UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers, led by primary investigator Aaron Knochel, assistant professor of art education, has received a two-year, $299,780 National Science Foundation grant to design and build a mobile makerspace to explore informal learning in science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) subjects.
The EAGER: MAKER grant, “Deployable Makerspace Classrooms: Mobility, Additive Manufacturing, and Curricular Spectacle,” will allow Knochel and co-PIs Tom Lauerman, assistant professor of art, and Nicholas Meisel, assistant professor of engineering design and mechanical engineering, to develop and tour a makerspace with an emphasis on additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing. Makerspaces are informal, interdisciplinary spaces for sharing tools (both technological and traditional), processes, and enthusiasm for…
