Mount Carmel Helps Fight Coronavirus With 3-D Printers

CHICAGO — Faculty members at Mount Carmel High School are producing masks to help those in need most fight the spread of the new coronavirus. The STEM faculty at the school are partnering with Chicago Makers to Help Fight COVID-19, a grass roots group, to distribute the personal protective equipment to Silver Birch Senior Living Facility and then other places, according to a news release from the school.

The school was connected to the group by 1974 Mount Carmel alum Paul Rowan. Faculty leaders of the project include Caribee Collier and Mike Rogers, as well as staff member Tim Surges.

The school's 3-D printers in the STEM lab are being used to make the masks. The original design of the 3-D printed masks was developed and shared by doctors from the Billings Clinic in Montana, the news release states.

3-D printers at the school will continue to be used to develop the masks for as long as needed, the school said.

As of April 9, Mount Carmel has delivered 40 masks to the group, which finalizes their assembly with the filter and elastic bands.

"Our team is incredibly proud to be contributing in this fight," the school said.