Mark Hernandez News /ceae/ en Mark Hernandez and team awarded $125K in Lab Venture Challenge /ceae/2024/11/06/mark-hernandez-and-team-awarded-125k-lab-venture-challenge <span>Mark Hernandez and team awarded $125K in Lab Venture Challenge</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-11-06T14:37:42-07:00" title="Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 14:37">Wed, 11/06/2024 - 14:37</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/mark_hernandez_0.png?h=6b9bf2e9&amp;itok=7i-3qMwD" width="1200" height="600" alt="Mark Hernandez"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/149" hreflang="en">Mark Hernandez News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/252" hreflang="en">briefs</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-right image_style-small_square_image_style"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_square_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/small_square_image_style/public/article-thumbnail/mark_hernandez_0.png?h=6b9bf2e9&amp;itok=QUPU2GeU" width="375" height="375" alt="Mark Hernandez"> </div> </div> <p><span>Professor </span><a href="/ceae/mark-hernandez" rel="nofollow"><span>Mark Hernandez</span></a><span>, his former PhD student </span><a href="/faculty/hernandez/emma-biesiada" rel="nofollow"><span>Emmalee Biesiada</span></a><span> and colleague Steve Hughes were among </span><a href="/venturepartners/2024/10/28/internal-news/1m-awarded-university-colorado-innovators" rel="nofollow"><span>five winning teams</span></a><span> &nbsp;of University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder faculty, researchers and graduate student innovators awarded $125,000 in this year鈥檚 </span><a href="/venturepartners/lab-venture-challenge" rel="nofollow"><span>Lab Venture Challenge (LVC)</span></a><span> in the biosciences category. Their company is developing Peroxide Enhanced Germicidal Irradiation (PEGI) for rapid, low-resource sterilization of microbial contaminants.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Professor Mark Hernandez and his team was awarded $125,000 in this year鈥檚 Lab Venture Challenge (LVC) in the biosciences category.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 06 Nov 2024 21:37:42 +0000 Susan Glairon 3511 at /ceae Mark Hernandez: Indoor air monitoring goes to school /ceae/2024/09/11/mark-hernandez-indoor-air-monitoring-goes-school <span>Mark Hernandez: Indoor air monitoring goes to school</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-09-11T11:59:36-06:00" title="Wednesday, September 11, 2024 - 11:59">Wed, 09/11/2024 - 11:59</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/10227-cover-install.jpeg?h=a47253c0&amp;itok=TbgoTEAH" width="1200" height="600" alt=" Students from Mark Hernandez鈥檚 group install an air quality monitor in a classroom."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/149" hreflang="en">Mark Hernandez News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Across the US, schools have begun measuring air quality en masse. Professor Mark Hernandez is helping to interpret the data</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://cen.acs.org/analytical-chemistry/Indoor-air-monitoring-goes-school/102/i27`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:59:36 +0000 Anonymous 3490 at /ceae 9News: Researchers at 欧美口爆视频 Boulder test classroom air purification devices /ceae/2024/08/23/9news-researchers-cu-boulder-test-classroom-air-purification-devices <span>9News: Researchers at 欧美口爆视频 Boulder test classroom air purification devices</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-08-23T11:42:56-06:00" title="Friday, August 23, 2024 - 11:42">Fri, 08/23/2024 - 11:42</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/screenshot_2024-08-23_at_11.40.04_am.png?h=1a3dd494&amp;itok=ASv131gg" width="1200" height="600" alt="Mark Hernandez is being interviewed by a news reporter in a laboratory. Hernandez, dressed in a gray shirt, looks to the reporter, who is gesturing with her hands. Behind them are various lab equipment, including gas cylinders and a rack with glassware. The background shows lab machinery and safety signs."