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Design Week 2023: Future of Connections is three weeks away! Swipe to see our exciting events including and soft robotics workshops, a design jam, an interactive laser cut , and a with guest speakers from Twitter, IDEO, and more. Check out the Week website at bit.ly/DW2023 for more information and to sign up soon to reserve your spot.

💻 The Third Place: A Multi-Disciplinary Workshop 💻 Explore the of Third Places and their importance in building through design concept development & AI’s role in connection.

🚀 The Connection Capsule: Interactive Installation 🚀 Build a laser cut Connection Capsule to take home and contribute to our Connection Constellation.

💭 The Future: Problems & Possibilities Panel 💭 Explore different approaches to connection-building from a variety of lenses with our panelists of experience from Twitter, IDEO, and more.

⌚️ The Connection Prototype: Wearables Design Jam ⌚️ to ideate, , and imagine new ways for leveraging technologies to create opportunities for community connection!

🎈 The Kinetic Balloon: Soft Robotics Workshop 🎈 Learn about soft , materiality, motion, and play, using kinetic balloons.

Learn more and sign up at bit.ly/DW2023

Houseplant Care 101 Participants will learn how to care for common house plants and identify frequent issues that occur when taking care of them.

Design Week 2022: Designing Human-Centered Cities is less than two weeks away! Scroll down to see our exciting events including an workshop, an interactive laser cut and MetroTech archival collection in the Design Lab, and guest from Google and Citi Bike. Check out the Design Week website at bit.ly/DHCC22 for more information and sign up soon to reserve your spot.

💻 Remixing Reality: AR Workshop 💻 Learn how to use through Spark AR's plane tracking template and assets in Blender to design your own digital city with Miriam Hillawi Abraham, Multi-Disciplinary Designer and .

🌉 Laser Cut City: Interactive Installation 🌉 Contribute to a one-of-a-kind, laser cut by adding your own miniature figure and view an exclusive of the MetroTech archives in-person at the Design Lab.

🚲 People in Motion: Chat with Citi Bike 🚲 Learn about the crucial questions that we should be asking when human-centered cities to develop a more place for all with Inbar Kishoni, Community & Equity Program Manager at Lyft's Citi Bike.

🗺️ Navigation: Chat with Google Maps 🗺️ Get a behind-the-scenes look at the design and of Google Maps features that help us our world and aim to put people first with Rachel Inman, UX Design Lead at Google.

🌇 Evolution of MetroTech: The Archives 🌇 Explore how MetroTech Center was developed, discuss the social and economic of its design, and view a collection of with Lindsay Anderberg, Interdisciplinary Science & Technology Librarian & Poly Archivist at NYU Tandon School of Engineering's Bern Dibner Library.

Learn more at bit.ly/DHCC22

Design Week 2022 - NYU MakerSpace Join us for our 4th annual Design Week, a week of free talks, workshops, and an interactive installation focused on a critical aspect of design. One of our core themes at the Design Lab in the NYU MakerSpace is following an innovation design process, which encourages collaboration through community....

Quick Introduction to the Tandon School of Engineering - MEET NYU Welcome to an introductory rundown of a few services and resources the New York University Tandon School of Engineering has to offer!

Join us on Tuesday, May 4th at 6 PM to hear Rinat Sherzer's journey throughout her as an interdisciplinary engineer, design strategist, social , educator, and at many notable institutions such as Microsoft and Harvard University.

Sign up at bit.ly/EXDSherzer

Engineering X Design Engineering X Design is a series of fireside chats with professionals who work at the intersection of design, engineering and technology.

Check out this article on the importance of on student experience in education which features our space for senior design and teams! ⚙️

Once a novelty, maker spaces have become an essential part of attracting and engaging engineering students. Studies show that the creative spaces boost confidence, motivation, and a sense of belonging. Read more in the newest edition of Prism!

