Abstract
Public health can impact transportation significantly. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is one of such serve cases, which has resulted in a 96% reduction in air travelers from April to July 2020. Instant early detection of coronavirus on the go can prevent the wide spread of COVID-19 in public transportation vehicles, thus improving transportation health and safety. Therefore, this project aims to develop an “on-the-Go” COVID-19 quantitative diagnostic microdevice integrated with reverse transcription–LAMP (RT-LAMP) for instant early detection of COVID-19 in public transportation vehicles to improve transportation safety.
Research Investigators (PI*)
XiuJun (James) Li*, University of Texas at El Paso
Wen-Whai Li, University of Texas at El Paso
Jennifer Dien Bard, University of Texas at El Paso
Hamed Tavakoli, University of Texas at El Paso
Project Information
Start Date: 02/01/2021
End Date: 07/31/2022
Status: Active
Grant Number: 69A3551747128
Source Organization: CARTEEH UTC
Project Number: UTEP-05-44
RiP URL
UTC Project Information Form
CARTEEH Focus Area(s)
Sponsor
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC 20590 United States
Performing Organization
University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Civil Engineering
500 University Ave
El Paso, TX 79968
