We have been working with a number of local companies that have a variety of different devices that they would like tested for the ability to sterilize and reuse N95 masks, because we all recognize that they are in short supply. We have set up the ability to have our engineering faculty members ensure the integrity of the masks, and there are different types of sterilization. Then we have a number of our virologists testing that the methodology will properly sterilize the masks and kill the viruses.
Our engineering faculty is also working on looking at different types of materials that could potentially be used to generate sufficient types of masks.