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That's a wrap on Design Week 2021! Thank you all for joining us and a very special thank you to all those who helped share how to "design waste out". This year, the team decided to focus on sustainability and teaching people in the community about ways they can reduce waste. Participants were able to virtually attend talks, workshops, a panel, and learn about sustainability projects happening at NYU.

Our panelists were four passionate changemakers and innovators who have taken on the challenge of “designing waste out” through their work with community fridges, youth programming, development of recycling pipelines, zero waste education, and community organizing in order to create a more sustainable, equitable, and inclusive future. Thank you Zenat Begum from Playground Coffee Shop, Daneille Foster-Russell from GrowNYC, Brigitte Vicenty from Inner City Green Team, and Monalisa Prasad from NYU Eats for your incredible words and advice.

During our Sustainable Packaging workshop, Kelsey Moffitt spoke about her work TerraCycle US and Loop and their mission to combat single-use waste by developing circular solutions to the current linear systems of recycling for hard-to-recycle materials.

Lastly, the Getting Involved workshop taught us how everyone can get involved in "designing waste out" of our lives. You can take action by joining sustainability clubs at NYU and national programs, shopping at farmers' markets, volunteering with local organizations, voting for sustainable policies, and so much more!

The videos of the panel and workshops will be up on our Youtube soon at bit.ly/NYUMSYT. Thank you again for joining us to take action and learn more about designing waste out 💜🌿

We are thrilled to be joined by a panel of four passionate and , who are all working to make change happen. Our have taken on the challenge of “designing waste out” through their work with , youth , creating pipelines, education, and organizing in order to create a more , , and future for all. Meet our amazing panelists for our Taking Action, Making Change event and sign up soon to reserve your spot (bit.ly/DW_21_Panel):

🌿 Zenat Begun is the Founder of Playground Coffee Shop and Playground Youth, a community-based organization focused on providing programming on food equity, arts, and literacy.

🌿 Brigitte Vicenty is the Founder of Inner City Green Team, a community wide recycling program for residents of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).

🌿 Daneille Foster-Russell is the Emergency Fresh Food Box Program Manager at GrowNYC, an organization providing access to fresh and space to all New Yorkers.

🌿 Monalisa Prasad, MBA, LEED Green Associate is the Director of Sustainability at NYU Eats, Chartwells Higher Education, the food service provider at New York University.

Design Week 2021 - NYU MakerSpace Join us for our 3rd annual Design Week, a week of talks and workshops that are free and open to the public focused on a critical aspect of design. One of our core themes at the Design Lab is sustainability and this year we're focusing on Designing Waste Out.

Get ready for Design Week 2021, February 22-26! Throughout the week, there will be several workshops and events, including sustainable packaging, learning how to get involved, and a panel discussion with industry professionals. Check out bit.ly/DW-21 to learn more 🌿

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: The NYU MakerSpace is now offering a Badging Program! Acquire new skills by attending workshops and trainings then display your achievements with a digital badge from the NYU MakerSpace. For Fall 2020, we have 9 types of badges available ranging from Design Thinking to Rapid Prototyping and Fabrication to Sustainable Design. Swipe through the images to learn more then visit bit.ly/MSbadges to see what steps you must take to complete the badge.💡

The Design Lab offers office hours where you can talk with experts, get guidance on your projects, receive feedback on your ideas, and discuss any general MakerSpace questions. Schedule a Zoom call to connect with our experts!

