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  • UIC engineers creating face shields to ease PPE shortage

    Mar 27, 2020 4:00 pm by Gretchen Yordy
    Dylan Lunch, assistant director for the UIC Engineering MakerSpace, produces face shields to supply to the University of Illinois Hospital.

    Dylan Lunch, assistant director for the UIC Engineering MakerSpace, produces face shields to supply to the University of Illinois Hospital.

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    • Dylan Lunch, assistant director for the UIC Engineering MakerSpace, produces face shields to supply to the University of Illinois Hospital.

    UIC Engineers designed a face shield made from thin plastic that could be manufactured at UIC’s Engineering Makerspace in 20 seconds to help ease a shortage of protective gear at UI Health.