A senior engineering instructor at UBC’s Okanagan campus has a big desire to battle the coronavirus — from a mechanical engineering standpoint.
Since the start of the pandemic, Ray Taheri has been designing COVID-19 personal protective equipment tools to make things easier for the public and healthcare workers.
From door-handle openers to 3D-printed face shields to a small device that allows masks to be worn without the elastic bands cutting into the wearer’s ears, Taheri says his problem solving is designed to give people hope.
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“Hope is what we all need in this hardship. We are navigating through unseen territory in the history of our species,” Taheri told Global News.
His latest COVID-19 design is a 3D-printed plastic adapter that can attach a clear plastic face shield to any…
