NYU Tandon responds to COVID-19

Working together to create healthier communities

Members of the NYU Tandon community spring into action to redeploy resources, launch new platforms, refocus research, leverage technologies and lend their expertise in innovative ways to address the pandemic.

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Innovation Research Insight Outreach

Rapid Response Innovation

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A dual-purpose at-home test for COVID-19

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NYU Tandon AirMOD and AirVENT

hand sanitizer

Tandon-based startups prove the power of pivoting

man assembling a plastic face shield

Low-cost, quick-production medical face shields

Additional Innovation Stories and Projects:

Fears of Ventilator Shortage Unleash a Wave of Innovations, New York Times, April 17, 2020
Hive Mind of Makers Rises to Meet Pandemic, New York Times, March 30, 2020
NYU MakerSpace Covid-19: PAPR and Ventilator Parts

Critical Research

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Researchers tracking COVID-19 in wastewater to join forces on framework for translating data into a public health response

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Tandon faculty receive NSF Rapid Response Research funding for COVID

Map of Brooklyn displaying hotspots where coronavirus can spread, including bus stops, grocery stores, restaurants and subway stations.

Researchers release 3-D data tracking human interactions outside of coronavirus hotspots

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NYU index sees rapid rise in phishing concerns

Additional Research:

Expert Insight

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Can U.S. networks can handle millions of people suddenly working from home?

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Scientists answer coronavirus questions on new website

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Working from home requires ramped-up cybersecurity

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A supply chain expert weighs in on the current crisis

More Expert Insight:

The GovLab launches coronavirus resource database, CitiesToday, April 9, 2020
Blinded By Disbelief: COVID-19's Devastation Is A Mirror For Climate Change, Forbes, March 26, 2020

Community Outreach

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MakerSpace staff support those on the frontline

a student wearing a facemask holding a bin of PPE to donate to hospital

Tandon community donates equipment to hospitals

homemade face masks

A group of makers turns to making masks

Doctor wearing face mask holding donated materials.

MakerSpace teams up with cyclists to deliver 3D-printed face masks

Additional Outreach Stories:

Latest Stories & Events

AI COVID monitoring tool modified to track congestion

AI tool for COVID monitoring offers solution for urban congestion

Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in wastwater during NYC’s second wave of COVID-19: sewershed level trends and relationships to publicly available clinical testing data

'Brainiacs' Episode 5: COVID-19 Research & Response

Preferences and patterns of response to public health advice during the COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers quantify the role of the pandemic in the 2020 U.S. Elections