Face Shield or Face Mask to Stop the Spread of COVID-19?
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers illustrate why face shields alone don't work and how a face mask with a valve allows droplets to pass through the exhale valve unfiltered.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Awarded $2.2 Million to Monitor Algal Blooms in Lake Okeechobee
A scientist from FAU's Harbor Branch received a grant from Florida's Department of Environmental Protection to develop a sensing and visualization package to monitor harmful algal blooms in Lake Okeechobee.
Four ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Researchers Receive Prestigious NSF CAREER Awards
Four researchers from FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science have received the coveted National Science Foundation Early Career (CAREER) award.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Technology Makes 'Weathering the Storm' More Precise
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥I-SENSE and College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers have developed new flood and weather monitoring and warning systems for inland and coastal floods due to tropical storms.
Big Data Analytics Enables Scientists to Model COVID-19 Spread
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers receive NSF RAPID grant to work with LexisNexis Risk Solutions to use big data analytics techniques to predict the spread of COVID-19.
Seeing is Believing: Effectiveness of Facemasks
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers use flow visualization to qualitatively test social distancing and the efficacy of facemasks in obstructing respiratory droplets.
COVID-19 Knowledge Base and Risk Assessment Tool is Powered by AI
FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science has received an NSF RAPID grant for modeling outbreak and mutation of COVID-19 and to develop a multi-source deep neural network-based predictive tool.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Celebrates Spring 2020 Graduates
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥will confer more than 3,400 degrees for the spring 2020 semester. The new graduates will join more than 175,000 alumni who have graduated from ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥since the University opened its doors in 1964.
Project Paves the Way for Forecasting COVID-19 Infection Transmission
A smart city project developed by ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥engineering researchers is being retooled to create new opportunities to tackle COVID-19 with cutting-edge computational epidemiology.
Stay 6 Feet Apart. Simulated Cough Reveals That May Not be Enough
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers use flow visualization to demonstrate how far a mechanically simulated cough travels and lingers in the air.