{"id":62,"date":"2019-06-21T16:52:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T16:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanjac.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-1-issue-36\/pg-4-brains-made-to-order\/"},"modified":"2019-08-09T21:59:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T21:59:41","slug":"brains-made-to-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanjac.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-1-issue-36\/brains-made-to-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Brains made to order"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Andrea Vasquez<\/em>
\nPhoto credits: Andrea Vasquez, San Jacinto College<\/em>
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Problem solving comes in all shapes, sizes, and situations. In this case, San Jacinto College South Campus anatomy and physiology students needed more brain models for their two lab classrooms. Sharing one model among a table of six students was becoming cumbersome. One model cost $363, and supplying both lab classrooms would come to $6,532. There had to be a more cost-effective solution.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Enter the engineering students. After months of collaborating and researching between the two groups, the end results came out even better than the vendor models and cost a grand total of just $17 a model, saving the College $6,226. When need meets innovation, the possibilities are endless.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI had seen a 3D printing demonstration a year beforehand, so I wondered if it was possible to have a few brain models printed in one of our engineering labs,\u201d said Dr. Sheema Nasir, San Jacinto College biology and anatomy and physiology professor. \u201cI thought I could give information of what I needed to one of the engineering faculty, and that would be it, but Dr. Gomez had another idea.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Connie Gomez, San Jacinto College engineering professor, set up an honors course specifically for this project. \u200a<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI thought this would be a great opportunity for collaboration between our students,\u201d said Gomez. \u201cOur engineering students are so familiar with structures and buildings, so \u2018building a brain,\u2019 designing something organic, would be a great challenge for them. For the anatomy and physiology students, this would give them a glimpse of knowledge about the tools and technology out there that can help them develop things for nursing, medicine, and a number of other health care fields.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Engineering students Steven Smiddy and Osvaldo Per\u00e9z took the lead on the project. \u200a<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe researched so much about the brain so we could design the models as accurately and as detailed as possible,\u201d said Smiddy. \u201cWe observed the anatomy students dissect a sheep brain, and we found that we had to find other software programs to design and 3D print the brains. The programs we usually used are based more for buildings, structures, more box-like shapes, so there wasn\u2019t too much room to design something that\u2019s organic like a brain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The end result left both Smiddy and Per\u00e9z feeling accomplished.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOverall it was a great experience,\u201d said Per\u00e9z. \u201cI learned a lot, and it\u2019s great to help out the College any way we can.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For Gomez and Nasir, seeing their students shine is what it\u2019s all about.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cWe don\u2019t realize how important student ownership of a project is,\u201d said Gomez. If you ask them about certain aspects, they\u2019ll tell you right away, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s my brain,\u2019 or \u2018Oh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I did the work on that piece,\u2019 and they serve as the experts for their portion and can tell you everything about it, what went into the design, their research behind it, etc. Our students have had numerous opportunities to present at conferences, and demonstrate the process to our administrators and other four-year university faculty and administrators.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to see their sense of pride once it\u2019s all completed,\u201d added Nasir. \u201cThis was such an innovative, collaborative project, and it allowed our students to demonstrate their skills in areas that are quite foreign to them. Ultimately, they all saw how medicine, engineering, and technology will always go hand in hand, which will open up so many career options for them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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