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Professor Mark Hernandez, S. J. Archuleta Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, also directs ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·'s Environmental Engineering Microbiology and Disinfection Lab, an experimental space used to study infectious airborne particles and realistically mimics indoor environments. In a recent study published in PNAS-Nexus, the team studied murine hepatitis virus (MHV), a coronavirus that cannot infect humans but is closely related to SARS-CoV-2.
Mark Hernandez's research to study air quality and COVID-19 in Denver Public Schools is being covered by numerous Front Range journalists. Denver Public Schools is spending $1.5 million to track air quality in classrooms with new monitors installed
ColoradoSPH, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· combine NASA-inspired technology and innovative masks to monitor viruses in classroom The classrooms of Barnum Elementary School in Denver echo with the chatter of students and the instruction of teachers. The white
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought increased attention to indoor air quality and the effect that ventilation has on reducing disease transmission in indoor spaces. A recent infrastructure survey reported that of the nearly 100,000 operating public
A University of Colorado Boulder team is part of a major international effort to sample surfaces and the air on mass transit vehicles. Two major international journals have published articles on the research, which included teams from ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·
School may be out for summer, but cleaner indoor air may be here to stay in some Colorado classrooms. With support from the heating and ventilation company Carrier Global, Intel and the Colorado-based Ryan Innovation Group, engineers at CU