The Student Innovation Center (SICTR) is working to increase student traffic in the Makerspaces, where faculty, staff and students at Iowa State can gather and develop ideas and projects.
Open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. all week long, the Makerspaces are ready for collaboration and creative design to take place. SICTR is preparing for an open house to display and promote these multipurpose spaces.
The Makerspaces include eight different shops and studios: the assembly metal and wood shop, digital media production studio, electronics, textiles and 3D printing shop, digital modeling and visualization laboratory, heavy metal shop, paint and finishing shop, composites shop and rooms for dynamometer engine testing, according to Inside Iowa State.
Lane Larson, the media production specialist and shop supervisor, shared his thoughts regarding the Makerspaces and the Digital Media Production Shop…
