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'''Peter Tsai''' (b. approximately 1952) is a [[Taiwanese American]] academic and inventor who is best know for inventing and patenting the [[N95 mask]]. He is an expert in the field of [[nonwoven fabric]].<ref></ref>
==Early life and family==
Tsai studied chemical fiber engineering at the Provincial Taipei Institute of Technology, now know as [[National Taipei University of Technology]].<ref name="Focus Taiwan 2020" ></ref>
==Career==
After graduating college he went to work at the [[Taiwan Textile Research Institute]] before finding work in a dying and finishing plant. He then went abroad to the United States for postgraduate work at [[Kansas State University]] completing over 500 credits in a variety of subjects including mathematics, physics, and chemistry. After receiving his doctorate he went to teach and work at the [[University of Tennessee]]. Tsai retired from the University of Tennessee in 2019.<ref name="Focus Taiwan 2020" /> He was a professor in the Department of Material Science and Engineering.<ref></ref> In 2020 Tsai came out of retirement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, he has been working with the scientific collective N95DECON on ways to decontaminate N95 masks.<ref></ref>
==N95 mask==
In 1992 while at the University of Tennessee Tsai led a team attempting to develop electrostatic filtration technology. Their research was successful and led to the creation of the N95 face mask. It was first adapted for industrial use with its utility in medical applications being discovered only later. Tsai continued to do work into mask technology and in 2018 he developed a new technique which doubled the filtration capacity of medical masks.<ref name="Focus Taiwan 2020" />
==References==
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Taiwanese emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:Kansas State University alumni]]
[[Category:Inventors]]
[[Category:University of Tennessee faculty]]
==Early life and family==
Tsai studied chemical fiber engineering at the Provincial Taipei Institute of Technology, now know as [[National Taipei University of Technology]].<ref name="Focus Taiwan 2020" ></ref>
==Career==
After graduating college he went to work at the [[Taiwan Textile Research Institute]] before finding work in a dying and finishing plant. He then went abroad to the United States for postgraduate work at [[Kansas State University]] completing over 500 credits in a variety of subjects including mathematics, physics, and chemistry. After receiving his doctorate he went to teach and work at the [[University of Tennessee]]. Tsai retired from the University of Tennessee in 2019.<ref name="Focus Taiwan 2020" /> He was a professor in the Department of Material Science and Engineering.<ref></ref> In 2020 Tsai came out of retirement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, he has been working with the scientific collective N95DECON on ways to decontaminate N95 masks.<ref></ref>
==N95 mask==
In 1992 while at the University of Tennessee Tsai led a team attempting to develop electrostatic filtration technology. Their research was successful and led to the creation of the N95 face mask. It was first adapted for industrial use with its utility in medical applications being discovered only later. Tsai continued to do work into mask technology and in 2018 he developed a new technique which doubled the filtration capacity of medical masks.<ref name="Focus Taiwan 2020" />
==References==
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Taiwanese emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:Kansas State University alumni]]
[[Category:Inventors]]
[[Category:University of Tennessee faculty]]
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