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/149" hreflang="en">Mark Hernandez News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script> window.location.href = `https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/cu-boulder-air-filters-class-study/73-d1d4a251-7a0a-49e3-b7e8-8790cea9447d`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 23 Aug 2024 17:42:56 +0000 Anonymous 3477 at /ceae Why Good Indoor Air Quality Matters 鈥 American Lung Association Podcast /ceae/2023/12/05/why-good-indoor-air-quality-matters-american-lung-association-podcast <span>Why Good Indoor Air Quality Matters 鈥 American Lung Association Podcast</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-12-05T14:13:30-07:00" title="Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 14:13">Tue, 12/05/2023 - 14:13</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/screenshot_2023-12-05_at_2.17.26_pm.png?h=c8ec9af1&amp;itok=8FDM7UpG" width="1200" height="600" alt="Mark Henandez on the American Lung Association Podcast"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/149" hreflang="en">Mark Hernandez News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>In this episode of the American Lung Association Podcast, Professor Mark Hernandez speaks about the harmful impact of pollutants such as mold, toxic chemicals and asbestos on respiratory health, particularly in a school setting. </div> <script> window.location.href = `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhhLO3DIyGQ`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 05 Dec 2023 21:13:30 +0000 Anonymous 3335 at /ceae Can air purifiers help keep kids in school? New study seeks to find out. /ceae/2023/09/27/can-air-purifiers-help-keep-kids-school-new-study-seeks-find-out <span>Can air purifiers help keep kids in school? New study seeks to find out.</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-09-27T15:57:57-06:00" title="Wednesday, September 27, 2023 - 15:57">Wed, 09/27/2023 - 15:57</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/mark_hernandez_lab_selects_pc014.jpg?h=1496872d&amp;itok=Q4j-9HnL" width="1200" height="600" alt="Mark Hernandez in his lab"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/149" hreflang="en">Mark Hernandez News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Mark Hernandez, SJ Archuleta Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, is co-leading a $2.2 million CDC-funded project with researchers at 欧美口爆视频 Anschutz to investigate the impact of classroom air purifiers on reducing student absenteeism.<br> </div> <script> window.location.href = `/today/2023/09/27/can-air-purifiers-help-keep-kids-school-new-study-seeks-find-out`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 21:57:57 +0000 Anonymous 3286 at /ceae Mark Hernandez聽secures聽$1.5M in new awards聽from DEVCOM and CDC /ceae/2023/09/21/mark-hernandez-secures-15m-new-awards-devcom-and-cdc <span>Mark Hernandez&nbsp;secures&nbsp;$1.5M in new awards&nbsp;from DEVCOM and CDC</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-09-21T09:57:32-06:00" title="Thursday, September 21, 2023 - 09:57">Thu, 09/21/2023 - 09:57</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/mark_hernandez_copy_0.jpg?h=7b9cbdc9&amp;itok=BP94jvO8" width="1200" height="600" alt="Mark Hernandez"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/149" hreflang="en">Mark Hernandez News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/252" hreflang="en">briefs</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/mark_hernandez_copy.jpg?itok=wSA-xafZ" width="1500" height="1500" alt="Mark Hernandez"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Professor <a href="/ceae/mark-hernandez" rel="nofollow">Mark Hernandez</a> received&nbsp;$1.5 million&nbsp;in new awards&nbsp;from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to study electromagnetic field impacts on bacteria and air quality-related respiratory disease outcomes in K-12 classrooms.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:57:32 +0000 Anonymous 3284 at /ceae Tend to get sick when the air is dry? New research helps explain why /ceae/2023/02/23/tend-get-sick-when-air-dry-new-research-helps-explain-why <span>Tend to get sick when the air is dry? New research helps explain why</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-02-23T17:02:41-07:00" title="Thursday, February 23, 2023 - 17:02">Thu, 02/23/2023 - 17:02</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/mark_hernandez_lab_selects_pc021_0.jpg?h=fcd70b9d&amp;itok=qfYoIW8V" width="1200" height="600" alt="Professor Mark Hernandez and doctoral graduate Marina Nieto-Caballero stand inside a bioaerosol chamber in the Environmental Engineering disinfection laboratory at the Sustainability, Energy and Environment Complex (SEEC)"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/149" hreflang="en">Mark Hernandez News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> Mark Hernandez, S. 