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Mar 27, 2020 - Apr 15, 2020

OzU Graduate Produces Face Shields with 3D Printing

Another valuable support to healthcare professionals fighting the Coronavirus pandemic surging across the world has come from the Özyeğin University alumnus Ahmet Alp Çakıcı. Our Mechanical Engineering alumnus, and a specialist at OpenFab Makerlab at Özyeğin University, Çakıcı aims to deliver the face shields he manufactures using 3D printers to healthcare institutions in need of protective masks. Ahmet Alp Çakıcı and Openfab at Özyeğin University, a center of mutual exchange of information to promote entrepreneurship and the maker culture, will work together during this process.

What started as a social media campaign turned into a major collective production movement: “3D Support”, bringing together those in need with volunteering producers. To support this platform, Ahmet Alp Çakıcı and the Openfab specialists are now contributing with the protective face shields they are manufacturing with 3D printers, exclusively for healthcare professionals.

Produced based on an open-source printing model, face shields will continue to be manufactured on a per-demand basis in line with the requests of healthcare professionals. More information is available at 3boyutludestek.com for producers wishing to support the project and healthcare institutions in need.