Maseeh Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
Funding Source
Undergraduate Research and Mentoring Program (URMP)
Advisor
Elliott Gall
Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
2025
Abstract
The oversight of the research is conducted by the Healthy Buildings Research Lab (HBRL), which utilizes two dispersion modeling tools for emergency management, namely ALOHA and QUIC Plume/URB. This experiment aims to explore the key differences between the two and to gain a deeper understanding of their strengths and weaknesses. For this project, using 2 different software programs to show the true dangers of what could happen if an Earthquake were to strike. We’re focused on comparing emissions from a single tank and comparing across ALOHA and QUIC. QUIC gave a better representation of what would happen if a leak from the tanks were to happen. The issue with QUIC is that it is not specific to the type of chemical, as QUIC will group the chemical into an ideal gas. With the building, QUIC showed how the particles would be affected during the dispersion. ALOHA is more user-friendly and provides a user with the possibility of choosing the chemical structure of choice. However, QUIC stands out by showing a potential source and dispersion pathway of the chemical in a more geometrically accurate depiction, rather than ALOHA.
Citation Details
Abed, John, "Comparing Two Fast-Response Air Pollution Dispersion Modeling Tools for Emergency Management Scenarios" (2025). Maseeh Summer Undergraduate Research Experience. 104.