top of page

AQI Warnings

  • Nov 3, 2020
  • 1 min read

Updated: Nov 6, 2025

Conceptual Design

I collaborated with a group of my peers to prototype a learning tool used for communities to better understand the unpredictable nature of the dangers and spread of wildfires.

Our models focus is on creating a warning with both sound and word based on the air quality.


Design Feasibility

Text with headings: "Prototype" and "Future Expansions." Lists include terms like "Smokey Ash" and "Percent Burned" with color-coded elements.
Two panels with graphical simulations. Left shows gray and green areas with "Air Quality Index: Sensitive Groups." Right: red shape over gray, labeled "Unhealthy." Speaker icons present.

Design Scale

Gray background with "Design Scale" text. Lists target users: adults in high-risk areas and children. Abstract Alaska drawing on the right.

AQI chart: Green to Maroon indicating air quality from good to hazardous. Colors show concern levels, index values, and health effects.

AQI chart with color-coded levels: Green to Maroon, showing air quality from Good to Hazardous. Includes risk descriptions and "Our Ratio" text.

Technical Specifications

Text on a white background lists design technical requirements with colorful flames on the right. Notable text: Design Technical Requirements.

Sustainability Impact

Text on dark background: "Design Sustainability Impact." Describes wildfire spread unpredictability, AQI effects, evacuation guidelines. Maps of two regions.

My Work

Because of the collaboration style of my team, we chose to break off and each tackle different tasks separately and then come together in the end for larger results. My team members included Mary Marcontell, Megan Preiss, and Andrew Neel.

My role within my team consisted of

  1. Collaboration on overall project concept

  2. Collaboration in finding our NetLogo model base

  3. Presentation Design

  4. Drawing Graphics for our Future Expansion

  5. Converting the typical AQI scale into a percentage and ratio applicable to our NetLogo model (further math done by Mary)

  6. Overall coordination of team members within Google Docs


bottom of page