Whether you’re looking to prototype a new product, make a handcrafted gift or add a finishing touch to a class project, Carolina’s makerspaces have just what you need.
Our four makerspaces — located in Murray Hall, Carmichael Residence Hall, the Hanes Art Center and Kenan Science Library — make up the University’s Be a Maker Network and give students the space to design and create physical objects for education, research or recreation.
While the woodshop, 3D printers and laser cutters may bring ideas to life, student workers play a critical role in keeping Tar Heels making.
Kishan Babuji, a senior studying computer science and statistics in the College of Arts and Sciences, is among the nearly 50 students working alongside full-time staff to keep the makerspaces operating every day.
Babuji, who has been using the makerspaces for three years and has worked in the spaces since…