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The Nonwovens Institute (NWI) at North Carolina State University is proactively responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Courtesy: Marc Hall, NC State

Institute receives grant to improve mask materials

December 2, 2020

The EASYMASK combines comfortability with sustainability allowing users to easily interchange the mask filters with typical household items. Courtesy: Texas A&M Engineering

Frame created for interchangeable mask

October 27, 2020

Courtesy: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Heated face mask designed to filter and inactivate coronaviruses

October 22, 2020

Courtesy Renee Meiller, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Top 5 Control Engineering articles Sept. 28 – Oct. 4, 2020

October 5, 2020

The hardware for the robot developed by USC Viterbi researchers includes a spray sense camera to detect spray droplets and a nozzle, from which the spray is released. All of the specifications, including speed and coating thickness, can be defined by the user. See video for more. Courtesy: USC Viterbi

Engineering understanding about COVID-19’s effects, safety

October 4, 2020

In early-fall 2020, College of Engineering student employees assembled Badger Seal mask fitters outside the Grainger Engineering Design Innovation Laboratory in Wendt Commons. Courtesy Renee Meiller, University of Wisconsin-Madison

DIY fitter developed to improve mask filtration

September 28, 2020

Courtesy: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech

Redesigned mask offers greater protection, comfort for user

September 16, 2020

University of Wisconsin-Madison grad student Rebecca Alcock is playing a leading role in a large-scale, U.N.-backed effort to help developing countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Courtesy: Rebecca Alcock, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Engineering student helps organize PPE production, COVID response in developing countries

July 29, 2020

Researcher Emmeline Blanchard from the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University places items into an ozone disinfection chamber for testing. Courtesy: Georgia Tech University

Ozone disinfection could make PPE reusable for workers

July 22, 2020

Some health care professionals are experiencing a shortage of personal protective equipment, such as N95 respirators. Courtesy: David Staack, Texas A&M University

Researchers develop method to recycle PPE using radiation

June 30, 2020