The Clarkson Institute for a Sustainable Environment and Clarkson Ignite announce a new seminar series focused on the SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission, impacts, and mitigation. Many faculty and staff at Clarkson University and Trudeau Institute have pivoted their research programs to address outstanding questions related to the COVID-19 outbreak. Topics include solutions for pressing issues associated with personal protection equipment (PPE), workplace safety and pandemic preparedness, understanding human emission and transmission of the virus in the aerosol phase, genetic evolution of viruses, and viral immunity. This weekly series begins on Wednesday, April 29, 3-4 pm with Douglas Bohl, PhD, AEMT, Associate Professor in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at Clarkson University, presenting “PPE Issues and Solutions: Perspectives of a First Responder Engineer.”
Seminar Schedule: All seminars to be held pm Wednesday 3-4 pm via Zoom.
| Date | Speakers (Titles | Affiliation | Title |
| April 29 | Douglas Bohl, PhD, AEMT | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University | PPE Issues and Solutions: Perspectives of a First Responder Engineer |
| May 6 | Suresh Dhaniyala PhD | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University | COVID-19: Story from a Classical Aerosol Science Perspective |
| May 13 | Alan Rossner, PhD | Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Clarkson University | Workplace health and safety management during COVID-19 pandemic and emergency preparedness |
| May 20 | Susan Bailey, PhD | Biology,Clarkson University | Detecting evolutionary hotspots in genome sequence data: Implications for evolving infectious diseases |
| May 27 | Matthew Manierre, PhD | Humanities and Social SciencesClarkson University | Racial and Class Health Disparities and Coronavirus |
| June 3 | Byron Erath, PhD | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University | Virus transmission via speech |
| June 10 | Brian Helenbrook, PhD Goodarz Ahmadi, PhD | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University | Computational Modeling of Aerosol Transport |
| June 17 | Damien Samways, PhD | Biology, Clarkson University | Pharmaceutical approaches to treating COVID-19 infections |
| June 24 | Deborah Brown, PhD | Trudeau Institute | Immunity to Coronavirus: the stealth of SARS CoV-2 and a naïve population |
| July 1 | Andrea Ferro, PhD | Civil and Environmental Engineering,Clarkson University | Resuspension of viruses and other biological particles from surfaces and clothing |