Professor of Chemical Engineering
Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering
Faculty Bio
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering
Faculty Bio
In collaboration with Dr. Mitchell Weiser, Surgeon and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Montefiore Einstein Hospital.
This project was a collaborative effort with Montefiore Einstein hospital to model air flow for post-operative infection prevention and COVID-19 positive patients. This project utilized operating room airflow measurements, including pressure, speed, and direction, to build a computer model of airflow patterns in the operating room. Several different conditions that may affect operating room airflow patterns were examined and modeled including single and double door opening events, the use of forced air warmers versus conductive heating blankets to maintain patient normothermia, the effect of obstructing air exhaust vents with surgical equipment, and the addition of free-standing air filtration units.Work Associated with All Projects
Theses
- Robert Godkin – “Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulations for Validation of Air Flow Studies in Operating Rooms (ORs)”
- Mahir Alam – “Computational Fluid
Dynamic Simulations of Airflow and COVID-19 Particle Studies in Operating
Rooms”
- ORS 2020 – Robert Godkin (presenter) and Iram Rahman, et al. – “Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulations for Validation of Air Flow Studies in Operating Rooms (ORs)”
- AIChE 2021 – Mahir Alam (presenter) and Emily Yasharpour, et al. – “Testing the Effectiveness of Free-Standing Hepa Filters Placed in Operating Rooms to Reduce the Spread of Contaminated Particles Using Computational Fluid Dynamics