Made at Radford University

This project took advantage of three convergent trends: the emergence of low-cost 3D design software and fabrication, the increasing adoption of the “lean startup” approach in modeling new ventures, and the economic cost of healthcare in the U.S. is development of alternative, affordable services and products to provide access for both served and un-served patient populations.

Business + 2 more

Made at Texas State University-San Marcos

As one of the largest food chains, with annual sales of more than $15 billion, HEB’s need to efficiently distribute food to retail stores is a top priority.

Made at Texas State University-San Marcos

Bobcat Blend is a faculty managed, student-run and grant-supported research and teaching-oriented waste management campus composting program at Texas State University.

Education

Made at Texas State University-San Marcos

To create an innovation studio to serve as a makerspace for individuals interesting in creating items/prototypes such as innovative wearables and design products, interiors, and retail related goods.

Education

Made at The University of Vermont

The University of Vermont Alternative Energy Racing Organization is a student run group that works for the advocacy, research, and development of alternative energy drive systems.

Engineering + 1 more

Made at The University of Vermont

An incubator for ideas and a place to engage people’s imaginations.

Traditional Fabrication + 1 more

Made at Indiana University

The Open Portfolio Project is aimed at developing technology solutions and a common set of practices for portfolio creation, reflection, sharing, and assessment.

Research + 1 more

Made at Indiana University

BioSim, a participatory simulation where young students (grades K-3) enact the roles of honeybees and biological systems through the assistance of electronically-enhanced e-puppets, is designed to enhance youths’ understanding of complex systems through novel combinations of play, reflection, interaction and exploration.

Education + 1 more

Made at Indiana University

Make-to-Learn is an effort that leverages DIY culture, digital practices, and educational research to advocate for placing making, creating, and designing at the core of educational practice.

Education + 1 more

Made at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

This project aims to create an amphibious rover to aid in the search and discovery of persons during disasters.

Robotics

Made at Tulane University

Engraved wooden boards with textile patterns and text are used to yield a raised texture when soft clay is pressed onto them.

Art

Made at Yale Center for Engineering Innovation and Design

PremieBreathe is dedicated to improving access to medical technologies in the low-resource world.

Engineering

Made at Yale Center for Engineering Innovation and Design

The intent of the project was to create a radio telescope capable of mapping hydrogen in the galaxy and teaching young, aspiring astronomers how different (non-optical) types of telescopes are constructed.

Engineering

Made at Yale Center for Engineering Innovation and Design

The Yale Undergraduate Rover Association is building a functioning rover to compete in the 2015 University Rover Challenge (URC) hosted by the Mars Society in Hankesville, Utah.

Engineering + 1 more

Made at University of Hawaii at Manoa

A graphene coating approach to improve the durability of electroflotation devices

Engineering

Made at University of Hawaii at Manoa

A rapid-prototyping process for producing circuit boards using liquid metal.

Digital Fabrication + 1 more

Made at University of Hawaii at Manoa

A multi-sensory, artistic, and interactive light emitting diode (LED) panel with the capability to engage people of all ages

Electronics

Made at University of Massachusetts Amherst

The Blue Panther project goal was to develop an autonomous robot to navigate a model house, seek out a flame, and extinguish it using CO2.

Robotics

Made at University of Massachusetts Amherst

This interdisciplinary undergraduate/graduate course that exposes students to “open source science”, “commons-based peer production” and to undertake some “maker” service learning outreach.

Campus Innovation + 3 more

Made at University of Tennessee

Design and build a computer controlled mechanical device that performs a useful real-world task.

Electronics + 1 more

Made at University of Tennessee

As a first exercise in engineering design, our first year honors class does a mechanical dissection exercise of common appliances and toys.

Engineering + 1 more

Made at Penn State

The Behrend College worked with a Knowledge Park partner in an Open Laboratory Environment to develop the physical practitioner interface of a device designed to use ultrasonic technology to remove plaque buildup in patients susceptible to stroke.

Design + 1 more

Made at Penn State

Learning Factory brings the real-world into the classroom by providing engineering students with practical hands-on experience through industry-sponsored and client-based capstone design projects.

Programs or Initiatives + 2 more

Made at University of Massachusetts Lowell

Nonspec’s goal is to design and develop a low cost durable prosthetic for developing countries.

Digital Fabrication + 1 more

Made at University of Central Florida

Develop immersive and affordable simulators for various entertainment and training applications.

Engineering + 1 more

Made at Tulane University

The device is designed to aid in facilitating a safer, faster, and more efficient method to dislodge a deep impacted fetal head cesarean section.

Science

Made at Tulane University

The goal of this project is to improve perioperative flow in hospitals by creating an app that will update a specific surgical patient’s healthcare providers of their status and location in the hospital throughout their stay and operation.

Engineering + 1 more

Made at Purdue University

The challenge was to design and deploy a software application (they named Buzzle) capable of identifying and distinguishing man-made objects (like a cube, a sphere or a cylinder) from normal topography objects like rocks and trees.

Campus Innovation + 1 more

Made at Purdue University

This project created a transformational change in traffic management by using probe vehicle speed data made available through cellular communications.

Engineering + 1 more

Made at Purdue University

In order to minimize cost and optimize student training, faculty, staff, and students within the Purdue University College of Pharmacy and Purdue’s Envision Center designed and developed a unique, USP 797 compliant VIC based on video game technology (Unity).

Campus Innovation + 1 more