I have consulted with several makerspaces at MIT, local universities, and middle schools. I developed the idea for and spearheaded the effort to establish MakerWorkshop (formerly MakerWorks) at MIT. I am willing to help plan and set up your maker space / innovation lab / fabrication space. I have experience in all aspects of makerspace planning and management. Contact me for more info.
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- Experience spec’ing equipment
- Planning floorplans
- Understanding of utility requirements for equipment, effort needed to supply specific utilities to space
- Optimal layout to maximize productivity, useful space, and organization (when organization is well planned, tools are more likely to be put back)
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| Managing Renovations
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- Managing renovation detail
- Making space meet environmental health and safety requirements
- Have worked extensively with contractors and architects during design and build phases of project
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| Fabrication Skills
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- Advanced user on all major makerspace equipment and have working knowledge of usefulness, skill level required, safety protocol, etc
- Experience with metal machining and sheet metal, foam cutting and machining, plastic (laser cutter, consumer and professional 3D printers), woodworking, electronics, silicone and rubber casting, welding, measurement and characterization equipment
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| Student Buy-in
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- How to create a space that students want to use (and what equipment will meet their needs)
- Proper expectation of supervisors, and how to develop good mentor faculty relationship
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| Safety and Policy Development and Implementation
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- Helped develop safety protocol allowing for student managed space
- Developed policies which govern how we operate and ensure long term viability
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| Experience
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- Fenn Middle School – Equipment and floorplan
- Ocean Alliance – Feasibility study and layout
- Fabrication space for 2.013 project
- GEAR Lab machine shop – Full planning and setup for current and renovated space
- MakerWorks – Full planning, fundraising, renovation, setup
- MIT Metropolitan Warehouse Makerspace – Assisting with planning
- Harvard i-lab – Machine spec’ing
- Wellesley – Equipment spec’ing and utility planning
- Made (Mass Challenge) – Helping with policy implementation
- Danger Awesome – Policy implementation
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| Have Visited Many Spaces
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- Yale CEID
- Case Western Think[box]
- Stanford d.school
- Loughborough University Design School
- University of Minnesota
- Olin College
- Artisans Asylum
- Made at Mass Challenge Boston
- Danger Awesome
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