b'I D A H O N A T I O N A L L A B O R A T O R Y F Y 2 0 2 0 L A B O V E R V I E WSUSTAINING SCIENTIFIC, OPERATIONAL, AND STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY EXCELLENCE DURING COVID-19S ince the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, INLs Senior Leadership Team has worked with local health officials, state government representatives, DOE, and other national laboratories to adjust and plan for working safely.INLs primary focus is keeping staff safe whileINL has been leading a collaboration of 6 national continuing essential operations. Laboratorylaboratories with industry in the development of percussion air ventilator technologies that have leadership recognize that as challenging asenhanced manufacturing readiness level and are this new normal may be, it does not changetransformative of patient conditions in the fight INLs obligation to continue doing a greatagainst COVID-19job for its customers. The nation needs INLWhile continuing to execute its normal INL is using their expertise in advanced and the other DOE national laboratories,operations, INL has also brought to bear its manufacturing to rapidly design and test a device now more than ever. A Lab-wide look atto purify respired air on any existing ventilator, work either conducted or highlighted duringworld-class facilities, technical capabilities,using electric fields to deactivate pathogens. INL and staff on problems specific to thestaff propose to focus on the design of an advanced the COVID-19 pandemic shows that, underprototype auxiliary device to purify respired air COVID-19 pandemic. on any existing ventilator, using electric fields to difficult and challenging circumstances, INLdeactivate pathogens using high voltage low current continues to execute world-class research. discharge from a Tesla coil generator.INL is part of the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium with Sawtooth. Government, industry, and research institutions around the country are dedicating their high-performance computing resources gaining vital knowledge from modeling and simulation to support COVID-19 research.D I S C L A I M E RThis information was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the U.S. government. Neither the U.S. government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. References herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the U.S. government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. government or any agency thereof.'