College design engineers give manufacturing a try

University engineering departments shifts from design to manufacturing to meet skyrocketing demand for personal protective equipment.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 6:00 a.m. April 29, 2020
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Michael Celestin, USF College of Engineering's senior research engineer, is leading a team of students who are producing face shields for USF Health and Tampa General Hospital. Courtesy photo.
Michael Celestin, USF College of Engineering's senior research engineer, is leading a team of students who are producing face shields for USF Health and Tampa General Hospital. Courtesy photo.
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In normal times, the University of South Florida College of Engineering focuses on product design — not manufacturing. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, that has all changed. Now students and staff have been making face shields for medical personnel at Tampa General Hospital and USF Health. 

USF College of Engineering volunteers make face shields for frontline health care workers at USF Health and Tampa General Hospital. Courtesy photo.
USF College of Engineering volunteers make face shields for frontline health care workers at USF Health and Tampa General Hospital. Courtesy photo.

 

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