Source: Inside Iowa State

The Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) will be Iowa State’s primary point of contact for manufacturing requests related to COVID-19 health care needs. Faculty and staff who receive such a request should send it to ciras.info@iastate.edu so it can be logged and reviewed. CIRAS will coordinate assistance as appropriate. CIRAS also is gathering information about the potential need in Iowa for personal protective equipment and identifying other health care industry needs. Faculty and staff who have a desire to help and the relevant research capabilities — such as medical device manufacturing, rapid factory changeover or 3-D printing — should contact Jake Behrens, jbehrens@iastate.edu.