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For Utah Opera’s return, engineers study how air can flow safely through Capitol Theatre

(Photo courtesy of the University of Utah) Tony Saad, left, and James Sutherland, chemical engineers at the University of Utah, applied their research in "computational fluid dynamics" to create computer models of airflow on the stages of Abravanel Hall and the Capitol Theatre. The research is helping organizations make performance spaces safer amid the COVID-19 pandemic.