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UF-led pandemic ventilator moves forward in meeting milestones toward approval for COVID-19
Published: April 16th, 2020
University of Florida-led international project to rapidly design and build a low-cost, DIY ventilator using hardware store parts is meeting preliminary milestones toward being approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Emergency Use Authorization in case it is needed in the battle against COVID-19.
Dr. Lampotang earns high distinction in medical and biological engineering
Published: March 31st, 2020
Samsun Lampotang, PhD, FSSH, the Joachim S. Gravenstein Professor of Anesthesiology and Director of the Center for Safety, Simulation & Advanced Learning Technologies, has been inducted into the 2020 College […]
UF researchers lead the way in rapidly designing, building low-cost, open-source ventilator
Published: March 27th, 2020
As a University of Florida mechanical engineering student decades ago, Samsun Lampotang, Ph.D., helped respiratory therapist colleagues build a minimal-transport ventilator that became a commercial success. So, when the coronavirus pandemic hit and he heard the desperate international plea for thousands more ventilators, the longtime UF professor of anesthesiology set out to build a prototype using plentiful, cheap components that could be copied from an online diagram and a software repository.
CSSALT Works on Open Source Ventilator Design
Published: March 17th, 2020
The Center for Safety, Simulation, and Advanced Learning Technologies (CSSALT) has started an Open Source Ventilator Project to address the predicted worldwide ventilator shortage due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According […]
Drs. Lampotang & Tighe Receive Endowed Professorships
Published: October 30th, 2019
By endowing faculty positions, donors create streams of funding to enable faculty to discover and invent what we can only now imagine. At the Celebration of Distinction ceremony in October, […]
CSSALT Mentees Take 1st Place in Design Competition
Published: October 29th, 2019
Congratulations to the Biomedical Engineering (BME) team who took first place at the Biomedical Engineering Society’s 2019 Annual Design Contest! The group of students from the University of Florida Biomedical […]
Zhou Zhang Completes Simulation Fellowship
Published: September 20th, 2019
In August, Dr. Zhou Zhang completed his year-long simulation fellowship with us at CSSALT. While he was with us, Dr. Zhang used a prostate biopsy (PBx) simulator newly developed by […]
CSSALT Mentees Selected as Finalists in Design Competition
Published: August 27th, 2019
A group of students from the University of Florida Biomedical Engineering (BME) department worked with the Center for Safety, Simulation and Advanced Learning Technologies (CSSALT) team on a 2-semester long […]
CSSALT Engineer Travels to Ecuador on Mission Trip
Published: August 21st, 2019
Two members of the Department of Anesthesiology traveled to Guayaquil, Ecuador, in July on a mission trip with the Global Smile Foundation, which provides comprehensive cleft lip and palate care […]
CSSALT Team Builds CVA Simulator for Use in Resource-limited Environments
Published: February 13th, 2019
Sprawling across tables and counters, mannequins stare at the ceiling, eyes wide and mouths agape. They make their homes among the countless wires and screens and tools scattered throughout the […]