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Do Micro-Level Social Interaction Parameters Effect Pandemic Policy Success?
MIE Associate Professor Babak Heydari’s research on “Micro-level Social Structures and the Success of COVID-19 National Policies” was published in the Nature Computational Science journal. The study shows that the micro-level structure of person-to-person interactions—measured by average household size and in-person social contact rate—can be an important explanatory factor in the success of COVID-19 policy.
Faculty and Staff Awards 2022
Congratulations to all the winners of the faculty and staff awards, and to everyone for their hard work and dedication during the 2021-2022 academic school year.
Social distancing is controlling Covid-19; now scientists need to figure out which measures are most effective
MIE Associate Professor Babak Heydari was featured in the Stat News article “Social distancing is controlling Covid-19; now scientists need to figure out which measures are most effective“
Determining Which Social Distancing Policies are Effective
MIE Associate Professor Babak Heydari is analyzing COVID-19 data to see which social distancing policies are the most effective.
Heydari Receives NSF CAREER Award
MIE Associate Professor Babak Heydari was awarded a $490K NSF CAREER grant for “Architecting Products to Balance Innovation and Competition in Business Ecosystems”.
FY20 TIER 1 Award Recipients
25 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY20 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 18 different projects representing up to $900K dollars of investment in research.
Heydari Voted as CESUN Chair-Elect
MIE Associate Professor Babak Heydari was voted as chair-elect of the executive committee for the Council of Engineering Systems Universities (CESUN), with the anticipation of assuming the chair position in 2020.
New Faculty Spotlight: Babak Heydari
Babak Heydari joins the Mechanical & Industrial Engineering department in August 2018 as an Associate Professor.