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Dean's Seminar Series: Howard A. Stone
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
12:00 PM
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Fluid Dynamics of Speech: Mechanisms Underlying COVID-19 Transmission
Speech is a potent route for viral transmission in the COVID-19 pandemic. Informed mitigation strategies are difficult to develop since the relationship of speech to the exhaled flow has not been documented, nor has the aerosolization mechanism in the oral cavity been visualized. Princeton University’s Howard A. Stone will document the spatio-temporal structure of the expelled air flow and detail how drops form using high-speed imaging. Specifically, phonetic characteristics of plosive sounds like “P” lead to enhanced directed transport, including jet-like flows that entrain the surrounding air. The transport features are demonstrated using order-of-magnitudes estimates, numerical simulations, and laboratory experiments. Different configurations of speakers can then be studied to understand risk of infection in casual conversations.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Winter Classes End
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Saturday, March 13, 2021
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MPD2 Open House
Segal Design Institute
9:00 AM
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Join us for an online information session to learn how you can become a senior leader in creating advanced and ground-breaking new products with the Master of Product Design and Development Management at Northwestern (mpd2).
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Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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Winter Examinations Begin
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Monday, March 15, 2021
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Saturday, March 20, 2021
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Friday, March 26, 2021
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Monday, March 29, 2021
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Spring Classes Begin 8 a.m. Classes remote until Tuesday, April 6.
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Spring Classes Begin 8 a.m. Classes remote until Tuesday, April 6.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
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Monday, May 31, 2021
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Monday, June 7, 2021
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Spring examinations end
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Saturday, June 12, 2021
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