ENGR 2192 Introduction to Making Spring 2023

 My name is Dana Sheehan, and I am currently a junior Chemistry major. In general, I'm super into crafting and just creating stuff in general, so I have experience with woodworking, sewing, crochet, and more. I'm also do research on campus with the Lambert lab studying amber and plant exudates. My main goal with this course is learning how to 3D print.

  My name is Dr. Wilson Terrell Jr., and I'm the Associate Vice-President for Academic for Academic Affairs: Inclusive Excellence. I started this position in June 2022. In addition, I'm an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Science. I have been at Trinity since 2003. I graduated with a B.S., M.S., and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Fighting Illini - home of the best deep dish pizza Papa Dels). I have always love "making" since getting my first Lego set. While in high school, my favorite classes were math, physics, and chemistry. My physics teacher encouraged me to attend a summer engineering program at the University of Illinois, which helped me to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering. Here at Trinity, I primarily teach upper division mechanical engineering type courses and labs, and freshmen engineering design. This is the second time I have taught this course, when it was a pilot called ENGR ...

Hi, welcome to ENGR 2192 intro to making. I’m Ryan, the CSI MakerSpace space supervisor and prototype technician. Feels like an appropriate title as I like to make things and enjoy helping others get their make on. This is my fifth year at Trinity and I’ve been fortunate enough to see the space grow from a single person garage to a real makerspace with a thriving community. In that time, my focus has shifted from layout and the arms race of machine acquisition (we have almost everything a maker could want) to  empowering the users (mostly students).  With that end in mind I enrolled in an MA in creative leadership program last summer. The program emphasizes D.E.V. and decentralized non-hierarchical management and decision making practices. So far, it has all been very applicable to the vibe of the CSI MakerSpace and has extracted from me the question: What could a student lead makerspace feel and look like at Trinity? I’m not sure, but I plan to find out. This semester, starti...