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When two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela in late June, UCF engineering students didn\u2019t wait to be asked how they could help. They turned on a 3D printer.<\/p>\n

Students in the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) at UCF<\/a>, with support from the American Association of Venezuelan Engineers (AAVE), are producing 3D-printed orthopedic devices \u2014 including splints, neck braces and animal immobilizers \u2014 for people and pets injured in the disaster.<\/p>\n

The initiative, called Bracing Venezuela, began after BMES leaders contacted Greco Pinz\u00f3n, president of AAVE. Pinzon\u2019s dad, who has been volunteering in Caracas, Venezuela\u2019s capital, connected the students with physicians on the ground who identified the types of orthopedic devices most urgently needed.<\/p>\n

“… before we knew it, we had a campuswide humanitarian project taking shape.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cFrom there, everything snowballed,\u201d says Jannah Barakat, a mechanical engineering major<\/a> and president of BMES. \u201cWe started test printing, organizing volunteers, building a print tracker, reaching out to other student organizations, and before we knew it, we had a campuswide humanitarian project taking shape.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since launching the effort, BMES has produced more than 350 devices that have been shipped to clinicians in Venezuela. Smaller items, such as finger and wrist splints, take only a few hours to print and are manufactured flat so they can be easily transported. Once they arrive, clinicians soften the material with hot water and mold each device to fit each patient. Larger devices, such as neck braces and animal leg braces, are printed in multiple sizes and can take up to 10 hours to complete. With volunteers printing from across UCF and beyond, multiple devices can be produced simultaneously.<\/p>\n

Bracing Venezuela has received support from Mohsen Rakhshan, an assistant professor in UCF\u2019s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/a> and BMES faculty advisor, who opened his lab\u2019s 3D printer for the project. While many volunteers are engineering<\/a> students, faculty members<\/a>, UCF alumni and 3D-printing hobbyists have also come forward to help.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the coolest things about this project has been watching people from so many different backgrounds come together around one goal,\u201d Barakat says. \u201cWhether you’re printing a brace, packing a box, donating supplies or simply helping us spread the word, every contribution helps get these devices into the hands of the people and animals who need them.\u201d<\/p>\n

“I hope this initiative becomes a model for how engineering students can quickly mobilize to respond to humanitarian needs.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Those interested in joining the initiative don\u2019t need to own a 3D printer. BMES supplies filament to volunteers who have printers, while others can still make an impact by donating materials, connecting the organization with additional volunteers or helping spread the word.<\/p>\n

For Barakat, Bracing Venezuela demonstrates what\u2019s possible when engineering students come together for a greater good.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope this initiative becomes a model for how engineering students can quickly mobilize to respond to humanitarian needs,\u201d she says. \u201cWhether it’s supporting communities after natural disasters, helping [less fortunate] populations locally or partnering with organizations<\/a> in other countries, I’d love to continue using engineering as a way to make healthcare<\/a> more [widely available] wherever it’s needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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To join the Bracing Venezuela initiative, email Jannah.barakat@ucf.edu<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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