WMS Tech Ed Takes On Real World Problem With Project Woodbury Middle School Tech Ed students tested different 3D models of their directional atherectomy systems, also known as the Turbohawk plaque excision system, that treats peripheral arterial disease, as they explored the relationship between engineering and product manufacturing. The project is through the WMS partnership with Goodwin University, which gives students hands-on manufacturing and engineering opportunities in class. Students learned about the Turbohawk and took specifications to create their own CAD designs that were then printed with a 3D printer. Keith Sevigny, STEM Career & Technical Education Coordinator at Goodwin University Magnet Schools, helped these eighth graders with a simulation of their designs. A hollow tube lined with fatty Crisco mimicked a clogged artery and students measured the amount of “plaque” their designs removed. They will go back to the drawing board to improve on their designs for the next test simulation.
