[COVID-19 Updates and Resources]
Updates and Communications
COVID-19 Testing and Plans for the Fall from Interim President Jay Hartzell - 08.24.20
More Plans for the Fall Semester from Interim President Jay Hartzell - 08.20.20
Message to Cockrell School Faculty: Preparing for Your Fall Courses - 07.30.20
Process for Phased Reopening Experimental Research Labs in the Cockrell School - 07.17.20
Fall 2020 Planning Update from Interim President Jay Hartzell - 06.29.20
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Covid-19 Related Research
November 02, 2020
Hot or Cold, Weather Alone Has No Significant Effect on COVID-19 Spread
The link between weather and COVID-19 is complicated. Weather influences the environment in which the coronavirus must survive before infecting a new host. But it also influences human behavior, which moves the virus from one host to another. Research ... Read the story
October 23, 2020
How COVID Has Changed Water Use, and What it Means for Utilities
In the pre-pandemic world, peak water usage times were fairly predictable. Office buildings, manufacturing facilities and other commercial uses were busy during the day but quiet on weekends. Residential areas saw peaks in the early morning and evening.
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September 29, 2020
Researchers Are Tracking COVID-19 in a Surprising Way
According to the Water Research Foundation, the average person mindlessly flushes the toilet about five times a day, sending wastewater down pipes into city sewers and on to treatment plants. It’s easy to forget there’s a whole system running ... Read the story
September 11, 2020
Antibody Test Developed for COVID-19 That is Sensitive, Specific and Scalable
An antibody test for the virus that causes COVID-19, developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin in collaboration with Houston Methodist and other institutions, is more accurate and can handle a much larger number of donor samples at ... Read the story
August 24, 2020
COVID-19 Tracking Website Shows Counties Most at Risk for an Outbreak
People living in some of the largest U.S. cities and their surrounding areas face the highest risk of contracting COVID-19 in the near future, according to a new set of online dashboards created by researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering ... Read the story
August 06, 2020
Finding Blood's Breaking Point: New Research Aims to Explore the Relationship Between Coronavirus and Blood Clots
Blood clots have emerged as one of an increasing number of deadly side effects of the novel coronavirus in some patients. Cockrell School of Engineering researchers are embarking on a project to learn more about the onset of thromboembolism, ... Read the story
June 25, 2020
New Sensor May Soon Test for Coronavirus and Flu Simultaneously
The novel coronavirus has been compared with the flu almost from the moment it emerged in late 2019. They share a variety of symptoms, and in many cases, an influenza test is part of the process for diagnosing COVID-19. Researchers at The ... Read the story
June 04, 2020
Researchers Aim to Develop Coronavirus Vaccine Using Antigen 'Dance Partners' for the Immune System’s Defenses
Researchers worldwide are racing to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus as it spreads rapidly, with hundreds of COVID-19 therapies and vaccine projects in progress. A crucial part of that process is understanding how the virus interacts with ... Read the story
June 03, 2020
COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Therapy is Safe, With 76% of Patients Improving
The country’s first peer-reviewed study of a COVID-19 treatment that transfuses blood plasma from recovered patients into critically ill patients shows 19 out of 25 patients improving, including 11 discharged from the hospital. On March 28, Houston Methodist Hospital ... Read the story
May 28, 2020
Modeling COVID-19: New Forecasts Explore Coronavirus Predictions, Medical Logistics and the Future of Transportation
SARS-CoV-2, and the COVID-19 disease it causes, only emerged late last year, and its rapid spread around the world has experts racing to find ways to forecast its impact. Several researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering are putting ... Read the story
