College design engineers give manufacturing a try

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

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. 

 

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