CIT Funding Boost In These Testing Times

Cork Institute of Technology has received funding from Science Foundation Ireland for research into barrier masks to tackle Covid-19.

- Dublin Chamber

CIT staff have already conducted initial research on the effectiveness of barrier masks in conjunction with the National Standards Authority of Ireland.

As a result of this work, they were appointed part of the Irish delegation for the European Committee for Standardization (CEN).

The project titled MASK focuses on Making Aerosol Safety Known. The aim of the project is to quantitatively determine how well commonly available face mask materials suppress the transmission of exhaled droplets.