Coursework
Fab Lab: An Introduction
Do you like art, design, electronics, building or wonder how everyday things are made? Do you have an idea that solves a want or a need? Would you like to improve a product or build something of your own that is fun and functional? Let us help you learn how to make just about anything. In the Fab Lab you will use state-of-the-art equipment to turn an idea into a design that you will build and test. This course develops skills used in many interrelated career fields, including engineering, science, mathematics, art, graphic design, computer aided design (CAD), electronics, and entrepreneurship.
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Fab Lab: Make Something Big
Prerequisites: Fab Lab: An Introduction
Can you make the perfect rocking chair? Will you design the ultimate treehouse? In this course you are not limited by size as you will learn how to use large format machining to create large scale projects. To do this, you will apply the principles of art, design, and engineering to create large objects of interest to you.
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Fab Lab: Community Projects
Prerequisites: Fab Lab: An Introduction
It is time for you to move beyond making objects for yourself and to begin to make objects for others. You will create innovative products to solve a problem facing the school or community. You will form a design team to analyze the issues facing stakeholders and design and build a solution using the principles of art, design, and engineering with fab lab software and equipment. Emphasis is placed on working for a client either independently or collaboratively with others on a design team, and mastering software and equipment.
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Fab Lab: Individual Projects
Prerequisites: Fab Lab: An Introduction and one additional Fab Lab Course.
This course is designed for students who have completed multiple Fab Lab courses and wish to learn more about digital design and fabrication. Participants will develop a plan of study for the semester; possess good independent work habits and a thorough knowledge of the lab equipment and processes. Students will work on one or more advanced independent learning projects to increase their skills and knowledge of the techniques and processes explored in previous Fab Lab courses.
This course may be taken for credit more than once. Those students will be required to submit a proposal for independent study and meet with the instructor prior to enrolling.