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Archuleta Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and senior author of recent research published in PNAS-Nexus, found that airborne particles carrying a mammalian coronavirus closely related to the virus which causes COVID-19 remain infectious for twice as long in drier air.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/today/2023/02/23/tend-get-sick-when-air-dry-new-research-helps-explain-why`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:02:41 +0000 Anonymous 3112 at /ceae Unique bioaerosol lab, dedicated students, made COVID research possible /ceae/2023/02/23/unique-bioaerosol-lab-dedicated-students-made-covid-research-possible <span>Unique bioaerosol lab, dedicated students, made COVID research possible</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-02-23T16:36:27-07:00" title="Thursday, February 23, 2023 - 16:36">Thu, 02/23/2023 - 16:36</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/mark_hernandez_lab_selects_pc021.jpg?h=86bf508c&amp;itok=ui7i6Bsu" width="1200" height="600" alt="Professor Mark Hernandez and doctoral graduate Marina Nieto-Caballero stand inside the 10-cubic-meters bioaerosol chamber used to study live airborne coronavirus persistence in the Environmental Engineering disinfection laboratory at the Sustainability, Energy and Environment Complex (SEEC). Photo by Patrick Campbell/University of 欧美口爆视频."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/149" hreflang="en">Mark Hernandez News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Professor Mark Hernandez, S. J. Archuleta Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, also directs 欧美口爆视频 Boulder'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.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/today/2023/02/23/unique-bioaerosol-lab-dedicated-students-made-covid-research-possible`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 23 Feb 2023 23:36:27 +0000 Anonymous 3111 at /ceae Air quality research in Denver schools highlighted by multiple media outlets /ceae/2022/07/22/air-quality-research-denver-schools-highlighted-multiple-media-outlets <span>Air quality research in Denver schools highlighted by multiple media outlets</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-07-22T14:53:25-06:00" title="Friday, July 22, 2022 - 14:53">Fri, 07/22/2022 - 14:53</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/cu_air_research1ga_0_jpg.jpg?h=f09465d4&amp;itok=9VX7O51w" width="1200" height="600" alt="欧美口爆视频 Boulder alumna Halle Sago, left, and undergraduate student Ricardo Reyes, right, visit High Peaks Elementary School in Boulder, 欧美口爆视频, to monitor air quality. "> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/50" hreflang="en">Environmental Engineering</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/149" hreflang="en">Mark Hernandez News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/cu_air_research1ga_0_jpg.jpg?itok=I5mjScpN" width="1500" height="1049" alt="欧美口爆视频 Boulder alumna Halle Sago, left, and undergraduate student Ricardo Reyes, right, visit High Peaks Elementary School in Boulder, 欧美口爆视频, to monitor air quality. "> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><a href="/ceae/node/383" rel="nofollow">Mark Hernandez's</a> research to study air quality and COVID-19 in Denver Public Schools is being covered by numerous Front Range journalists.</p> <p>Denver Public Schools is spending $1.5 million to track air quality in classrooms with new monitors installed by Hernandez and his students.</p> <p>Hernandez, a professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, is an expert in genetic, biochemical and toxicological techniques to assess the efficacy of engineering interventions in sanitary and hygiene concerns.</p> <p>His laboratory has a particular focus on aerobiology science for wide-area surveillance, indoor cleaning technology and the design of aerosol disinfection systems in the built environment.</p> <p>The project is receiving coverage in the Denver Post, Denverite, 9News, and Chalkbeat 欧美口爆视频</p> <p class="lead">Denver Post: <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2022/07/22/denver-public-schools-air-quality-monitors/" rel="nofollow">Denver Public Schools spending $1.5 million to track air quality in classrooms with new monitors </a></p> <p class="lead">Denverite: <a href="https://denverite.com/2022/07/19/dps-is-adding-air-monitors-in-all-of-its-schools/" rel="nofollow">DPS is adding air monitors in all of its schools </a></p> <p class="lead">9News: <a href="https://www.9news.com/video/news/education/dps-installs-air-quality-sensors-in-schools/73-d371c10b-12e5-42a3-b847-709046bc44d5" rel="nofollow">DPS installs air quality