/engineering/taxonomy/term/759/all en /engineering/article/news/future-shopping-here-mcgill-launches-frictionless-laboratory-store <p>As mom-and-pop stores and multinational corporations alike confront historic challenges to their industry during the pandemic, they are looking outward for ideas and technologies that will put them on solid footing both now and in the future. A world-class university and a global retailer have joined forces to provide solutions as they unveil one of the first live laboratory stores in North America.</p> Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:39:43 +0000 Ashley Rabinovitch 8504 at /engineering /engineering/article/quest-low-cost-ventilator-world <p>In March, as the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was spreading like wildfire through Italy and other countries, hospitals worldwide grappled with the lack of ventilators to provide oxygen to severely ill patients gasping for air.</p> <p>Governments scrambled to procure enough of the life-saving devices for their citizens, and manufacturers struggled to meet the soaring demand. <strong>Reza Farivar</strong>, MSc’02, PhD’08, watched this situation unfold with concern, wondering if there was anything he could do to help.</p> Mon, 04 Jan 2021 18:57:17 +0000 Diana Kwon 8486 at /engineering