Supporting Research

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The Office of Research Facilities Development and Operations (ORF) conducts bio-environmental research to improve indoor air quality while saving energy in bio-medical laboratories and animal research facilities. The results of these studies have been cited and, in many cases, adopted as national and international standards for labs and hospitals. Among the standard-setting organizations and academic institutions that have adopted or use the ORF research results are:

• American National Standard Institutes (ANSI);
• American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) in
  • the 1999 ASHRAE Application Handbook
  • the 2001 ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook;
• American Institute of Architects (AIA);
• Environmental Health and Safety Department of Harvard University;
• University of Maryland;
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
• Oklahoma State University;
• International Conference on Indoor Air Quality;
• International Academy of Indoor Air Sciences;
• International Conference on Healthy Building;
• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.

Following are links to this research. Principal Investigator for ORF is Farhad Memarzadeh.

• Effect of Operation Room Geometry and Ventilation System Parameter Variations on the Protection of the Surgical Site (PDF)
• Analysis of Efficacy of UVGI Inactivation of Airborne Organisms Using Eulerian and Lagrangian Approaches (PDF)
• Comparison of environment and mice in static and mechanically ventilated isolator cages with different air velocity and ventilation design (PDF)
• Ventilation Design in Animal Research Facilities Using Static Microisolators (PDF)
• Reducing Risks of Surgery (PDF)
• Methodology for Minimizing Risk from Airborne Organisms in Hospital Isolation Rooms (PDF)
• Comparison of Operating Room Ventilation Systems in the Protection of the Surgical Site (PDF)
• Investigation of Static Microisolators in Wind Tunnel Tests and Validation of CFD Cage Model (PDF)
• Analysis of Air Supply Type and Exhaust Location in Laboratory Animal Research Facilities Using CFD (PDF)
• NIH - Fume Hood Testing Protocol for Variable Volume Fume Hoods (PDF)
• NIH - Fume Hood Testing Protocol for Constant Volume Fume Hoods (PDF)
• Methodology for Optimization of Laboratory Hood Containment - Volumes I and II
• Ventilation Design Handbook on Animal Research Facilities Using Static Microisolators -
  Volumes I and II
• Assessing the Efficacy of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation and Ventilation in Removing Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
• Comfort, Uniformity, and Ventilation Effectiveness in Patient Rooms: Performance Assessment Using Ventilation Indices (PDF)

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