Two faculty moms are stars of a national campaign urging action on climate change
The campaign, Science Moms, tugs at the fierce protective instincts of its target demographic: mothers.
The campaign, Science Moms, tugs at the fierce protective instincts of its target demographic: mothers.
“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)
Associate Professor Hussam Mahmoud and Ph.D. graduate student Emad Hassan found extensive direct and indirect relationships between health care and education, indicating recovery of one system relies on recovery of the other.
Silicon photonics has been proving its worth in telco and communications but there is a much brighter opportunity photonics-based computing. (Next Platform)
New group of mom scientists, including CSU researchers Melissa Burt and Emily Fischer, are launching “Science Moms”, a $10 million educational campaign to engage other mothers. (Washington Post)
The campaign, called “Science Moms,” will put climate scientists who are mothers in the living rooms of families across the country so they can speak to parents like them. (Los Angeles Times)