Sabrina Hetzel: Modeling the Spread of COVID-19: A University Study

Understanding, containing, and eradicating COVID-19 is an enormous problem for the scientific community to tackle, and there are myriad facets that need to be solved. Our group in particular wishes to explore the viral spread in a university setting since it is an ideal climate for a COVID-19 outbreak. Up until recently, we aimed to understand how initial mass testing of the student body at the start of the semester, and continual testing throughout the semester reduces the spread of the virus. Looking into the future, we wish to explore the conditions and implications for a nontrivial equilibrium state for the infected population.