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IMAGE: Manhar Dhanak, Ph.D., principal investigator, chair of FAU s Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering, and professor and director of SeaTech, is shown with the mannequin they designed to demonstrate how. view more
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With many businesses and schools in the United States now open post COVID-19, employers are faced with new challenges to keep the workplace safe for their employees, customers and students. Researchers from Florida Atlantic University s College of Engineering and Computer Science have received a two-year $698,801 grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to test the effectiveness of various types of personal protection measures against airborne viral transmission. Building on their prior research, the project will result in experimentally verified computational strategies for mitigating airborne transmission of aerosolized droplets for a safe workplace environment.
The world s battered hospitality and tourism industry has a long way to go to rebound from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey of workers conducted by Florida Atlantic University.
New study explores dating violence experience and perpetration of college-age women
Dating violence - physical, sexual, psychological or emotional within a relationship, including stalking - is pervasive on college campuses with far-reaching health implications. One in five women experience a sexual assault in college and students living in sorority houses are three times more likely to experience rape. College students are vulnerable to dating violence because of the influence of their social and living environments.
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University s College of Education in collaboration with Sacred Heart University conducted a study to understand the dating violence experience and perpetration of college-age women, as well as how they conceptualize violence in dating relationships. They also wanted to learn more about the role of technology within their lived experiences, which infuses most areas of American life, especially in dating and romantic relationships. Mobi
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A former Jonesboro High School basketball standout turned college basketball assistant coach now has a team of her own to run. On April 15th, Jennifer Sullivan was named the new head women’s basketball coach at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. She joined “The Drive with Brad Bobo” Tuesday afternoon to recap her first few weeks on the job with the Owls.