Design
Dream Team Engineering’s design branch is made up of a multitude of teams that focus on using 3D-modeling skills to fulfill healthcare needs.
Cardiothoracic
The Cardiothoracic team creates models of heart and lung-related issues to further patient and student education. The models are primarily 3D-printed and can range from toys in pediatric waiting rooms to disease condition models in physician offices. The team is currently working on a model for supraventricular tachycardia, which will be used by a physician at Shands as a visual representation of the defect during patient consultations as well as a Lung Balloon Model and functional EKG for Dr. David Julian’s Cellular Systems and Physiology class.
Caudal Block
DTE’s Caudal Block project is a collaboration with CSSALT (Center for Safety, Simulation & Advanced Learning Technologies) to design, build, and code a mixed reality simulator for surgeons and residents to practice performing a caudal epidural block on a 6 month old child. A caudal block is a procedure used to administer surgical anesthesia to children by inserting a needle through the sacral hiatus. A very delicate procedure like this requires a large amount of practice, which DTE’s simulator hopes to provide.
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Infantile IV
The Infantile IV team works alongside CSSALT (Center for Safety, Simulation & Advanced Learning Technologies) to design a mixed reality trainer for students, physicians, and nurses to practice administering a leg IV to an infant. The physical aspect of the trainer consists of a life-sized leg, modeled from scans of a real infant and cast with silicone rubber. Users can insert a needle into this model as if they were performing the procedure on a real infant.
STEM Special Events
STEM Special Events is focused on outreach style events to educate children at Shands Children's Hospital, as well as the greater Gainesville area. Our team is special in that we design curriculums and combine them with design projects, offering children the unique experience of hands-on learning. We've done it all... from CSI forensics to erupting volcanoes!
