Teaching Students to Design and Prototype
Working to effectively teach prototyping. The accessibility of computer assisted design (CAD) tools for 3D modeling is outstanding. Tools like Blender, Rhino, SolidWorks, and Fusiuon360 are just amazing...
Category: 3D Modeling
Emerging Technology & Digital Bird Nests
J.Stephens/R.Stephens I had the honor and pleasure to work with some great colleagues this summer (June Stephens, and Joe Cerreta and Patrick Sherman from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) on a project to show off new...
MakerSpaces in the World of Pandemics
The DeArmond MakerSpace was certainly not alone in the response to the Covid-19 Pandemic spreading across our country, but I still want to highlight what we did. When the spread of virus hit the...
Into the Hands of Motivated Students
One of the fun things to do is to get equipment into the hands of students that will create and have fun with a project. Recently, the University of Oregon Department of Geography...
The Toe of Oregon’s only Dinosaur
I was recently contacted by the Museum of Natural and Cultural History to make a few replicas of Oregon’s only dinosaur fossil, a dinosaur toe bone, for one of their outreach programs. The state...
Bio-engineering and Prosthetic Design
In conjunction with the Bio-engineering club out of Mike Hahn’s group in Human Physiology, The DeArmond MakerSpace helped with the creation of a prosthesis for a local young man. The mid-arm section was...
Making Gliders- A Continuation
Back on June 10th, 2019 I created a post on making gliders with a piece of paper, 3 Post-It notes, a few pennies, a shish kabob skewer and some 3D printed or laser...
Computer Assisted Design & Making a 9 mm Endwrench
One of the fun projects that I use to get people to try their hand at computer assisted designing (CAD) is to have them make something utilitarian, like a tool. One of the best...
Learning to Fly for Science, Earth Science
In support of the Geology field camp efforts of Drs. Valerie Sahakian and Ray Weldon of the University of Oregon’s Earth Sciences Department, I was asked to help them teach students how to...
UAV Imagery – Autzen Stadium and Much More!
In preparation for several upcoming workshops on UAVs/Drones that I am offering through the Price Science Commons and Research Library, I needed to update the geofencing on the UO Library’s DJI Phantom IV...