Khalifa University Researchers Develop Model to Determine Who to Vaccinate First against COVID-19 to Reduce Total Fatalities

BY DR. JORGE RODRÍGUEZ

THE OUTCOMES OF THE MODEL SUGGEST PRIORITY BE GIVEN TO THOSE WITH THE MOST CONTACT WITH OTHERS.

After months of unprecedented events and uncertainty due to COVID-19, there’s good news: vaccines are just around the corner. The next dilemma, however, involves distribution of the vaccine to the billions of people around the world. These days, it’s not only a question of manufacturing enough doses, or physically shipping the vials, but rather, who’s first in line?

The rapid development of vaccines against the SARSCoV-2 virus is an enormous achievement. Effective and safe vaccines that can be mass produced and distributed to almost the entire population could prevent deaths and boost economic recovery.

Dr. Jorge Rodríguez

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Khalifa University

The COVID-19 outbreak has brought unprecedented attention to mathematical modeling, with the development of several epidemic models trying to forecast the extent of the pandemic.

Khalifa University Scientists Unravel 40-Year Long Mystery of Large Sea in the Middle of Antarctic Ice Cover

Researchers from Khalifa University’s Environmental and Geophysical Sciences (ENGEOS) Laboratory have unraveled a more than 40-year scientific mystery when they identified the reason for the occurrence of a body of unfrozen ocean that appeared within a thick body of ice during Antarctica’s winter, known as a Polynya event. Two major Polynya events were recorded in the Weddell Sea in Antarctica in 1973 and 2017.

System-on-Chip Center Advancements Shared at IEEE Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Researchers from Khalifa University’s Systems-on-Chip Center have had three papers accepted into the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS). ISCAS is the flagship conference of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and the world’s premier networking forum for researchers in the fields of theory, design, and implementation of circuits and systems.

New Azelio Installation at Khalifa University’s Masdar Institute Solar Platform to Demonstrate Renewable Energy 24/7

USING A RECYCLED ALUMINIUM ALLOY TO STORE THE HEAT FROM THE DAY’S SUNSHINE ALLOWS THE MISP TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY 24/7

The world is moving continuously towards using sources of energy that are more sustainable than the fossil fuels on which we predominantly rely today. Solar power is one of the most promising renewable energy technologies, especially in the UAE, allowing the generation of electricity from free, inexhaustible sunlight. But even though the sun shines every day, this resource is subject to supply fluctuations. Further, every night when the sun sets, as it inevitably does, the supply of solar energy ceases until the next morning.

KU Research Predicts New Effect for Proving the Existence of Cosmic Strings

RESEARCHERS AT KU HAVE USED THE THEORY OF GENERAL RELATIVITY TO FIGURE OUT A NEW WAY TO CHART OUR UNIVERSE AND POSSIBLY DETECT COSMIC STRINGS.

A team of researchers from Khalifa University has used the theory of General Relativity to figure out a new way to detect cosmic strings across the universe. The team applied the concept of ‘gravitational lensing’ to a family of pairs of black holes connected by a cosmic string in what is known as a C-metric, and computed the first ever lensing formula that can be coupled with existing technologies to chart our universe.

Dr. Davide Batic, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Maha Alrais Alawadi, student from the Department of Mathematics, and Dr. Marek Nowakowski, Associate Professor from the Universidad de los Andes, Columbia, published their work last month in the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity.

Book on Robotics and Security Marks KU Faculty’s Third Book in a Single Year

Dr. Ash Rossiter, Assistant Professor in the Institute of International and Civil Security (IICS) and the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, has published a third book in 2020, titled Robotics, Autonomous Systems, and International Security.

Published by Routledge and featuring contributions from leading security studies scholars from across the globe, the edited volume looks at technological impact of advances in robotics and autonomous systems across a range of contemporary security issues and settings.

Technologies for Present and Future Space Exploration Challenges

The UAE and Italian scientific communities have both experienced unprecedented success in space exploration and earth observation in recent years, systematically promoting space technology through incremental research and development and radical innovation. The second in a series of webinars aiming to strengthen the opportunities for bilateral cooperation between Italy and the United Arab Emirates saw speakers discuss novel ideas and collaboration topics in technology development to support international space missions in different domains. At Khalifa University, we’re proud to showcase our faculty expertise, especially in space exploration and Earth observation.