We look forward to collaborating with students and researchers to contribute to their work. Whether it is helping with the design and printing of a part for a set up, or printing some models to help visualize something, we are excited to be a part of it.
If you think that your research can be improved by 3D printing, we encourage you to reach out to us.
Below are some examples of research projects we have worked on!
My research uses CT, MRI, and nonlinear microscopy imaging to improve understanding of the structure of the larynx, our voice-producing organ. 3D-printed models of laryngeal anatomy aid in interpretation of our images for image segmentation and analysis. We are currently improving our segmentation of human and animal larynx images -- once we finish that, we plan to 3D-print models of those specimens for educational and research purposes!
First Larynx Model
Our group studies DNA in nanofluidic devices which are really hard to manipulate. We use the Formlabs Form 2 SLA printer in P3DL to produce chucks which allow us to interface loading chambers, electronics and pneumatic control with nanofludic chips.
Example Chuck
The light only liquid xenon experiment or LoLX for short, is an R&D experiment for next generation liquid xenon detectors, including nEXO, a planned neutrino-less double beta decay experiment that will employ several tons of enriched liquid xenon.
Read more about the nEXO experiment here.
LoLX will study properties of liquid xenon scintillation, and develop novel techniques for background descrimination for rare-search experiments using liquid xenon.
The experiment uses a 3D printed cage to hold silicon photomultipliers, which are solid-state photodetectors capable of detecting single photons!
The 3D printed cage is submerged in liquid xenon, and having a 3D printed design allows for easy reconfiguration of the detector to test new hypothesis!
