Since transferring to UMass Lowell, civil engineering major Michael Noel has found a home base in the Lawrence Lin MakerSpace.
It’s where he studies between classes, meets other students and works on projects with the WindHawks, the university’s Wind Energy Innovation Club. Over the past two years, the open-concept workshop on the first floor of Falmouth Hall is where Noel has found his footing as a student in the Francis College of Engineering.
“From the jump, the people in the MakerSpace have been nothing but helpful to me,” says Noel, who transferred to UML from Wentworth Institute of Technology as a sophomore. “It’s been a great space to really find my niche here.”
It’s also where he brings two of the most important people in his life.
About once a week, Noel drives his cousins, Gabriel, 13, and Conrad, 11, from Nashua, New Hampshire, to campus. Their father died in…
