Jason Davis

Davis’ innovative teaching idea, “Prosthetics for Kids, by Kids,” is focused on partnering with the charity P3, or Purposeful Production Project, through which students in Davis’ class will learn and use cutting-edge skills to produce student-made prosthetic limbs as charitable gifts for others using 3D printer technology. The project was inspired by 12-year-old Leon McCarthy, who created a homemade prosthetic for his left hand. Davis’ students want to do the same for others.  By June 2016, and together with P3, the students plan to produce and donate a custom prosthetic limb to an identified and needy community member. Davis believes that through this project-based learning (PBL) experience, students will gain a sense of the importance of collective efforts to serve the community by using their gifts to help others overcome obstacles and challenges.