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1 3D printing as a tool for prototyping for Aerospace Engineering Applications Prof. Alison Flatau Clark School of Engineering

2 Cyclocopter Main fuselage frame Blade attachment for pitching mechanism 550 grams 60 grams Landing gear Blade mold Tail rotor mount A.G. Rotorcraft Center, slides provided by Elena Shrestha

3 Optimized Quadrotor 3-D printed hubs for various carbon fiber rotor designs used on vehicle 3-D printed gear box 44 grams Endurance: 30 mins A.G. Rotorcraft Center, slides provided by Elena Shrestha

4 Optimized Quadrotor Conducted parametric studies using hundreds of 3-D printed rotors A.G. Rotorcraft Center, slides provided by Elena Shrestha

5 Quadrotor Biplane 250 grams Capable of rotorcraft and fixed-wing mode Landing gear Fuselage canopy Rotor mount STABLE HOVER HIGH-SPEED FORWARD FLIGHT

6 Flapping Wing MAV 65 gram (two wings) Hover capable flapper Insect-based mechanism Landing gear joint Fuselage frame and gear box A.G. Rotorcraft Center, slides provided by Elena Shrestha

7 Flow sensor design BaseSliderClamp 1 st Generation4 th Generation Aerosmart Flow Sensor Research, slides provided by Ganesh Raghunath Adjustable holder to determine optimal configuration

8 Modified designs 2 HE sensor holder Base of 2 piece holder Top of 2 piece holder 3 HE sensor holder Aerosmart Flow Sensor Research, slides provided by Ganesh Raghunath

9 Low speed flow sensor holder 1 st Generation 2 nd Generation 3 rd Generation Aerosmart Flow Sensor Research, slides provided by Ganesh Raghunath

10 Wind Tunnel Set-Up 508mm U U Jones Aerodynamics Lab, slides provided by Vera Klimchenko

11 3D Printing a Mold 12 parts made in about 8 hours They can all be printed at the same time Collective Dynamics and Control Laboratory, slides by Frank Lagor

12 3D Printing a Mold Collective Dynamics and Control Laboratory, slides by Frank Lagor

13 BioEngineering Capstone Design Project: 3-D printing for custom-fit protective sleep masks Prof. Alison Flatau Clark School of Engineering

14 Right Eye Left Eye Central Threshold Vision Test (99%) Central Threshold Vision Test (84%) Glaucoma and asymmetric visual field damage Hypothesis is that if you have glaucoma, sleep position can contribute to damage

15 Preliminary findings indicate eyes of glaucoma patients respond to sleep-position induced loads differently than healthy controls

16 Proposed mitigation approach: Disclaimer: International Application no. PCT/US11/54595 A protective sleep mask that provides an alternative load path to prevent eye deformation &/or avoid a change in outflow resistance during non-supine sleep positions.

17 BioE Capstone Design team developing custom-fit 3-D designs Working with Direct Dimensions to understand use of 3-D scanning to identify critical facial dimensions for proper fit

18 BioE Capstone Design team developing custom-fit 3-D designs Scanned 3-D image from Direct Dimensions was used to extrude a mask interface as an *.stl file for printing. UMD Startup Shell produced a 3-D custom fit prototype using PLA that is a perfect match to contours of the face (Thank you Maggie Prendergast, TJ Root and Tony Ingelido!)

19 BioE Capstone Design team developing custom-fit 3-D designs Establishing material requirements Establishing fit requirements Establishing manufacturing options  Custom 3-D printed liners used with standard size S/M/L plastic shells  Custom 3-D printed plastic shell used with standard size S/M/L liners  Both shell and liner need to be custom fit


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