FabLab Project
Project Events
Final Presentation
Date/Time: Week of March 2nd / STEM III Class Time
Location: FabLab
Additional Project Information
FabLab Project Skill Survey and Interest Form
Complete this survey:
Project: Tool Organization
Improve the tool organization by:
Adding labels, pictures, and tool outlines (silhouettes) to help students find tools and return tools to the proper location
Add storage locations for tools that are currently homeless
Improve the organization of the electronic workbenches
See this article for ideas: https://www.wbur.org/edify/2017/11/06/olin-college-women-engineers
Project: FabLab Tool Information Website
Create a website to help students quickly find information to help them use FabLab tools
Model the user interface after the example of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms (as shown here)
Include instructions, videos, and pictures for each tool
Mount iPads in FabLab and configure so they can only be used to access the FabLab Tool information website
Project: Whiteboard Table Replacement
Replace the whiteboard surfaces on the eight tables in the FabLab
Implement creative ways to discourage scratching of table surfaces
Implement creative ways to enhance the use of the whiteboard tables (e.g., storage of dry erase markers)