sensors in schools</a></p> <p class="lead">Chalkbeat 欧美口爆视频: <a href="https://co.chalkbeat.org/2022/7/19/23270477/denver-schools-air-quality-sensors-covid-federal-esser-funding" rel="nofollow">Denver schools to monitor indoor air quality using federal COVID money</a></p> <p class="lead">&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 22 Jul 2022 20:53:25 +0000 Anonymous 2948 at /ceae Clearing the Air on COVID-19: Duo Campus Project Aimed at Keeping Schools Open /ceae/2022/04/20/clearing-air-covid-19-duo-campus-project-aimed-keeping-schools-open <span>Clearing the Air on COVID-19: Duo Campus Project Aimed at Keeping Schools Open</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-04-20T12:33:32-06:00" title="Wednesday, April 20, 2022 - 12:33">Wed, 04/20/2022 - 12:33</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/cu_air_researchbanner1900.jpg?h=8c7f6819&amp;itok=j1pCwpS2" width="1200" height="600" alt="Two students walking in a school hallway."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/50" hreflang="en">Environmental Engineering</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/149" hreflang="en">Mark Hernandez News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><h2>欧美口爆视频SPH, 欧美口爆视频 Boulder combine NASA-inspired technology and innovative masks to monitor viruses in classroom</h2> <div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-cell blog-content"> <div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-8"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-custom_widget"> <div class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module widget-type-blog_content"> <div class="blog-section"> <div class="blog-post-wrapper cell-wrapper"> <div class="blog-section"> <div class="blog-post-wrapper cell-wrapper"> <div class="section post-body"> <p><span><span>The classrooms of Barnum Elementary School in Denver echo with the chatter of students and the instruction of teachers. The white, waist-high, curved machine in the corner is quiet as can be.</span></span> </p><p><span><span>The machine, which looks like a less-complicated R2D2, contains a NASA-designed HEPA filter and is part of a cross-campus initiative between the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder and the <a href="https://coloradosph.cuanschutz.edu/" rel="nofollow">欧美口爆视频 School of Public Health</a> (欧美口爆视频SPH) at the 欧美口爆视频 Anschutz Medical Campus. The project鈥檚 goal is to test and clean the air in classrooms across the state, preventing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and keeping the state鈥檚 schools open.</span></span></p> <h2><span><span>Reading the air</span></span></h2> <p><span><span><a href="/faculty/hernandez/mark-hernandez-pe-phd" rel="nofollow">Mark Hernandez, PE, PhD</a>, S. J. Archuleta professor of environmental engineering at 欧美口爆视频 Boulder, is leading the air-filtration part of the initiative that monitors the biomatter in classroom air. The system, designed at 欧美口爆视频 Boulder, is borrowed from a military technology that was used for bioterrorism or biological warfare assessment.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>鈥淭his crossed over in the civilian sector for indoor assessment,鈥 Hernandez said. 鈥淎nd prior to COVID-19, it was used for flood-damaged buildings. So we go into the public schools, characterize the ventilation performance and look at that biological quality of what the kids are breathing in school.鈥</span></span></p> <p><span><span>The monitoring system can separate inorganic matter from biological matter in the air, helping assess the levels of viruses, such as RSV, influenza, COVID-19, tuberculosis, whooping cough and COVID-19. Hernandez鈥檚 lab has been researching the characterization and control of airborne microorganisms for almost 25 years. The study uses the large bioaerosol chamber in Hernandez's lab.</span></span></p> <p><span><span></span><span>鈥淲e are using classic methods for culturing mammalian viruses as well as emerging instrumentation from the 欧美口爆视频 tech sector that helps them characterize the identity, distribution and infectious potential of indoor airborne microorganisms 鈥 notably including coronavirus,鈥 Hernandez said.</span></span></p> <h2><span><span>Testing student masks</span></span></h2> <p><span><span>After seeing <a href="https://www.9news.com/video/news/health/coronavirus/high-efficiency-air-filters-across-denver-public-schools/73-86febc89-6afd-44e3-8866-eadf6259e4ba" rel="nofollow">Hernandez鈥檚 project featured on 9News</a>, <a href="https://coloradosph.cuanschutz.edu/resources/directory/directory-profile/Chu-May-UCD6000928667" rel="nofollow">May Chu, PhD</a>, a clinical professor in epidemiology at the 欧美口爆视频SPH, reached out. Chu and her team have spent the last year successfully implementing a COVID-19 testing program in Denver Public Schools and local universities. The project uses disposable face coverings (masks) with a polyvinyl alcohol strip inside, right under the wearer鈥檚 nose, used to detect SARS-CoV-2.