Researchers Will Assess Safety Measures Against Airborne Transmission of Viral Infections (IMAGE)

Florida Atlantic University

Researchers Will Assess Safety Measures Against Airborne Transmission of Viral Infections

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Manhar Dhanak, Ph.D., principal investigator, chair of FAU's Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering, and professor and director of SeaTech, is shown with the mannequin they designed to demonstrate how far aerosolized droplets travel from coughs and sneezes, which were mechanically emulated through pumping a mixture of air and mist/fog from its mouth.

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Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University

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