This project focused on Rocky, a green sea turtle, who lost his front right flipper in a boating accident. Rocky also has a buoyancy disorder, which inhibits him from swimming naturally. This project developed a floatation device to counteract Rocky's buoyancy disorder as well as a prosthetic flipper to imitate his healthy flipper. The team also created a generalized process, demonstrated in an instructional pamphlet and video, that can be used to assist in making prosthetics for other sea turtles.

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Creator

• Chagami, Katelyn
• Buckley, Maura Jeanne
• Martin, Kara A
• Veitch, Julia M

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042518-115213

Advisor

• Savilonis, Brian James

Year

• 2018

Sponsor

• Key West Aquarium

Date created

• 2018-04-25

Ubicación

• Key West

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Última modificación

• 2021-02-02