OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – UNL students have devised a prosthetic leg for felines that’s sure to be the cat’s meow.
According to a news release, five engineering students at the University of Nebraska Lincoln used a 3-D printer in the Nebraska Design Studio to create a prosthetic leg prototype for Olive, a tabby who’s missing the half of her left foreleg.
The students — Harrison Grasso, Abby Smith, Jaden Schovanec, Alexandra Jensen and Rachael Stanek — put two of their bioengineering classes to use. Each had filled out a survey of career goals and found a common interest in prosthetics. So Deepak Keshwani, who instructed both courses, assigned them to a project spearheaded by Beth Galles, an assistant professor with the Professional Program in Veterinary Science.
Galles had seen plenty of cats with amputated legs, mostly caused by frostbite, according to the release. She challenged…
