American Association for Aerosol Research - Abstract Submission

AAAR 38th Annual Conference
October 5 - October 9, 2020

Virtual Conference

The Role of Aerosol Science in the Understanding of the Spread and Control of COVID-19 and Other Infectious Diseases


A Flexible Particle Filtration Efficiency Measurement System (PFEMS) for N95 Respirators, Surgical Masks, and Novel Filter Media. GREGORY SMALLWOOD, Joel Corbin, Fengshan Liu, Jalal Norooz Oliaee, Ian Leroux, Prem Lobo, National Research Council Canada

A Simple Effective Enclosure with Added Plastic Wrappings for Inexpensive Containment of Aerosolized COVID Viruses and Other Pathogens during Tracheal Operations. LUKE MONROE, Jack Johnson, Howard Gutstein, John Lawrence, Keith Lejenue, Ryan Sullivan, Coty Jen, Carnegie Mellon University

Accurate Representations of the Microphysical Processes of Aerosols and Droplets from Exhalation Events and the Impact on the Sedimentation Distance. JIM WALKER, Justice Archer, Florence Gregson, Bryan R. Bzdek, Jonathan P. Reid, University of Bristol

Aerosol Generation and Transmission from Performing Singing and Wind Instruments. JUN WANG, Tiina Reponen, Sergey A. Grinshpun, John Singletary, Michael Yermakov, University of Cincinnati

Agent Based Simulations of Human Interactions in Mixed Use Academic Buildings. Sheryl Ehrman, ANUSHA SHETTY, Isaac Espinoza, Jochen Albrecht, Laxmi Ramasubramanian, San José State University

Air Quality in Atlanta during the COVID-19 Pandemic. JEAN RIVERA-RIOS, Taekyu Joo, Chris Peng, Jennifer Kaiser, Nga Lee Ng, Georgia Institute of Technology

Air Quality Sensing-based Surveillance for Detection of Pathogens Causing Healthcare-associated Infections. HEMA RAVINDRAN, Shantanu Sur, Suresh Dhaniyala, Clarkson University

Alternative Facemask Materials for DIY Facemask in the Time of COVID-19. Jessica Mirrielees, BO CHEN, Michael Moreno, Sarah Brooks, Texas A&M University

Application of the NanoAerosol Generator in Efficacy Evaluation of Facial Coverings. SIQIN HE, Derek Oberreit, Steve Kosier, Kanomax FMT, Inc.

Assessing Potential Airborne Virus Transmission in University Classrooms. KATHRYN VAN VALKINBURGH, Nigel Kaye, Ehsan Mousavi, Vincent Blouin, Ali Nafchi, Andrew Metcalf, Clemson University

Assessing the Effectiveness of Using Face Coverings to Mitigate the Transport of Particles Generated from Coughing. LIQIAO LI, Muchuan Niu, Yifang Zhu, University of California, Los Angeles

Association between Long-Term PM2.5 Exposure and COVID-19 Spread in the United States. PAI LIU, Payton Beeler, Rajan K. Chakrabarty, Washington University in St. Louis

Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma for the Microbial Inactivation of Contaminated Bioaerosols to Control Indoor Transmission of COVID-19 and Other Infection Diseases. Alina Bisag, Cristiana Bucci, Filippo Capelli, VITTORIO COLOMBO, Giorgio Dirani, Matteo Gherardi, Pasquale Isabelli, Giulia Laghi, Romolo Laurita, Nikta Oveisi, Vittorio Sambri, Industrial Engineering Department; University of Bologna

Collection of SARS-CoV-2 Virus from the Air in a University Student Health Care Center and Analyses of its Viral Genomic Sequence. John Lednicky, SRIPRIYA NANNU SHANKAR, Maha Adel El Badry, Julia C. Gibson, MD Mahbubul Alam, Caroline J Stephenson, Arantzazu Eiguren Fernandez, John Glenn Morris, Carla Nartuhi Mavian, Marco Salemi, James R Clugston, Chang-Yu Wu, University of Florida

Comparison of Different Methods for Respiratory Exposure to COVID-19 and Impact on Subsequent Disease and Virus Shedding in Animal Models. Katherine O'Malley, Dominique Barbeau, Emily Olsen, Mengying Xia, Jeneveve Lundy, Shamkumar Nambulli, Cynthia McMillen, Natasha Tilston-Lunel, Emily Cottle, Theron Gilliland, Anita McElroy, Amy Hartman, William Klimstra, Paul Duprex, DOUGLAS REED, University of Pittsburgh

