By Dave DeFusco
In a lab on the 11th floor of Yeshiva University’s Belfer Hall, Joshua Rodriguez, an adjunct professor and lab technician, is reshaping how students engage with physics. Blending theory with hands-on practice, his new makerspace course on 3D printing has sparked excitement, challenging students to bridge scientific principles and practical design, all the while cultivating valuable career skills.
Rodriguez, who has degrees in both physics and philosophy from City College of New York, as well as a master’s degree in the philosophical foundations of physics from Columbia University, is fascinated by the philosophical questions that quantum mechanics poses. But in the lab,…