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>Students who opt to participate in the study 鈥 which is currently testing at seven college campuses representing 73% of all the registered college students in the state and at four K-12 schools 鈥 pick up masks in the morning and return them three to four hours later. Once the student hands in their mask, the 欧美口爆视频SPH team works with COVID Check 欧美口爆视频 to administer a nasal swab PCR test to detect SARS-CoV-2. The school gets the results of the nasal swab testing in the evening each day. </span></span></p> <p><span>The study, funded by the World Health Organization, also includes the University of Leicester in England. Using the strip, researchers can determine whether participants are COVID-19-positive, even those who are asymptomatic or test negative through a nasal swab PCR test.</span></p> <p><span>While the <span>欧美口爆视频SPH team has received overwhelming support from schools that welcomed the help to test students, they have been slow to find new participants, as many are experiencing burnout with all COVID-related activities and discussions.</span></span></p> <p><span>鈥<span>Our theory is that someone could be infected with SARS-CoV-2 in their nose, but we want to understand how much they鈥檙e actually exhaling the virus, because it's the exhalation that makes the person infectious,鈥 Chu said. 鈥淚f it stays in your nasal cavity and is not detected by the strips in a mask, then there's a good chance you're really not at high risk of infecting other people. We believe there is a difference in being PCR-positive and being actually of some risk.鈥</span></span></p> <h2><span>Keeping levels at bay</span></h2> <p><span>While the machines testing and filtering the air from Hernandez鈥檚 project give easy-to-read levels that schools can monitor independently, the 欧美口爆视频SPH team is working to compare the levels of SARS-CoV-2 in the air with the mask and positivity rates from her study. The 欧美口爆视频SPH <span>study is seeking evidence that may lead to delineating when people should or should not wear a mask.</span></span></p> <blockquote> <p><span>鈥淚f it stays in your nasal cavity and is not detected by the strips in a mask, then there's a good chance you're really not at high risk of infecting other people. We believe there is a difference in being PCR-positive and being actually of some risk.鈥 鈥 May Chu, PhD</span></p> </blockquote> <p><span>&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span><span>鈥淭hese students are in congregate situations all day, in dorms, at parties, shouting at sporting events, etcetera. So we hope to determine the ways in which they鈥檙e transmitting the virus or not,鈥 Chu said.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>鈥淲e want to find out the metrics that we can use to measure a classroom by the level of infectivity in the students and teachers,鈥 Chu said. 鈥淭his will allow schools to stay open because they鈥檒l be able to measure and test the viral content in the air, and hopefully meet the metrics of low transmission, low particles or have high particles with fast removal.鈥</span></span></p> <p><span>鈥淭his partnership between the 欧美口爆视频SPH and 欧美口爆视频 Boulder is so important,鈥 Hernandez said. 鈥淲e are interfacing building science and engineering with epidemiology, which we have never done before.鈥</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-9"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-custom_widget"> <div class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module">&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-10"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-custom_widget"> <div class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module">&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-11"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-custom_widget"> <div class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module">&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script> window.location.href = `https://news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/clearing-the-air-on-covid-19-duo-campus-project-aimed-at-keeping-schools-open`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 20 Apr 2022 18:33:32 +0000 Anonymous 2902 at /ceae