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Texas A&M: Former Student's Company Creates Antiviral Material for Masks
September 04, 2020
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 4 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news:

How does the CEO of a performance chemicals company help fight the COVID-19 pandemic? By finding a way to manufacture masks with antiviral material. Phil McDivitt '87, president and CEO of Ascend Performance Materials, is working to develop comfortable, sustainable and durable materials that not only fight against COVID-19 but also are already used in hundreds of . . .

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