Others in the College of Arts & Sciences also volunteered to help, including Professors Alshakim Nelson and Matt Bush in the Department of Chemistry; Alex Danilchik, scene shop manager in the School of Drama; and Derrick Van Kirk, lab manager of three makerspaces on campus, including one shared by the College’s Department of Digital Arts & Experimental Media (DXARTS), the College of Engineering, and UW Housing & Food Services.
The volunteers produced the cradle (headband) for face shields, designed with three pegs for attaching a clear transparency sheet — the kind you can buy in any office supply store — to complete the front of the shield. The design also included a splash guard to keep material from entering from above. Here, the…
