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UTEP Community Engagement and Research in COVID-19
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Description

This community connects UTEP faculty and professional staff who are involved in community engagement activities or research related to COVID-19.
The goal of this community is to connect and support interaction among members and related community stakeholders. The efforts of this community provide a snapshot of the various ways that UTEP is responding to COVID-19 in the community and beyond. For information on research issues related to UTEP and COVID-19 visit the ORSP website.

Aspirations

KEYWORDS

  1. Community Engagement
  2. coronavirus
  3. COVID-19
  4. pandemic

COMMUNITY MEMBERS

Umucu, Emre
Member
Associate Professor
Health Sciences - Public Health Sciences
Positive Psychology and Well-Being in Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Alzheimer's Disease and Aging, Combat and Veterans and Military Research, Rehabilitation of Chronic Illness and Disability and Homelessness, Happiness and Resilience, Positive Community-Engaged Scholarship, Self-Determined and Positive Health and Higher Education Administrations, Psychometric and Test Construction, Rural and Urban Health and Community Participation (e.g. employment and work) outcomes.

Wicker, Ryan
Member
Professor
Engineering - Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Additive Manufacturing Processes, Materials, Applications
Featured: Awards

Xiao, River
Member
Professor
Science - Chemistry and Biochemistry
Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Virology, X-ray Crystallography, Cryo-electron Microscopy, CryoEM, Virus Assembly, Marine Virus, Common Cold, Mammalian Circadian
Featured: Awards

Zubia, David
Member
Professor
Engineering - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Semiconductors, Electronic Materials, Electronic Devices, Nanotechnology, Nanoelectronics, Silicon Processing, Solar Cells, Memristors, Sensors, Energy Conversion, Crystal Growth, Engineering Talent Development, Engineering Program Development, Scientific and Engineering Conference Organization, COVID-19, Remote Engineering Labs, Portable Engineering Labs
Featured: Awards


Related Efforts

Volunteers assisting El Paso Children’s Hospital
UTEP Related Effort
Contact: Leslie Robbins

Volunteer students and faculty assist the hospital with mobile testing and office/charting support.

UTEP supporting City of El Paso with COVID-19 testing
UTEP Related Effort
Website

UTEP Contact: Robert Moss, Environmental Health and Safety
An agreement between UTEP and the City of El Paso enables qualified UTEP faculty from Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Biology to assist the city’s Department of Public Health in identifying cases of the novel coronavirus. Ten faculty are involved in this effort.

MiFi (mobile hotspots) for UTEP students

UTEP Contact: Ivette Savina, Outreach and Student Access
UTEP is working with Workforce Borderplex Solutions to provide MiFi to UTEP students.

Ventilator production using 3-D printing
UTEP Related Effort
Contact: Ryan Wicker
Website

UTEP is producing a 3-D printed ventilator alternative using design from TTUHSC Emergency Room Physicians.
The have completed a ventilator using Additive Manufacturing.

UTEP Keck Center website
UTEP Resource
Other
Related Effort:
Requesting 3D printing of mask skeletons for N95 masks
UTEP to manufacture protective face shields for healthcare workers
Ventilator production using 3-D printing
Ryan Wicker
Resource Link

Our vision is for additive manufacturing (AM) technology to revive the economy through a transformation in the way products are designed and manufactured, taking advantage of distributed manufacturing and 3D multi-functional designs enabled by AM. Our mission is to lead the AM transformation through multi-disciplinary activities that include education, research, outreach, technology development and commercialization, and industrial partnerships.

UTEP Office of Environment Health & Safety website
UTEP Resource
Other
Related Effort:
Collaboration between Texas Tech and UTEP to become test sites
UTEP Partners with Local Health Care Professionals to Fit Test Personal Protective Equipment
UTEP supporting City of El Paso with COVID-19 testing
UTEP to purchase disinfection system to decontaminate and re-use N95 respirators
Resource Link

The Environmental Health & Safety Office was established to develop, promote and maintain a safe, healthy learning and working environment for the students, faculty, staff and visitors at the University of Texas at El Paso.

UTEP Office of Research & Sponsored Projects (ORSP) website
UTEP Resource
Other
Related Effort: Collaboration between Texas Tech and UTEP to become test sites
Roberto Osegueda
Resource Link

The vision of the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP) is to accelerate the research and sponsored program enterprise while adhering to university policies and federal regulations.

UTEP Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) website
UTEP Resource
Other
Related Effort: UTEP supporting City of El Paso with COVID-19 testing
Lorraine Torres
Resource Link

The CLS Program is committed to providing high quality educational experiences that develop knowledgeable, skillful, and ethical professionals who will fulfill leadership positions and contribute to the growth and advancement of the health care community of our US-Mexican Border and Southwest region.

DIALOG SOURCES

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This community engages in dialog as follows:
Microsoft Teams
Link: Microsoft Teams