serving as a mentor for current and future generations of professionals. His current teaching and mentoring objectives are to educate students in public health and promote the health, safety, and well-being of workers.
Latest News
Dr. Sinan Sousan and Environmental Health Faculty Dr. Stephanie Richards were officially awarded a U.S. Patent (US20250389613A1) this week for their wind tunnel invention that is used to assess the effectiveness of insecticide products for mosquito control. Congratulations on this great achievement, Dr. Sousan and Dr. Richards!