Engineering Students Develop Workplace Devices for Shadowfax
Posted May 13, 2002FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
York, Pennsylvania—For the fourth consecutive year, York College engineering students are building innovative workplace devices that will help disabled workers at the Shadowfax Corporation in York.
More than 20 students in Dr. Douglas Walcerz's Engineering Practice and Design Studio class have been assigned this community service project as their final exam. The students will present the devices to representatives of the Shadowfax Corporation on Tuesday, May 14 at 3 p.m. at the organization's production facility at 386 Pattison Street in York.
Workers who participate in Shadowfax's day vocational program complete routine production tasks for the organization's clients, which include local manufacturing companies such as Harley-Davidson. In years past, York College engineering students have made some of the tasks simpler and easier by creating custom-built fixtures, devices and alignment tools.
This year, students have worked on seven different time and energy saving devices that will help Shadowfax workers with everyday tasks, from counting parts, to cutting rolls of tar paper to attaching twist ties to plastic bags.
Shadowfax is a private, nonprofit organization that enables persons with disabilities to learn new job skills. All workers at the facility are paid and are encouraged to seek future employment in a competitive work environment.
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