Alabama Public Television’s 'Spotlight on Agriculture' to focus on Auburn’s CPAP-to-ventilator project
Published: June 08, 2020
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An upcoming episode of Alabama Public Television’s “Spotlight on Agriculture” series will focus on an engineering project at Auburn that converted CPAP machines into functional ventilators.
Tom Burch and Michael Zabala, faculty in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Hayden Burch, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, initiated the project in March, as the growing COVID-19 pandemic created a worldwide shortage of ventilators. The Auburn team developed RE-InVENT, a system used to quickly and inexpensively convert a CPAP machine, which is commonly used for treating sleep apnea, into a functional ventilator.
The episode of “Spotlight on Agriculture” will air on June 18 at 9 p.m. on Alabama Public Television.
Tom Burch and Michael Zabala, faculty in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Hayden Burch, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, initiated the project in March, as the growing COVID-19 pandemic created a worldwide shortage of ventilators. The Auburn team developed RE-InVENT, a system used to quickly and inexpensively convert a CPAP machine, which is commonly used for treating sleep apnea, into a functional ventilator.
The episode of “Spotlight on Agriculture” will air on June 18 at 9 p.m. on Alabama Public Television.
Submitted by: Amy Weaver
