This Health Research Program opportunity is with Dr. Liisa Kuhn, Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Project Description: Women that have breast cancer often require having one or both breasts surgically removed. Afterwards, some women chose to wear prosthetics, a breast-like form worn in their bra to restore a symmetric appearance. Current breast prosthetics are hot and heavy bags of silicone gel, available in standard sizes and often don't provide a good fit. Dr. Kuhn's lab has discovered that 3D printed mesh silicone is an ultra comfortable, much better option than silicone gel breast prosthetics. In this project, you will help Dr. Kuhn to design and produce these prosthetics that can be given away for free to breast cancer survivors in CT thanks to philanthropic funding that established the Biosymmetrix Project. This project involves learning how to take 3D body scans, manipulating the files in design software and learning how to use our custom-made 3D printer to produce the customized breast prosthetics made of silicone mesh.
For full details about this Health Research Program opportunity, visit https://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/hrp/su26-21
For full details about the Health Research Program, visit ugradresearch.uconn.edu/hrp/
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HRP SU26-21: Research Opportunity with Dr. Liisa Kuhn
This Health Research Program opportunity is with Dr. Liisa Kuhn, Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Project Description: Women that have breast cancer often require having one or both breasts surgically removed. Afterwards, some women chose to wear prosthetics, a breast-like form worn in their bra to restore a symmetric appearance. Current breast prosthetics are hot and heavy bags of silicone gel, available in standard sizes and often don't provide a good fit. Dr. Kuhn's lab has discovered that 3D printed mesh silicone is an ultra comfortable, much better option than silicone gel breast prosthetics. In this project, you will help Dr. Kuhn to design and produce these prosthetics that can be given away for free to breast cancer survivors in CT thanks to philanthropic funding that established the Biosymmetrix Project. This project involves learning how to take 3D body scans, manipulating the files in design software and learning how to use our custom-made 3D printer to produce the customized breast prosthetics made of silicone mesh.
For full details about this Health Research Program opportunity, visit https://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/hrp/su26-21
For full details about the Health Research Program, visit ugradresearch.uconn.edu/hrp/
Submissions to this program are made via a third-party software application, SurveyMonkey Apply. The terms of use and privacy statements for this software apply to your use of it and to the information you provide in your application. Before proceeding with your submission, please review their terms and privacy statements linked below.