Comparison of the Performance of Personal Biological Aerosol Samplers for SARS-CoV-2. SHANNA RATNESAR-SHUMATE, Gregory Williams, Brian Holland, Jordan Bohannon, Melissa Krause, Brian Green, Denise Freeburger, Paul Dabisch, DHS NBACC

Decontamination and Re-Use of Surgical Masks and N95 Respirators during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Effect of Autoclave Sterilization and Ethanol Treatment on Filter Efficiency and Breathability. SERGEY A. GRINSHPUN, Michael Yermakov, Marat Khodoun, University of Cincinnati

Effects of Environmental Conditions, Suspension Liquid, and Particle Size on SARS-CoV-2 Persistence in Aerosols. MICHAEL SCHUIT, Shanna Ratnesar-Shumate, Jason Yolitz, Gregory Williams, Wade Weaver, Brian Green, David Miller, Melissa Krause, Katie Beck, Stewart Wood, Brian Holland, Jordan Bohannon, Denise Freeburger, Idris Hooper, Michael Hevey, Paul Dabisch, DHS NBACC

Environmental Effects on Betacoronavirus Resuspension and Transport at High Risk Facilities. Sunil Kumar, Tatiana Baig, MARIA KING, Texas A&M University

Estimating Deposition of Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Aerosols in the Human Respiratory Tract: A Two Model Comparison. LYNN SECONDO, Jessica Sagona, Gediminas Mainelis, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Evaluating the Presence of Airborne Virus in Common Upper Airway Surgical Procedures. TOFIGH SAYAHI, Chris Neilson, Yuan Yu, Kayden Neurberger, Michael Seipp, Matt Firpo, Albert Park, Kerry Kelly, University of Utah

Evaluation of Aerosol Containment of Barrier Devices Used for Airway Management: Methodological Development and Efficacy Studies. CHRISTOPHER NIEDEK, Richard Fidler, Jan Hirsch, David Robinowitz, Qi Zhang, University of California, Davis

Evaluation of Decontamination Methods for Commercial and Alternative Respirator and Mask Materials -- View from Filtration Aspect. QISHENG OU, Chenxing Pei, Seong Chan Kim, Elizabeth Abell, David Y. H. Pui, University of Minnesota

Evaluation of Particle Filtration Efficiency of Commercially Available Materials for Homemade Face Mask Usage. TAEKYU JOO, Masayuki Takeuchi, Joy Barr, Emily Blum, Eric Parker, John Tipton, Julia Vernedoe, Nga Lee Ng, Georgia Institute of Technology

Evidence of Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Exhaled Breath Aerosols of Experimentally-Infected Nonhuman Primates. CHAD ROY, Tulane University

Field Measurements Related to Potential Aerosol Transmission of COVID-19. Andrew Jeremijenko, Wasim Javed, Joel Malek, BING GUO, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Filtration Efficiencies of Nanoscale Aerosol by Cloth Mask Materials Used to Slow the Spread of SARS CoV-2. CHRISTOPHER ZANGMEISTER, James Radney, Edward Vicenzi, Jamie Weaver, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Filtration Efficiency of Respirators and Masks – How You Test Matters. TIM JOHNSON, Justin Koczak, Andrea Tiwari, TSI Incorporated

Filtration Performances of Non-medical Materials as Candidates for Homemade Face Mask Filters. WEIXING HAO, Andrew Parasch, Stephen Williams, Jiayu Li, Hongyan Ma, Joel Burken, Yang Wang, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Fluid Mechanics and Droplet Transport from the Production of Unvoiced Fricatives. TANVIR AHMED, Andrea Ferro, Amir A. Mofakham, Brian T. Helenbrook, Goodarz Ahmadi, Deborah M. Brown, Byron D. Erath, Clarkson University

HOME-FIT: HOmemade Masks for Everyone Fit and Improvement Testing. CANDICE SIRMOLLO, Karl Haro von Mogel, Don Collins, Mikeal Roose, University of California, Riverside

How Have Air Quality and Perceptions of Air Quality Changed in Medellin Due to the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic?. PABLO GARCIA, Polina Glovátina-Mora, Joshua D. Vande Hey, University of Leicester

Impacts of Modifiable Factors on Ambient Air Pollution: A Case Study of COVID-19 Shutdowns. REBECCA TANZER GRUENER, Jiayu Li, Rose Eilenberg, Allen Robinson, Albert A. Presto, Carnegie Mellon University

Influence of Wind and Relative Humidity on the Social Distancing Effectiveness to Prevent COVID-19 Airborne Transmission: A CFD Study. YU FENG, Thierry Marchal, Ted Sperry, Hang Yi, Oklahoma State University

