Researching how stress spreads during evacuations

Evacuating a space quickly and safely during an emergency has life-saving consequences, but it is known that feeling stressed impacts a person's ability to exit a building quickly. Nicole Abaid, associate professor in the department of mathematics, is working alongside graduate students from Northern Illinois University and the University of Virginia to develop a model that could help understand how to make evacuations safer.
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