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The thing Alex Pring hated most about kindergarten wasn\u2019t learning to cut, paste or count. It was answering the same question everyone asks when they meet the 6-year-old.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened to your arm?\u201d<\/p>\n

Alex is missing his right arm from just above his elbow, and it\u2019s the one thing he doesn\u2019t like talking about.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, I\u2019m me. So I don\u2019t have an arm,\u201d he said. \u201cI still try real hard to do things like other kids using what I\u2019ve got. But it\u2019s getting harder the more I grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thanks to University of Central Florida engineering doctoral student Albert Manero, climbing a tree and catching a ball will get a lot easier for Alex. Manero heard about the Groveland boy\u2019s need and pulled together a team of his friends.<\/p>\n

In their free time they designed an arm for Alex. It was made on a 3-D printer and runs with off-the-shelf servos and batteries that are activated by the electromyography muscle energy on Alex\u2019s bicep. Unlike adults with missing arms, children\u2019s arms are difficult to make because of the need to miniaturize components. And most insurance companies won\u2019t pay for them because the prosthetics need to be replaced often as the child grows.<\/p>\n

Manero, who holds bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees from UCF in aerospace engineering<\/a>, and his team designed and manufactured the arm for less than $350. Stratasys, one of the biggest commercial 3-D printer makers in the nation, donated some of the supplies. The team delivered the arm to Alex today.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mother taught us that we\u2019re supposed to help change the world,\u201d said Manero,\u00a0 who is from the Tampa area. \u201cWe\u2019re supposed to help make it better. That\u2019s why we did it. The look on Alex\u2019s face when he used it for the first time was priceless.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team will upload the new designs and how to build the child-size arm and hand to the Internet so anyone with access to a 3-D printer can download the blueprints and give another child with a missing arm a chance to hug with both arms.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he hugged me with two hands, he just didn\u2019t let go,\u201d said Alyson Pring, Alex\u2019s mother. \u201cIt was amazing. I think this arm will reinforce our \u2018you can do anything you set your mind to\u2019 attitude. I think it will help his confidence, so he can see future possibilities and make them seem all the more reachable for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alex was born with part of his arm missing.\u00a0 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates about 1,500 babies in the United States are born with deformed or missing arms or hands each year.<\/p>\n

Manero, who is pursuing his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, said he believes the team\u2019s design could help many of these children.<\/a><\/p>\n

Alyson Pring found Manero through the volunteer online network e-NABLE (http:\/\/enablingthefuture.org\/about\/<\/a>). The international group of volunteer engineers, 3-D enthusiasts, occupational therapists, students, inventors and professors was started by Rochester Institute of Technology scientist Jon Schull. One of their goals is to help children without hands. Manero joined the group, in part, because he had a friend growing up that had missing fingers, and he hoped he could contribute somehow to helping others.<\/p>\n

The organization has six hand designs available to the public online that can be printed on a 3-D printer. It didn\u2019t have any designs for arms without a functioning elbow, however; because the hand\u2019s motion is linked to the elbow bend<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where Mateo Alvarez, a UCF aerospace engineering undergraduate<\/a>, came up with a key idea. Why not use the energy generated by the muscle movement in the boy\u2019s upper arm to trigger the pull necessary in the arm chamber to open and close the hand?<\/p>\n

Manero and the rest of the team \u2013 including friends who are majoring in electrical, mechanical and civil engineering, among other fields \u2013 spent seven weeks trying out different ideas. In early July, they had a large working prototype. The next challenge was making it small enough and light enough that a 6-year-old could move it easily.<\/p>\n

Manero invited Alex and his family to visit the engineering college\u2019s machine shop, where Tim Lindner, the acting manager of the shop, helped the students print the pieces needed to assemble the arm. When the team needed to take final measurements and test its prototype, Alex came back for a second fitting and he learned how to use his muscles to open and close the hand and move the arm.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe learned pretty fast,\u201d Manero said. \u201cThe first thing he did when he could actually control it a little bit was hug his mother. He said it was their first real hug. There wasn\u2019t a dry eye in the room.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing like a firm deadline to motivate a team to finish quickly. Manero, a Fulbright Scholar, leaves for Germany on Aug. 1 to work for the German Aerospace Center. His yearlong research there will be part of his doctoral studies. But he isn\u2019t abandoning Alex or others like him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve already heard from another family who needs an arm,\u201d Manero said. \u201cWe\u2019re committed to helping who we can and I\u2019ll be working with my team even when in Germany.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think 3-D printing is revolutionizing our world in many ways. I believe changing the world of prosthetics is very real. There\u2019s no reason why this approach shouldn\u2019t work on adults too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manero also has established the Limbitless Endowed Scholarship <\/a>at UCF to support future students with disabilities like Alex\u2019s.<\/p>\n

In addition to Manero, the following team members helped to build the arm:<\/p>\n

Tyler Petresky:<\/strong> Computer Engineering (UCF sophomore), Lead Electronics Developer<\/p>\n

John Sparkman:<\/strong> Mechanical Engineering (UCF master\u2019s degree student), Electronics Developer<\/p>\n

Mateo Alvarez:<\/strong> Aerospace Engineering (UCF senior), Human Integration Lead<\/p>\n

Tim Lindner:<\/strong> Senior Engineer Technician\/Acting Manager, College of Engineering and Computer Science Machine Shop<\/p>\n

Kevin Tiller:<\/strong> Computer Science (UCF graduate), Lead Consultant<\/p>\n

Joseph Massimo:<\/strong> Civil Engineering (UCF graduate), Structural Lead<\/p>\n

Katie Manero:<\/strong> Photographer and Owner of KTCrabb Photography. (UCF graduate)<\/p>\n

Tyler Pierce: <\/strong>Videographer, Nurse with Florida Hospital (Admitted UCF student for Fall 2014)<\/p>\n

Nathan Puhr:<\/strong> Videographer, Owner of Shutterlife Productions<\/p>\n

Chie Sparkman:<\/strong> Seamstress and Tailor<\/p>\n

Jon Rowe:<\/strong> Electrical Engineering (UCF master\u2019s student), Consultant and Sponsor<\/p>\n

Stephen Sofronsky:<\/strong> Aerospace Engineering (UCF master\u2019s student), CAD Specialists, Developer<\/p>\n

Dominique Courbin:<\/strong> Mechanical Engineering (UCF junior), Machining Specialist and 3D Printing<\/p>\n

Todd Harston:<\/strong> Mechanical Engineer (UCF senior), CAD Developer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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