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Prof. Bourouiba Associate Editor of the new journal Flow. Flow: a sister journal to the Journal of Fluid Mechanics which just launched.
Exciting new journal Flow, sister journal to the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Flow is focused on the depth and innovation in fluid dynamics across a range of application domains, valuing both the novelty and impact in the application domain and the beauty and depth of the fluid dynamics. Open for new submissions now. Prof. Bourouiba…
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Host-to-host airborne transmission as a multiphase flow problem for science-based social distance guidelines published.
Balachandar, S., Zaleski, S., Soldati, A., Ahmadi, G., Bourouiba, L. (2020) Host-to-host airborne transmission as a multiphase flow problem for science-based social distance guidelines. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 132: 103439, now out in final form here.
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Prof. Bourouiba gives invited talk at the annual meeting of the US National Academy of Engineering – Mechanical Engineering Section.
Prof. Bourouiba gives invited talk at the annual meeting of the US National Academy of Engineering – Mechanical Engineering Section.
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COVID-19 selected outreach and policy involvement
(The below is a selection of recent educational/outreach/policy contributions related to the COVID-19 public health crisis.) Transmission of respiratory diseases: Materials, news and updates On Routes of Transmission (2014 – now 2020): TEDMED (2018) Talk – Bourouiba, L. On routes of transmission and false dichotomy in how routes of respiratory disease transmission are defined, also here. Journal of…
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Prof. Bourouiba gives invited talk at the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) 2020 meeting.
Prof. Bourouiba gives invited talk at the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) 2020 meeting.
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Prof. Bourouiba invited speaker and panelist at the US National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine workshop
Prof. Bourouiba invited speaker and panelist at the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A Virtual Workshop. Full workshop program here. Prof. Bourouiba’s talk here. (slides copyright (c) Bourouiba 2020) Panel Discussion on What Size Droplets/Aerosols Are Generated by People and How Do They Spread in Air? here.
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2 metres or 1? What is the evidence base for physical distancing in the context of COVID-19?
Jones, N, R., Queshi, Z., Temple, R., Larwood, J. P. J., Greenhalgh, T., and Bourouiba, L. (2020) 2 metres or 1? What is the evidence base for physical distancing in the context of COVID-19? The British Medical Journal (BMJ). 370:m3223 PDF. Altmetric.
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New design principle could prevent catheter failure in brain shunts
In the news: MIT NEWS: New design principle could prevent catheter failure in brain shunts Now published: Lee, S., Kwok, N. W., Holsapple, J., Heldt, T., Bourouiba, L. (2020) Enhanced wall shear stress prevents obstruction by astrocytes in ventricular catheters. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 17:20190884. PDF and SI. Abstract: The treatment of hydrocephalus often involves the placement of a shunt catheter…
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Prof. Bourouiba granted tenure at MIT.
Eight faculty members have been granted tenure in five departments across the School of Engineering, including Prof. Bourouiba, with exciting developments since the foundation of The Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory at MIT in 2014!
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Insights on growth and breakup of ligaments in unsteady fragmentation, now in press
Wang, Y. and Bourouiba, L. (2020) Growth and breakup of ligaments in unsteady fragmentation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics is now in press.
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