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Design and Innovation Center

Although it's on the ground floor, the Design and Innovation Center is arguably the crown jewel of the Brown-Kopel Student Achievement Center. Featuring a woodshop, a prototype shop, an electronics shop, a metal shop and a machine shop with some of the fanciest fabrication equipment money can buy, this 11,000-square-foot, student-run toy box open to students from all engineering disciplines offers more opportunity for hands-on learning — and more freedom to do it — than any other campus makerspace in the country. Want to make your own diamond-turning lathe? Your own engagement ring? Go for it — you wouldn't be the first. 

"I was offered an internship during my sophomore year. The company didn't care about my grades. They cared about my experience in the Makerspace" — Anya McDaniel, '24 chemical engineering

 



Upcoming Events
21
Mar
Electronics Shop Training Demonstration
Tue Mar 21, 2023    12:30PM   
21
Mar
Electronics Shop Training Demonstration
Tue Mar 21, 2023    2:00PM   
21
Mar
Craft World Training Demonstration
Tue Mar 21, 2023    10:00AM   
21
Mar
TIG Welding Training Demonstration
Tue Mar 21, 2023    9:00AM   
21
Mar
Wood Shop Training
Tue Mar 21, 2023    10:00AM   
21
Mar
Laser Cutter Training Demonstration
Tue Mar 21, 2023    2:00PM   
21
Mar
Embroidery Machine Training Demonstration
Tue Mar 21, 2023    1:00PM   
21
Mar
Advanced Embroidery Machine Training
Tue Mar 21, 2023    11:00AM   
21
Mar
Laser Cutter Training Demonstration
Tue Mar 21, 2023    11:00AM   
21
Mar
Powered Hand Saw Training
Tue Mar 21, 2023    11:00AM   
21
Mar
Metal Shop Training Demonstration
Tue Mar 21, 2023    12:00PM   
21
Mar
Metal Shop Training Demonstration
Tue Mar 21, 2023    1:30PM   
21
Mar
Manual Lathe Training Demonstration
Tue Mar 21, 2023    10:00AM   
22
Mar
Basic Safety and Prototype Shop Training Demonstration
Wed Mar 22, 2023    2:00PM   
22
Mar
Embroidery Machine Training Demonstration
Wed Mar 22, 2023    3:30PM   
22
Mar
Laser Cutter Training Demonstration
Wed Mar 22, 2023    12:00PM   
22
Mar
Wood Shop Training Demonstration
Wed Mar 22, 2023    2:00PM   
22
Mar
Metal Shop Training
Wed Mar 22, 2023    2:30PM   
22
Mar
Machine Shop Training Demonstration
Wed Mar 22, 2023    1:00PM   
23
Mar
Electronics Shop Certification Workshop
Thu Mar 23, 2023    4:00PM   
23
Mar
Electronics Shop Training Demonstration
Thu Mar 23, 2023    10:00AM   
23
Mar
Machine Shop Training Demonstration
Thu Mar 23, 2023    11:00AM   
23
Mar
Laser Cutter Training
Thu Mar 23, 2023    10:00AM   
23
Mar
Laser Cutter Training Demonstration
Thu Mar 23, 2023    1:00PM   
23
Mar
Embroidery Machine Training Demonstration
Thu Mar 23, 2023    1:00PM   
23
Mar
Electronics Shop Training Demonstration
Thu Mar 23, 2023    11:00AM   
23
Mar
Powered Hand Saw Training Demonstration
Thu Mar 23, 2023    2:00PM   
23
Mar
Manual Lathe Training Demonstration
Thu Mar 23, 2023    10:00AM   
23
Mar
Water Jet Training Demonstration
Thu Mar 23, 2023    12:30PM   
23
Mar
Water Jet Training Demonstration
Thu Mar 23, 2023    3:00PM   
23
Mar
Machine Shop Training Demonstration
Thu Mar 23, 2023    2:30PM   
23
Mar
Wood Shop Training Demonstration
Thu Mar 23, 2023    2:30PM   
24
Mar
Wood Shop Training Demonstration
Fri Mar 24, 2023    1:00PM   
24
Mar
Embroidery Machine Training Demonstration
Fri Mar 24, 2023    12:00PM   
24
Mar
Electronics Shop Training Demonstration
Fri Mar 24, 2023    2:00PM   
24
Mar
Embroidery Machine Training Demonstration
Fri Mar 24, 2023    2:30PM   
24
Mar
Laser Cutter Training Demonstration
Fri Mar 24, 2023    1:00PM   
24
Mar
Craft World Training Demonstration
Fri Mar 24, 2023    10:00AM   
27
Mar
Electronics Shop Training Demonstration
Mon Mar 27, 2023    2:00PM   
27
Mar
Craft World Training Demonstration
Mon Mar 27, 2023    12:00PM   
28
Mar
Basic slicing tutorial
Tue Mar 28, 2023    12:00PM   
28
Mar
Machine Shop Training Demonstration
Tue Mar 28, 2023    11:00AM   
28
Mar
Manual Lathe Training Demonstration
Tue Mar 28, 2023    10:00AM   
28
Mar
Electronics Shop Training Demonstration
Tue Mar 28, 2023    2:00PM   
28
Mar
Craft World Training Demonstration
Tue Mar 28, 2023    10:00AM   
28
Mar
Basic Safety and Prototype Shop Training Demonstration
Tue Mar 28, 2023    2:00PM   
29
Mar
CAM Training Demonstration
Wed Mar 29, 2023    3:30PM   
30
Mar
Water Jet Training Demonstration
Thu Mar 30, 2023    11:00AM   
30
Mar
Manual Lathe Training Demonstration
Thu Mar 30, 2023    10:00AM   
30
Mar
Electronics Shop Training Demonstration
Thu Mar 30, 2023    10:00AM   
31
Mar
Creating Sewing Patterns
Fri Mar 31, 2023    1:00PM   
20
Apr
Electronics Shop Certification Workshop
Thu Apr 20, 2023    4:00PM