OAKLAND — A 3D printer creates tangible objects from digital designs by layering materials like resin, metal or plastic.
So when students in Leila Keyvani’s Cornerstone of Engineering class needed parts for the robots they were building, they just walked next door to the new makerspace and printed them out.
And if they needed to change a part? Problem solved with a return trip.
“Having the makerspace so close also supports a more iterative design process, as students can quickly test ideas, gather feedback and make adjustments — all within the same class period,” says Keyvani, an associate teaching professor in the College of Engineering on Northeastern University’s Oakland campus.
The makerspace — made up of a woodshop, metal shop, photography lab, analog printing studio, ceramics studio and classroom equipped with digital tools — opened at the…
