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Alumnus’ startup helps pharmacies with asymptomatic COVID-19 testing

Alumnus’ startup helps pharmacies with asymptomatic COVID-19 testing

August 11, 2020

In the fall of 2018, when Nicholas Hui was taking Applied Science’s New Venture Design course as part of his final undergraduate year in Mechanical Engineering, he had no idea he would co-found a company providing services in response to a global pandemic. The former AeroDesign Team Captain hadn’t considered a startup as his first […]

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