In its 25th year at the university, Frith Makerspace enables first-year engineering students to learn the basics through hands-on activities and peer mentorship. The goal is to foster a community where collaboration and problem-solving become the foundation of their engineering education.
What we’re trying to do here is bring more students into the Frith Makerspace. These are all first-year General Engineering students. We want them to feel welcome in engineering. We want them to explore all the possibilities that are available to them and get a little experience doing hands on engineering, where they produce a product that they can take home with them. Today, what we have is a Halloween themed activity. We have some Halloween decorations with an Arduino that they’ll put inside a with a switch, and a motion sensor that goes into the decoration. As you scan over it. The lights are…