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SCC receives nearly $200K for 3d printing Click on headlne for entire article with video, photo(s) By Allison Horseman Somerset, KY (Mon 1 Aug 2016) - When Eric Wooldridge, associate professor at Somerset Community College (SCC) and one his students, Heather Beebe, presented Beebe's advanced 3D class project to a group of SCC allied health faculty, they had no idea that a video recording from the presentation would eventually reach the upper levels of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Wooldridge, who leads the college's Additive Manufacturing/3D (AM/3DP) printing program, worked with Beebe, now a pre-med student, several years ago to print an actual model of her skull and spine based off her own MRI scan. The pair presented their application through video conferencing and was discovered by an administrator from NSF. This eventually lead to SCC's enrollment within NSF's Mentor-Connect program, a process that helps prepare post-secondary faculty for NSF grant writing and funding. "The Mentor-Connect program was wonderful for us," said Wooldridge. "It helped pair us with a biomedical mentor to prepare us to submit a competitive grant proposal for the NSF's Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program." Recently, the team of Wooldridge, Elaine Kohrman, SCC associate professor of biology, and Dr. Clint Hayes, SCC associate dean of academic affairs, was awarded a NSF grant of $199,507. The funds will be used to upgrade existing SCC AM/3DP equipment and add new equipment for biomedical applications, such as acquiring high precision scans of objects and appendages. "Additive manufacturing is impacting every industry," said Wooldridge. "We will be using these funds to assist local biomedical and other industries, essentially providing opportunities for them to learn and get on board with this technology. We will show them how to promote their business using the technology in order to compete in today's evolving market." Wooldridge, who serves as the principal investigator (PI) of the project, known as "Additive Manufacturing: Expanding Futures in Appalachia," said that the NSF funds will hopefully be the start of larger projects, and that the team plans to eventually expand applications into additional industries in the region such as robotics, automation and aerospace manufacturing. "Biomedical printing is an exciting starting point for our research into 3DP applications, and is a great way to raise awareness," said Wooldridge. Kohrman, the grant co-PI, said the project is desig This story was posted on 2016-08-01 09:38:52
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