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Here's how it started:
Here's how it started:
March 22, 2020 — Rohan Sawhney, a med student at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, emails Newton High School STEM Teacher Jim Hofmann for help.
March 22, 2020 — Rohan Sawhney, a med student at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, emails Newton High School STEM Teacher Jim Hofmann for help.
Email:
Email:
From: Rohan Sawhney
Sun, Mar 22, 8:22 PM
Dear Mr. Hofmann,
We are hoping to emulate something very similar to the RC2 model on this website: (we have not worked out the final design just yet)
https://manual.prusa3d.com/Guide/Assembling+the+Prusa+Face+Shield+RC1-RC2+-+community+version/1528
Right now, face shields are in high demand and there is ongoing research to determine if ABS can be sterilized as a material. We are currently still deciding which material would be best. I will let you know. Please let me know if you or anyone you know would be able to help in these efforts to create PPE for our healthcare workers. And we are looking for any help with printing we can get. The organizations/schools/companies do not have to have many printers at all. Any help we can get would be great!
Thank you for your help in advance!
Best,
Rohan Sawhney, B.A.
MD Candidate | Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
rs1554@njms.rutgers.edu | Class of 2021
STEM MANUFACTURING PARTNERS
STEM MANUFACTURING PARTNERS
Making progress
Making progress
Newton High School building Principal Jeffrey Waldron upon hearing about this project gave Jim the green light to borrow the STEM Lab MakerBots and put this project in motion.
Jim sent out an email very late that night describing the projects and all its costs for materials to a few of his deep STEM partners from Newton High School robotics team Aperture #3142.
Thorlabs owner Alex Cable was the first to respond. "Jim send us the part files and we can begin to prototype with our engineers and use our 3D printers here to help you," Cable wrote. "Our staff will also now research PETG 4' x 8" .02 resources to locate a vendor."
NJMEP President John Kennedy also helped scour the New Jersey base of manufacturers with whom he's networked. John also ordered 24 pieces of PETG .020, which should hit Newton High School in one month. The supply chains are coming together.
Gravity Design owner Mark Maruska and his go-to associate Adam Zuidema did not hesitate to offer support, either. Mark and Adam have ramped up to accept the raw materials from Thorlabs, which intends to process the 4' x 8' sheets with a panel saw to manageable sizes. They are ready to volunteer and answer this call from the medical community.
Shop Rite has also become a silent partner in this project. The Romano family answered the call and intends to support our request for a generous partial sponsorship at this most critical time of need from our medical workforce.
Ms. Kristen Prigmore, another silent partner in this project, did not hesitate in her response and quickly offered to cover the costs for this project. "Jim just let me know how we can help you and get this moving along," she wrote.
One of the first telephone calls Jim made was to Mr. Shahram Dabiri who runs the STEM Education office at Picatinny Arsenal. Shah is networked with over 400 NJ schools with his resources he offers.
BREAKDOWN:
BREAKDOWN:
Nicholas Snyder a hobbyist is helping by making 1st quality parts for this project.
Lenape Valley HS Teacher Brian Bennington are helping 3D print with 1 Makerbot & 2 Fablicators.
Newton High School Teacher Jesse Clark are helping 3D print with one MakerBot.
Newton High School Teacher Jim Hofmann are helping 3D print with three MakerBots.
Thorlabs scientists & engineers have five 3D printers going under Tyler Morgus' direction.
Vernon HS Teacher Keith McCotter are also getting his Robotics Team involved.
Byram Intermediate School teacher Dawn Boyer are helping 3D print with 2 Makerbots.
Kate Leahy & Nick Callan Princeton Academy & Blair Academy
Robert Lorenzo Essex County Vocational School, FTC 11180 are helping 3D print with 2 Makerbots.
Kyle Mirena a teacher from Green Hills School are helping 3D print with his Ultimakers.
High Point Regional HS Ben Kappler & Paul Cardinal are helping 3D print with LulzBot TAZ 6 .
Clifton HS Monique Dituri FRC #3314 are helping 3D print with 2 Makerbots.
Mount Olive HS Teacher David Bodmer
We had stopped our 3D printing effort due to the increasing demand, and our ability to only print 120 in a 24 hour period.
We have since pivoted to a different style where we will be laser cutting the shields (refer to John's Hopkins University model), and assembling with foam and an elastic. Our current timeline is to produce 10,000 by Tuesday, and another 5,000 by Friday, for a total of 15,000.
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