Made from sterilizable materials and known as the Injection Molded Autoclavable, Scalable, Conformable (iMASC) system, the team's N95 face mask alternative is still in its prototyping stage.

The masks will cost about $15 a piece for hospitals, which is substantially more than the $3 to $7 charged for an N95, but the team believes they'll be money- and material-saving in the long run ...