WABI Reports on Presentations of MET Projects to Help Girl Play Instrument

WABI (Channel 5) reported on the presentation of seven teams of University of Maine Mechanical Engineering Technology students who unveiled devices they designed to allow an 8-year-old girl with one hand to play the recorder. The students presented their senior capstone projects to several judges, as well as Nia, the local girl who was born without a left hand. Nia tested the devices and selected her favorite to take home. “I wanted it [the project] to have some real world application where it would help someone, and you know Nia’s the perfect example,” said engineering student Mackenzie Sutter.