A team of researchers from the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University have published a study that tests the effectiveness of face masks in close human interactions.
The study, “Can face masks offer protection from airborne sneeze and cough droplets in close-up, face-to-face human interactions? – A quantitative study,” was published in Physics of Fluids, an American Institute of Physics journal. Engineering graduate students Javed Akhtar, Abner Luna Garcia and Leonardo Saenz, and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Associate Professors Sarada Kuravi, Fangjun Shu and Krishna Kota authored the study.
The study aimed to verify if a face mask offers protection from airborne viral transmission in close-up human interaction scenarios such as in social gatherings, restaurants, airplanes and hospitals.
A team of researchers from the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University have published a study that tests the effectiveness of face masks in close human interactions. A team of researchers from New Mexico State Universitys College of Engineering conducted a study to examine the effectiveness of face masks. The study was published in an American Institute of Physics journal. (NMSU photo by Josh Bachman) Of the five types of face masks tested in a study conducted by researchers in the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University, the N-95 version (left) was found to offer the best protection. (Courtesy photo)
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