Building a robot that can play Connect Four, filming a high-production TikTok, collaboratively studying, spray painting, putting together an airplane and imprinting designs on wood with a laser cutter can all happen within the same 8,500 square feet.
The Harvey Mudd College makerspace has what dreams are made of — or at least something to get you pretty close. The new space on the ground floor of Mudd’s McGregor Computer Science Center opened to the 5C community this fall semester.
Jeff Groves, professor of literature and director of the makerspace, assists the students in bringing ideas for the new makerspace to fruition and believes the project aligns closely with Mudd’s values.
“We have always had a maker culture at Harvey Mudd,” Groves said. “But we never…
