Early in the pandemic, a CSU team set out to quantify the dynamics of how aerosols like viruses travel from one person to another, under different circumstances.
“Now more than ever, the next four to six months are the most critical time to really up your mask,” says John Volckens, a professor of mechanical engineering at Colorado State University. (Wall Street Journal)
"A person could be in a bathroom, coughing, without a mask on and you can walk into that space a few minutes later and inhale those particles," said John Volckens, a professor of Mechanical Engineering at CSU. (Salon)
Shantanu Jathar has been awarded an EPA grant to model Volatile Chemical Products, or VCPs, which rival motor vehicle emissions as top sources of urban air pollution.
CSU's John Volckens agreed that "double masking" is better than one because of the quality of masks that most of the public is wearing. (Salon)
“It doesn’t matter how good the filter is if you don’t have a good fit,” says CSU's John Volckens, who led an intensive testing effort to document the filtration efficiencies for an array of materials. (National Geographic)
Mechanical engineering professor John Volckens explained on KCBS Radio's "Ask An Expert" program that singing can cause someone to emit four times as many particles as talking or breathing.
The application period for CSU Extension internships, which give students applied research opportunities, opens January 19.
Platte River Power Authority expects fully eliminating emissions will require more distributed resources and changes to how it manages peak demand. (Energy News Network)
A new gripper mechanism developed by Jianguo Zhao's team at Colorado State University allows drones to perch somewhere instead of hovering in mid-air. (New Atlas)