For more details about the mentors available for mentoring in the Design Lab, visit our Mentoring Page (makerspace.engineering.nyu.edu/mentoring) and look out for some more mentors to be added to the schedule soon 💡

Welcome Back! We missed you all so much and can't wait for you to start making again 🤩 There are a few changes to the space, policies, and access that we made to keep everyone safe. Check out this flow chart to see the steps you must take before visiting the space. Our training videos will be released on September 14th on our NYU Stream Channel, but you can reserve work tables starting Wednesday, September 2 once you've watched our new COVID-19 Policies video. Please reach out if you have any questions 💜

Join us on Thursday, September 3rd at 1 PM (est) to learn about new policies and access in the space. You'll receive an update on what to expect when you return this semester and what you’ll need to get started! Sign up at bit.ly/MS-updates ⚙️

An update on the NYU MakerSpace 💜

The NYU MakerSpace will re-open at the start of the Fall 2020 semester to all NYU students, faculty, and affiliates. We are busy getting the space ready with appropriate social distancing measures and new training methods. Updates will be posted as soon as we receive new information. In the meantime, keep designing and get ready to create projects when we open back up in September!

We will not be open for general use this summer. If you are conducting research in a lab approved to re-open, or are involved in an NYU summer program or course, and would like to request a prototyping service, please email [email protected] for more information.

Join the Hackathon to fight COVID-19’s mental health fallout! While effective testing, exposure notification, and targeted restrictions and quarantines will help reopen society, until vaccines are available, the ever-shifting new normal is going to be an exceptionally difficult time for us all to navigate. We desperately need better ways to communicate, share our common experiences, create entertainment, and come together while also staying safe among an active pandemic. Through this hackathon, participants may work on projects that are broadly useful in supporting mental health and social connection.

Learn more: https://engineering.nyu.edu/news/hacking-fight-covid-19s-mental-health-fallout

Sign up: https://covid-global-hackathon-2.devpost.com/

COVID-19 Global Hackathon 2.0: Social Isolation & Mental Health COVID-19 Global Hackathon 2.0: Social Isolation and Mental Health

#ShutDownAcademia #ShutDownSTEM June 2020   On June 10, 2020, we will , , and . In the wake of the most recent murders of Black people in the US, it is clear that white and other non-Black people have to step up and do the work to eradicate anti-Blac...

The Prototyping Fund is a collaboration between the NYU MakerSpace Design Lab and NYU Entrepreneur that awards students who build creations. Read about our Fund Phase 2 awardees for Spring 2020 here: http://makerspace.engineering.nyu.edu/blogs/

1st Project: Walkway’s generators could produce 200 kWh/day under subway turnstiles, Prototyping Update http://makerspace.engineering.nyu.edu/prototyping-fund/walkways-generators-could-produce-200-kwh-day-under-subway-turnstiles-prototyping-update/

2nd Project: From Industrial Sized Bioreactor to Microfluidic Chips, Prototyping Update from NYU iGEM http://makerspace.engineering.nyu.edu/prototyping-fund/from-industrial-sized-bioreactor-to-microfluidic-chips-prototyping-update-from-nyu-igem/

3rd Project: Finding our Enthusiasts, Prototyping Update from Picklock http://makerspace.engineering.nyu.edu/prototyping-fund/finding-our-enthusiasts-prototyping-update-from-picklock/

‪Missed our about and with Jocelyn Miller, Founder and CEO of Jocelyn Miller Coaching? Check it out on this produced by our Design Lab and sponsored by the TMI department at NYU Tandon School of Engineering:

https://soundcloud.com/designforamerica/dfa-shortform2-jocelynmiller

Engineering X Design with Jocelyn Miller, JM Coaching and Training Engineering X Design is a Podcast Series produced by the Design Lab at NYU MakerSpace. This podcast complements a series of fireside chats where we invite professionals working at the intersection of

‪Missed our about and with Jeff Kessler, Senior Design Lead at IDEO? Check it out on this produced by our Design Lab and sponsored by the TMI department at NYU Tandon School of Engineering:

https://soundcloud.com/designforamerica/dfa-shortform1-v3

Engineering X Design with Jeff Kessler, IDEO Engineering X Design is a Podcast Series produced by the Design Lab at NYU MakerSpace. This podcast complements a series of fireside chats where we invite professionals working at the intersection of

The MakerSpace joined forces with others in the NYU community as a part of the NYU COVID 19 task force and we’ve spent the last several weeks producing face shields for medical staff that are in immediate need.

