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Shannon Capps, PhD

Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering
Expertise environmental engineering

Capps leads the Drexel Atmospheric Modeling Lab, where her group studies how the location of fossil fuel and other emissions affects public health and climate endpoints through ozone production, aerosol formation and cloud brightening. Her research centers on modeling outdoor air quality and atmospheric behavior in regions that have been or could be affected by externalities of fossil fuel extraction, transport, refinement and consumption.

The Atmospheric Modeling Lab is helping to develop and test the latest air quality modeling programs to estimate the influence of emissions sources on health, ecosystem, and climate impacts of pollutants. Its modeling focuses on the human effect of pollution by projecting impacts over a short time period—up to one year—and at a regional scale, to help inform environmental decision making.

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No Toxic Chemicals Found in Air Samples Taken Following Massive Junkyard Fire in Southwest Philadelphia
Nov 10, 2021
Shannon Capps, PhD, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering, was interviewed in a Nov. 10 KYW-TV (CBS-3) segment about the possible health effects of smoke from a large fire in southwest Philadelphia that lingered over the city and into New Jersey.
Policy Like EPA’s Clean Power Plan Would Mean Higher Crop Yields
Dec 22, 2016
Shannon Capps, PhD, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a Dec. 22, Ars Technica story about her research on projecting the future effects of emissions-reduction policies, similar to those proposed in the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, on crops and vegetation.
Air Pollution Spike During Philly's SEPTA Strike
Nov 18, 2016
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; color: #323333} Shannon Capps, PhD, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a Nov. 19 Philadelphia Inquirer story about an increase in air pollution detected during the SEPTA strike. An abridged version of the story also ran in the Philadelphia Daily News.
Increased Car Traffic During SEPTA Strike Increased Air Pollution by 400 Percent
Nov 18, 2016
Peter DeCarlo, PhD, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering and College of Arts and Sciences; and Shannon Capps, PhD, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering, were mentioned in a Nov. 18 WHYY/Newsworks.org story about increased air pollution during the SEPTA strike earlier this month.

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When the Environmental Protection Agency finalized the Clean Power Plan in 2015 it exercised its authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions to protect public welfare. The Plan, now the focus of escalating debate, also put the nation on course to meet its goals under the Paris Climate Agreement. Given that other pollutants are emitted from power plants—along with carbon dioxide—research has shown that carbon emission standards for the power sector benefit human health. New research released today shows that they would also benefit crops and trees.

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