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By Maheen Hernandez
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100 Hours, Four Months, Countless Iterations. Getting the fit right turned out to be harder than building the modular system itself.
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Top Marks and a GE Vernova Offer. The project earned him an A at Bob Jones University. Top academic honors.
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A Bigger Problem Behind One Family's Solution. Bella actively uses the arm now. It's part of her daily routine.
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Bob Jones Student Builds Modular Prosthetic Arm for Sister After 100 Hours of 3D Printing
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Vitaliy Bondarchuk didn't go to a lab. He went to his dorm room. The Bob Jones University engineering student built a modular prosthetic arm for his 7-year-old sister Bella —…
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The arm isn't a single rigid device. It's built around interchangeable attachments, each one tailored for a specific daily task. Painting. Playing games.
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Bondarchuk went through iteration after iteration, refining comfort and usability at each step.
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The full timeline ran about four months — from early concept work to final presentation. And the final deliverable wasn't just the arm itself.
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3D printing made the fast iteration possible in a way traditional manufacturing probably couldn't.
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The project earned him an A at Bob Jones University. Top academic honors. But the professional payoff went further than a grade.
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Bondarchuk got accepted into GE Vernova's Operations Management Leadership Program. It's a competitive track — the kind that puts engineers in front of significant industrial…
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He's still working on new attachments. His older brother is involved in that ongoing development.
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Bella actively uses the arm now. It's part of her daily routine. That real-world use matters — a lot of prototype assistive devices never make it past the lab or the demo stage.
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But Bondarchuk's project also points at something bigger. Pediatric prosthetics are a genuinely difficult market. Kids grow fast. Their needs change.
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Bondarchuk's version is specific to Bella. It's sized for her, designed around her activities, and refined based on her feedback over months of iteration.
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