Role:
Grant writing, budget control, networking research opportunities for companies, society and students
Human commection: guiding people to right equipement/tools, learning them the basics to get started, matching up visitors and students with similar interest for projects, … (mainly 3D printer, lasercutter, electronics 101 for rapid prototyping)
Lab management: timeschedules, material ordering, maintenance,...
50/50 project writing / lab tasks
not an engineer, but
experience in with various materials and a laser cutter
used Autodesk Fusion to design for for 3D printers and lasercutter / CNC machines
& debugged a 3D printer, a vinyl cutter…
couldn't make enough time to know the tools well, but
experience with early 3D scanning (& stitching point clouds)
setting up & calibrating a VR-rig
experiments with motion capture suits, brain computer interfaces, …