Investigating Filtration Efficiencies of Non-standard Fabric Filters. SUMIT SANKHYAN, Hannah Teed, Teresa Barnes, Peter Ciesielski, Karen Heinselman, Sameer Patel, Marina Vance, University of Colorado Boulder

Making Music: Aerosols, Droplets and the Risks of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission. JONATHAN P. REID, Florence Gregson, Bryan R. Bzdek, Declan Costello, Natalie Watson, Christopher Orton, Pallav Shah, James Calder, University of Bristol

Measurements of Patient-Generated SARS-CoV-2 Aerosols and Surface Contamination at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. JOSHUA SANTARPIA, St. Patrick Reid, Danielle Rivera, Vicki Herrera, Shanna Ratnesar-Shumate, Kevin Crown, Nicholas Markin, Steven Lisco, St. Patrick Reid, Jane Morwitzer, Paul Denton, Jacob Martens, Ying Fang, Michael Callahan, Jana Broadhurst, Hanna Creager, Conoan Nicholas, David Brett-Major, Elizabeth Schnaubelt, James Lawler, John Lowe, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Multiscale Models for Aerosol Transmission of Highly Infectious SARS-CoV-2 Novel Coronavirus. SUKRANT DHAWAN, Huang Zhang, Renhui Ruan, Pratim Biswas, Washington University in St Louis

New Tools for a New Virus. TIMOTHY GORDON, Patricia Keady, Dominick Heskett, Braden Stump, Brian Annis, Touzong Xiong, Mark R. Stolzenburg, Aerosol Devices Inc.

Numerical Investigation on Transport and Removal of Airborne Virus from a Hospital Room. SUNIL KUMAR, Maria King, Texas A&M University

Numerical Simulation of Aerosol Transmission and Droplet Expulsion of COVID-19 by Speech. AMIR A. MOFAKHAM, Brian T. Helenbrook, Tanvir Ahmed, Byron D. Erath, Andrea Ferro, Deborah M. Brown, Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University

Performance of a No-Sew Origami Mask for Improvised Respiratory Protection. JAMES SMITH, Jonathan Realmuto, Terence Sanger, Michael Kleinman, Michael J. Lawler, University of California, Irvine

Properties of Materials Considered for Improvised Masks. STEVEN ROGAK, Timothy Sipkens, Hamed Nikookar, Mark Gunn, Jing Jane Wang, University of British Columbia

Quantifying the Relative Risk of Aerosol Generating Procedures in Clinical Settings. FLORENCE GREGSON, Jules Brown, Bryan R. Bzdek, Andrew Shrimpton, Tony Pickering, Jonathan P. Reid, University of Bristol

Quantitative Aerobiologic Analysis of an Influenza Human Challenge-Transmission Trial. P. JACOB BUENO DE MESQUITA, Noakes Catherine, Donald Milton, University of Maryland School of Public Health

SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Transmission and Infection Risk Estimation of In-Person Lectures in a University Classroom. BO YANG, Khaled Hashad, K. Max Zhang, Cornell University

Survival of SARS-CoV-2 in the Aerosol Phase Across a Broad Range of Temperature (5 to 40 oC), Relative Humidity (<5 to >90%) and Time (<5 seconds to >24 Hours). ALLEN E. HADDRELL, Henry Oswin, Tristan Cogan, Jamie Mann, Jonathan P. Reid, University of Bristol

Survival of Viruses in Droplets as a Function of Relative Humidity, pH, and Salt, Protein, and Surfactant Concentrations. Kaisen Lin, Chase Schulte, LINSEY MARR, Virginia Tech

The Significant of Turbulence Stochastic Accuracy in Simulation of Aerosol Transmission. AMIR A. MOFAKHAM, Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University

The Underappreciated Role of Indoor Deposition in Determining Person-to-Person Aerosol Transmission. TAMI BOND, Delphine K. Farmer, Paul Francisco, Shantanu Jathar, Jeffrey R. Pierce, Colorado State University

The Use of Common Material to Alternative Masks for General Public: Fractional Filtration Efficiency and Breathability Perspective. CHENXING PEI, Qisheng Ou, Seong Chan Kim, Sheng-Chieh Chen, David Y. H. Pui, University of Minnesota

Using Insights from Aerosol Science to Investigate the Dynamic Interplay Between Social Distancing Duration and Intensity in Reducing COVID-19 US Hospitalizations. Pai Liu, PAYTON BEELER, Rajan K. Chakrabarty, Washington University in St. Louis

Viable Virus Transport in Ventilation Airflow. TATIANA BAIG, Maria King, Texas A&M University