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Bezjian is a professor of\nentrepreneurship and the director of the Innovation Lab in the Baker School of\nBusiness. Hawkins is an academic technology librarian who also serves as the\nfaculty advisor for the student Makerspace Club, and Imam is a professor in the\nDepartment of Health and Human Performance.&nbsp;\nImam is also responsible for the establishment of The Citadel\u2019s globally\nrecognized healthcare study abroad program that takes place in Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt a time when there were so many people on the front line risking their lives and there was panic about the unknown, it was gratifying to be able to do something to help,\u201d said Imam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3D printed masks at The Citadel help save lives (WCIV-TV)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TMFGR2HrLtc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Citadel team began printing the\nMUSC-designed masks, which are made out of a firm plastic material, at the end\nof March and continued through the first week of August.&nbsp; In the four-month period, and with the help\nof a couple of cadets and some volunteers, the trio produced 1,000 masks.&nbsp; The parts for each mask took nine hours to\nprint, but what was really labor intensive, according to Imam, was the\nassembly, which included putting together a filtration cartridge and attaching\na rubber tubing seal and a piece of elastic. 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