Illinois Tech’s Idea Shop, housed in the Kaplan Institute, helps to ignite ideas with cutting-edge tools to enable students to transform their designs, products, and inventions into reality. In this state-of-the-art, rapid-prototyping lab, full-time staff and a diverse group of student workers advise users on equipment use, mechanical and electrical design, embedded systems programming, and much more. As a campus wide resource students can use the Idea Shop for a class, research project, or their own personal endeavor.
The Idea Shop is comprised of two spaces: The Grainger Maker Space, which houses our general shop tools, laser cutters, and CNC router, and the Janet & Craig Duchossois Idea Shop - also known as the Assembly Area - which houses our 3D printers, CAD and electronics workstations, and ample workspace and storage space.
Lab Staff
Lab Manager
Expertise-: 3D Printing, CNC, Laser Cutting, Woodworking, Electronics, Resin Printing
Leah
3D Printing, Laser Cutting
Edgar
Heat Press, 3D Printing
Utsav
Electronics, Resin Printing, 3D Printing
Astrid
Sewing, Embroidery
Jack
3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Woodworking
Eden
Sewing, CNC, Embroidery
Henrique
Electronics, 3D Printing
Vivian
Heat Transfer, 3D Printing, Woodworking