Playing His Part During the Coronavirus Pandemic

TOLEDO, Ohio – Like many people, Luke Doerger wanted to do something to help during the Coronavirus pandemic. But what? And how?

A junior in UToledo's College of Engineering, Doerger came upon the perfect answer when he read that there were people making and donating medical devices with their 3-D printers. He immediately went to work building surgical shields.

"Obviously, there is a high demand for surgical masks and shields that is not being met at this point," said Doerger, who is the starting center on the Rockets' football team. "So there is an online community of people with 3-D printers who are trying to fill the gap. It's a slow process so a lot of them have their printers going 24/7."

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