The Arizona State University will receive $2 million from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop novel methods for assessing individual-level heat risk across diverse populations from 2022-2026. The university will merge an advanced mobile biometeorological station with a human-shaped thermal manikin to pioneer a field method measuring detailed human heat exposure. The manikin will measure heat load received by an average body and mimic thermoregulatory response. Co-developed physical and computational manikins will allow heat exposure assessment across demographics and body shapes to support more equitable sensing and modeling, mitigating health risks of severe heat. The university will also establish data collection and analysis protocols, and create a database of "heatscapes" and "riskscapes" from manikin simulations representing the diverse U.S. population.
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