October 7, 2022 McMaster researchers support the development of game-changing technology to prevent indoor virus spread McMaster’s Centre of Excellence in Protective Equipment and Materials is helping Toronto-based startup AGS Zephyr launch a hyper-localized air purification system.
September 17, 2021 Daily News McMaster community works together to send $750,000 in PPE and gear to Uganda A team of doctors, researchers and staff have pooled their time, talent and contacts to help their friends and colleagues a world away in their efforts to battle COVID-19.
September 29, 2020 McMaster researchers collaborate on N95 respirator made and approved in Canada The Can95 Respirator is manufactured in collaboration with B.C.-based Vitacore Industries and researchers at McMaster’s Centre of Excellence in Protective Equipment Materials.
September 28, 2020 GLOBAL NEWS In the media: B.C. facility partners with McMaster Engineering to produce N95-equivalent masks A team of engineers, scientists and manufacturers from private industry and McMaster University have successfully created an N95 respirator made and approved for sale in Canada.
July 21, 2020 McMaster engineers bringing to market at-home test to detect COVID-19 antibodies and 3D cell printing technology Ishwar Puri and Rakesh Sahu speak about these products in the latest Big Ideas for a Changing World podcast episode.
March 23, 2020 McMaster engineers pivot 3D cell printing technology to help COVID-19 research McMaster engineers hope to use their novel technology to help other researchers with disease modelling and drug screening.