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To wear a mask, or not, on public transportation? Which is the right move for you? 4/21/2021 | NPR Morning Edition Related journal publication: Zhang, J., Han, T., Hee Yoo, K., Capecelatro, J., Boehman, A., Maki, K. (2021) Disease transmission through expiratory aerosols on an urban bus. Physics of Fluids. 33, 1.

Simulations shed insight on COVID-19 transmission on a public transportation system 8/27/2021 | AIP Scilight Related journal publication: Zhang, J., Capecelatro, J., Maki, K. (2021) On the utility of a well-mixed model for predicting disease transmission on an urban bus. AIP Advances. 11, 085229.

A series of coughs create vortices that can carry droplets further 4/12/2021 | AIP Scilight Related journal publication: Monroe, K., Yao, Y., Lattanzi, A., Raghav, V., Capecelatro, J. (2021) Role of pulsatility on particle dispersion in expiratory flows. Physics of Fluids. 33, 4.

The crucial role of massively parallel simulations in future space exploration missions 4/?/2021 | Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering Related journal publication: Shallcross, G.S., Fox, R.O., Capecelatro, J., (2020) A volume-filtered description of compressible particle-laden flows. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 122, 103138.

Coughs create complicated airflows. A new project explores how they spread viruses 3/24/2021 | Michigan Engineering Related journal publication: Monroe, K., Yao, Y., Lattanzi, A., Raghav, V., Capecelatro, J. (2021) Role of pulsatility on particle dispersion in expiratory flows. Physics of Fluids. 33, 4.

Tech Time: Landing NASA’s perseverance rover safely on Mars 2/14/2021 | Detroit Local 4 News

The science behind campus bus changes during COVID-19 8/18/2020 | Michigan Engineering Related journal publication: Zhang, J., Han, T., Hee Yoo, K., Capecelatro, J., Boehman, A., Maki, K. (2021) Disease transmission through expiratory aerosols on an urban bus. Physics of Fluids. 33, 1.

Learning more about how spacecraft land 7/31/2020 | Cosmos Magazine

Sticking the landing on Mars: High-powered computing aims to reduce guesswork 7/29/2020 | Michigan Engineering

Modeling the transmission of infectious aerosols 4/9/2021 | Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering Related journal publication: Lattanzi, A., Tavanashad, V., Subramaniam, S., Capecelatro, J., (2020) Stochastic models for capturing dispersion in particle-laden flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 903, A7.

Synthetic frogs, and dancers teach science 1/5/2020 | Chemical & Engineering News Video: Kármán Vortex Street: A physics-constrained dance improvisation.

Creating biofuel 11/27/2019 | FYFD Video: The effect of multiphase physics on biofuel production. Related journal publication: Beetham, S., Capecelatro, J. (2019) Biomass pyrolysis in fully-developed turbulent riser flow. Renewable Energy. 140, 751-760.

Fluid dynamics taught through dance 11/25/2019 | EurekaAlert Video: Kármán Vortex Street: A physics-constrained dance improvisation.