{"id":15127,"date":"2023-02-08T09:14:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T15:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/?p=15127"},"modified":"2023-02-08T09:14:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T15:14:16","slug":"alumna-maddie-frank-receives-patent-on-invention-started-as-undergraduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/alumna-maddie-frank-receives-patent-on-invention-started-as-undergraduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumna Maddie Frank receives patent on invention started as undergraduate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"alignleft uwm-c-img--left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/537\/2023\/02\/MaddieFrank200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15129\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to Maddie Frank (\u201920 Electrical Engineering). In January, Frank\u2014along with Kyle Jansson and JD Lang of UWM\u2019s Prototyping Center\u2014was issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/uwm-research-foundation_uwmrf-technology-startups-activity-7023288324702302208-tYaf?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop\">patent for a novel dust collection system for CNC routers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;UWM provided the opportunity to learn from the talented individuals at the Prototyping Center,\u201d Frank said. \u201cThe patent is the result of that wonderful collaboration and learning.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank is an additive manufacturing engineer at Fabric8Labs in San Diego and continues to collaborate with UWM\u2019s Prototype Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/patents.google.com\/patent\/US20190366575A1\/en?oq=16%2f368%2c242\">patented dust collection system <\/a>is a step-change in improvement in the ability to capture dust for CNC routers, explains Jansson. 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