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2 Boston SETC, Massachusetts Lorain County Community College, Ohio Fox Valley Technical College, Wisconsin Century College, Minnesota Chicago Museum of Science & Industry, Illinois Heads on Fire San Diego, California East Cleveland MC2STEM High School, Ohio

3 Renovation of the new LCCC Fab Lab is almost complete Four times the size of our original Fab Lab Merges a smart classroom with a Fab Lab 24 computers Two Epilog Lasers Two Vinyl cutters Modela Mill, Shopbot, etc. NextEngine 3D scanner Dimension 3D printer Wide format printer for vinyl, cardboard, and canvas

4 Teaching and Conference Area Touch screen controlled cameras above equipment Two Independent projectors (e.g. one for software, one for live video of machine)‏ Full video remote classroom capability

5 Electronics Fabrication Area

6 Additional Work Areas (Note: work benches not installed yet)‏

7 Messy and Noisy Equipment is Separated by Glass Wall Shopbot Woodworking Equipment Full-size 4-axis CNC mill Full-size CNC turning center

8 The LCCC Fab Lab Open to public about 35 hours per week including days, evenings, and weekends Offer credit and non-credit Fab Lab courses Utilized for projects for a variety of courses across campus Provide very popular hands-on workshops for local schools and community groups

9 Currently Studying the Effectiveness of Fab Lab based STEM Training (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) ‏ LCCC Early College Grant – Pilot study of using Fab Lab activities to improve 10th grade math scores Using mobile Fab Lab based activities to teach STEM related concepts to almost 400 Middle School students

10 Hosting the MIT Mobile Fab Lab Currently at the Great Lakes Science Center (Powered by Wind Turbine)‏

11 Energy Conversion Prototype electrolyzer to produce hydrogen Prototype of Nikola Tesla based blade-less turbine steam power generator

12 Nickel, copper, and bronze etching using vinyl as a mask

13 Pewter Casting

14 " Thanks again, the Fab Lab has changed my life! I have so many more ideas and not enough hours in the day to design and make all that I want to do. I am seriously addicted“ Lynne Sock Blockers Needle Gauges www.sevenyaks.etsy.com Fab Lab based Businesses

15 Cell culture Apparatus Sterilizable Test Strip Holder made of delrin Rocking Chair Paper Lamp Rotary laser cut egg Cribbage board with wood inlay

16 www.lorainccc.edu/fab


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