“After approval by NYU Langone Infection Prevention and Control, we began downloading the approved file to print on our machines. We have been working in the space to make as many as we can. We are 3D printing visors and laser cutting face shields that we then pass off to the NYU COVID19 team.

We are working with Dr. Lionnet and his team at NYU Langone who have put together a clean room to construct the visors that are then delivered to hospitals in the area. These NYU researchers, students, and professors have teamed up with medical community members to create more than 500 face shields as of last week – with more on the way!

The MakerSpace has been able to provide face shields directly to Elmhurst Hospital, Queens Hospital, and Suny Downstate.”

A HUGE THANKS to all of the medical and health professionals who are on the front lines fighting for our loved ones. We know how hard you are working and we will continue doing everything we can to support you!

Learn more here:
http://makerspace.engineering.nyu.edu/innovation/nyu-makerspace-covid-19-makerspace-produces-face-masks-for-local-hospitals/

As the need for PPE grows, NYU Langone medical staff and faculty in the Clinical Engineering department reached out to us for help with designing replacement parts for powered air purifying respirators (PAPRs). The clips on the side of the hoods break often and are hard to acquire quickly from the manufacturer. Victoria Bill, Director of the NYU MakerSpace, worked with Gabriella Cammarata, Studio Research Coordinator in the NYU IDM program, to design and create a prototype that snapped into the helmet. Over the past two days we were able to print 100+ of these PAPR clips and deliver them to the NYU Langone team.

Similarly to the PAPR clips, the NYU Langone team also sent us a part called a moisture trap that attached to the Siemens Maquet Servo-I ventilators. These can break as they are attached and detached, and can be hard for the hospitals to quickly source replacement parts. MakerSpace TA, Andy Garcia, was able to create a model of the part, which Victoria then used to 3D print prototypes for the medical team to test and give feedback. To learn more, read Victoria’s full article here:

Learn more here:
http://makerspace.engineering.nyu.edu/announcements/nyu-makerspace-covid-19-papr-and-ventilator-parts/

NYU MakerSpace dropped off face shields to NYC Health + Hospitals - Elmurst Hospital that they helped produce!

URGENT INVITATION: Take part in the Code Life Ventilator challenge. The initiative aims at finding a solution to the current COVID-19 pandemic by designing ventilators that can serve the patients who need respiratory support.

Code Life Ventilator Challenge To design a low-cost, simple, easy-to-use and easy-to-build ventilator that can serve the COVID patients, in an emergency timeframe.

LESS THAN ONE WEEK AWAY 🐵🐨🦁 Join us on this Saturday, February 29th for our Design Jam to innovate change in wildlife and habitat conservation and win up to $500 in cash prizes. To learn more, visit bit.ly/ConservationDJ.

Wildlife Conservation Design Jam Do you want to help create innovative change in wildlife and habitat conservation and compete for prizes in the process?

The 2020 Design Week is two weeks away! This year, our focus is design, sustainability, and the circular economy. Check out the Design Week website at bit.ly/2020DW for more information and sign up for the events through our Eventbrite. 🌿

Need some funding for your prototype? The Prototyping Fund application is now open! The Phase II (up to $2,000) application is due January 24th and the Phase I (up to $500) application is due February 7th. Learn more here:

Apply Now! Prototyping Fund: Spring 2020 - NYU MakerSpace The NYU Prototyping Fund is a collaborative program offered by the Design Lab @ NYU Tandon MakerSpace and the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute that awards teams of students up to $500 in the first round of funding and up to $2000 in the second to be used to build hardware or software prototypes and con...

Come visit us and bring a little (b)rainstorm 🌩

Join us for a panel discussion with several NYC based climate action organizations including March for Science and Xtinction Rebellion! Register now: http://bit.ly/ms-climate-action-panel