I wasn’t able to get photos of my two artifacts because they’re organizations that I joined. I’m part of Design for 90: Think Tank and I’m also one of the members for Dylan Beam’s Prosthesis Initiative.
Design for 90 is an organization within the college of engineering that focuses on the designing for the 90 percent. Their mission statement focuses on developing devices for people in underprivileged communities. The Think Tank portion of Design for 90 focuses on community outreach and research. We look for organizations that can help us with other Design for 90 projects, as well as communities and or individuals in need of assistance.
Dylan Beam’s Prosthesis initiative focuses on providing affordable 3-D printed prosthetic for anyone in need of a prosthetic. He gathered a group of students, mainly for HES or with engineering backgrounds, to help get his idea off the ground and turn it into something worthwhile and helpful for the community. We also do outreach for professors and organizations willing to help us produce prosthetic limbs for people in the Columbus Community. Currently, we’re focusing on the Columbus Community, but we have plans of expanding outside of the Columbus in the future.
These two organizations encapsulate who I am because I’m a person always looking to help others. Complementing my previous artifact post about tutoring as a homework helper, I’ve also worked on a team to develop an assistive device for the special education students at my high school during my senior year. The project was my engineering capstone project, and since then I’ve been greatly interested in using my engineering skills to develop devices to assist people. Design for 90 and the Prosthesis Initiative represent the outreach and commitment I have to helping others. I’m not shy in helping others, nor am I shy in asking for help. I’m someone who’s willing to help others whenever possible.