Makerspace Product Design and Engineering

(1 CREDIT) (FINE ART CREDIT)

In this introductory course students will create digital designs and bring them to life using engineering design processes and state of the art digital fabrication tools. Students will learn the principles of design using the vinyl cutter to make products including labels, stickers, and logos along with screen printing techniques. Students will learn how to make prototypes using the laser cutter to make key chains, jewelry, paper art, mechanical sculptures and more. Students will also learn the basics of 3d printing, electronics, and computer aided manufacturing. At the end of the course students will complete a capstone manufacturing or entrepreneurship project in the medium of their choice.