Davenport University issued the following announcement on July 17.
A Davenport technology student and full-time engineer at Ionetix Corporation, Josh McCurry, put his technical expertise to work making high-quality, 3D printed masks for healthcare workers braving the frontlines. Thank you, Josh and Ionetix for supporting those in need! #DUStrong
As a Marine veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, second-year Davenport student Josh McCurry, 36, knows a lot about confronting risks. Even so, he feels that what he experienced in the military doesn’t compare with what doctors, nurses and other health care workers have faced on the frontlines in the battle against the coronavirus.
“As a Marine, I signed up to take on that experience — I had a pretty good idea of what I was getting into,” he explains. “But the people in health care today didn’t sign up to fight a pandemic like this. “
The more McCurry read about COVID-19 in the news, the stronger his conviction became that empathy wasn’t enough; he urgently wanted to do something to help. His big “aha moment” came when he realized his skills at making things with a 3-D printer could be put to use creating the N95 masks that are critically important for health care professionals — but are also, sadly, in too short supply.
Original source can be found here.
Source: Davenport University
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