3D Printing
Colleges Pitch in to 3D Print Medical Gear
Colleges all over the country are helping out COVID-19 response efforts by producing health equipment with their 3D printers, including face shields and respirator masks.
Tennessee’s Governor, Bill Lee, enlisted colleges and universities in his state to use their 3D printing capacity to create face shields. The facilities will produce a combined 1,500 to 2,000 shields, which will be collected and distributed at Austin Peay State University. A student at Austin Peay came up with the prototype, which was reviewed and approved by health professionals. From there, the design “was sent all over the state to various universities to start printing,” said Mike Wilson, director of the university’s GIS Center.
The face shields…
