Lukas Hewing, post-doctoral researcher with Melanie Zeilinger, works on the control of the ventilator. (Photograph: Nicola Pitaro / ETH Zurich)
Lukas Hewing, post-doctoral researcher with Melanie Zeilinger, works on the control of the ventilator. (Photograph: Nicola Pitaro / ETH Zurich) - ETH Professor Kristina Shea and her team are busy developing a new ventilator. Their aim is to make it as inexpensive, modular and easy to use as possible - the ideal combination for any country that needs this medical device. Kristina Shea, Professor of Engineering Design and Computing, originally intended to begin her sabbatical abroad in early March. But then the coronavirus struck - and the ETH professor had to return to Zurich. She certainly hasn't been short of things to do, however. No sooner had she adapted to working from home that she received a message from a Swiss hospital asking if she could develop a low-cost ventilator.
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