Ain Shams University launches an initiative to bridge the shortage of ventilator devices in Egyptian hospitals

The ASU Design House is organizing an initiative for the best design of respirators that are manufactured with locally available devices and components, and the design house at Ain Shams University will provide technical and administrative support to all participating designers over the course of the month-long competition, and the three best designs will be chosen. In conformity with the specifications, it will be offered to all manufacturing places in the republic for manufacture and provision to the hospitals surrounding them. The best of these designs will be evaluated in terms of performance.

This is under the patronage of Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Metini, President of Ain Shams University, and Prof. Dr. Abdel Nasser Sengab, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research.

ASRT Academy of Scientific Research also provides financial support through its latest initiative, for teams that have distinct design proposals in case all the requirements of the academy are met.

This was stated by Dr. Maged Ghanima, Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, confirming that Egypt has a lot of brilliant minds in the field of medicine, medical engineering, computer engineering, electronic design, mechanical design and control devices capable of designing a large number of distinctive devices and designs.

He explained that there are two methods of registration, namely the formation of a team or registration as an expert to support the participating teams, through the following link