Ypres Program — Respiratory Protection
The Ypres program focuses on respiratory protection used in clinical care during CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive) incidents.
Research areas include:
- Improving understanding of respiratory protection mechanisms
- Advancing gas mask technology through patented respiratory assistance inventions
- Flow-pressure measurement systems for protective equipment
- Computational modeling of respiratory gas flows for both protection and patient respiratory management
The program draws its name from Ypres, Belgium, where chemical warfare was first deployed at scale in 1915.