Title: 3D Printed Mask Frame For Regulating Internal Mask Humidity Level In high Humidity Environments

Team: Arnav Raha, Annabel Yau, Mason Sakamoto

Client: Migrant Medicine – Blake Davis (GRM)

Maramoros is a city in Mexico along the U.S-Mexico border. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has also been the location of a tent camp housing about 2000 migrants and refugees seeking asylum in the United States. Refugees are a particularly at-risk population for COVID-19 due to the rudimentar living conditions in the camp. With a year-round average temperature of 25-35 ̊C and humidity of 80-90%, one of the major challenges at the camp is enforcing mask-wearing.

Our unmet needs centers on developing a method to reduce the humidity inside a cloth mask for medical personnel working outside of a clinical setting to improve comfort under extreme environmental conditions.