ST. GEORGE — The 3D printer at Dixie State University Atwood Innovation Plaza made little noise as it ran through a batch of plastic parts cut out to later assemble N95 masks for use by area fire and police departments. Nearby, the new director of Atwood Innovation Plaza, Colby Jenkins, shared how they are helping first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jenkins, who was recently employed at Google headquarters in California, said the plaza is a place designed to help entrepreneurs incubate and grow ideas into viable companies while also providing a way to create working prototypes of their proposed…