{"id":2186,"date":"2020-05-05T10:19:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T16:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2020-05-05T10:19:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T16:19:14","slug":"utrgv-produces-3d-printed-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/05\/utrgv-produces-3d-printed-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"UTRGV Produces 3D-Printed Masks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/thumbnail-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/thumbnail-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/thumbnail-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/thumbnail-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/thumbnail.png 1635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo, Jerry Galindo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/3D-printing.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">In March a professor at UTRGV started to use 3D printers from the Maker Space Engineering Lab at UTRGV to create parts of face shields and respirators.\u202f\u202fVaquero Radio spoke to Assistant Professor for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Noe Vargas, which says he started this effort to print personal protective equipment using 3D printers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> I can tell you how it started in Engineering, I initiated this effort to print\u00a0[personal protective equipment]\u00a0with our 3D printers\u2026 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Vargas says when he started to 3D print pieces for face shields, staff, departments, and students among others,&nbsp;offered to help in this effort in any way they could.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Engineering students coordinated with him and offered to design and use their own personal 3D printers at home to print pieces.\u202f Other students cooperated by sewing cloth face masks.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The department is aiming to produce between\u00a0forty\u00a0to\u00a0fifty\u00a0face shields per week. 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