A group of engineering researchers at the University of Arizona is adding its expertise in the fight against the spread and impact of COVID-19. They are using 3D-printing technology to make masks for physicians at Banner-University Medical Center.
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The team comes from various engineering backgrounds at UA, and some members of the group had never met each other before starting the project.
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Chemical and biological engineer Armin Sorooshian said they began working on the masks last weekend. “This is a really great example of interdisciplinary research coming together very quickly between groups who didn’t know each other a week ago,” he said. The team began designing the masks after a memo was dispatched from UA president Robert Robbins and College of Engineering Dean David Hahn. Materials […]
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