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A new face mask design
April 14, 2020
Stanford engineers have developed a new type of protective face mask that can counteract the side effects of oxygen deficiency.
Aerial view of an airport
April 9, 2020
A mechanical engineer adapts a computational model of the brain to create a tool that can help policymakers assess how various interventions might affect the course of COVID-19.
Tina White
April 9, 2020
Covid Watch is a smartphone app that allows an infected person to send an anonymous alert to others with the same app whom they may have infected.
Graduate student Delaney Miller runs on a treadmill aided by the ankle exoskeleton emulator. Fellow graduate student Guan Rong Tan controls the emulator and monitors Miller’s gait and respiration. | Photo by Farrin Abbott
March 30, 2020
Researchers find that a motorized device that attaches around the ankle and foot can drastically reduce the energy cost of running.
Graduate students Zachary Hammond, left, and Nathan Usevitch with the isoperimetric robot
March 27, 2020
It combines traditional and soft robotics, making it safe but sturdy. Once inflated, it can change shape and move without being attached to a source of energy or air.

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