It takes a village to create positive impact on a community. Fortunately for Tucker Walsh – machine and prototype shop manager for the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), who has been working to create face shields for those in need – he’s had all the help he needs.

Through a partnership with Colorado College faculty, staff and students, Walsh has coordinated efforts to use MAE’s machine shop to fabricate face shields for healthcare providers and others in need. Using a combination of the machine shop’s 3D printers, Colorado College’s laser cutters and molds that Walsh created himself, the partnership has produced hundreds of watertight face shields. They have plans to produce tens of thousands more.