Lab Director / Associate Professor
Michael P. Kinzel
Computational fluid dynamics, multiphase flow, rotorcraft and hypersonic aerodynamics
completed2020–2021
Fluid Dynamics of COVID-19 Airborne Pathogen Transmission
Numerical and experimental study of airborne pathogen transmission via saliva droplets and sneezing, including classroom social-distancing guidance and mitigation strategies, spanning three related awards.
- Sponsor
- NSF; UCF/ORC Florida High Tech Corridor Council; International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA)
- Funding
- $300,000
Team
Related Publications
2024
A numerical evaluation of airborne transmission control through saliva modification
R Shrestha, D Fontes, M Kinzel
Fluids 9 (10), 228, 2024
2023
Exploring the Effects of Saliva Modifiers on Airborne Transmission: Computational Insights into Droplet Behavior during Sneezing
R Shrestha, J Delgado, M Kinzel
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2023
2022
The effect of relative air humidity on the evaporation timescales of a human sneeze
B Stiehl, R Shrestha, S Schroeder, J Delgado, A Bazzi, J Reyes, M Kinzel, et al.
AIP advances 12 (7), 2022
2022
Immersive Visualization of Sneeze Simulation Data on Mobile Devices
L Li, DH Fontes, C Neumann, M Kinzel, D Reiners, C Cruz-Neira
2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and …, 2022
2022
On to Quantifying the Effect of Droplet Size Distribution on the Airborne Transmission of the Virus
R Shrestha, J Delgado, D Fontes, B Stiehl, J Reyes, S Schroeder, et al.
Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting 85840, V002T05A025, 2022
2021
Numerical Analysis on the Full Phase Flow Dynamics of Covid-19 Droplets Transmission
R Shrestha, J Delgado, M Kinzel
APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, M17. 002, 2021
2021
Stopping the COVID-19 pandemic in dental offices: A review of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and cross-infection prevention
M Hartig, C Stephens, A Foster, D Fontes, M Kinzel, F García-Godoy
Experimental Biology and Medicine 246 (22), 2381-2390, 2021
2021
Effect of saliva fluid properties on pathogen transmissibility
J Reyes, D Fontes, A Bazzi, M Otero, K Ahmed, M Kinzel
Scientific reports 11 (1), 16051, 2021
2021
SARS-CoV-2 transmission in classroom settings: Effects of mitigation, age, and Delta variant
A Foster, M Kinzel
Physics of Fluids 33 (11), 2021
2021
Composition and method to prevent pathogen transmission through altering saliva
M Kinzel, KA Ahmed, J Reyes, DH Fontes, M Otero
US Patent App. 17/303,736, 2021
2021
Estimating COVID-19 exposure in a classroom setting: A comparison between mathematical and numerical models
A Foster, M Kinzel
Physics of Fluids 33 (2), 2021
2020
Saliva content and viscosity and its impact on droplet formation and pathogen transmission
M Kinzel, J Reyes, D Fontes, M Otero, K Ahmed
APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, S03. 018, 2020
2020
A study of fluid dynamics and human physiology factors driving droplet dispersion from a human sneeze
D Fontes, J Reyes, K Ahmed, M Kinzel
Physics of Fluids 32 (11), 2020
2020
Virus transmission: Sensitivity study of the nasal/buccal geometries and saliva properties
D Fontes, M Kinzel
APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, H01. 002, 2020