Although it's on the ground floor, the Design and Innovation Center is arguably the crown jewel of the Brown-Kopel Student Achievement Center. Featuring a woodshop, a prototype shop, an electronics shop, a metal shop and a machine shop with some of the fanciest fabrication equipment money can buy, this 11,000-square-foot, student-run toy box open to students from all engineering disciplines offers more opportunity for hands-on learning — and more freedom to do it — than any other campus makerspace in the country. Want to make your own diamond-turning lathe? Your own engagement ring? Go for it — you wouldn't be the first. 

"I was offered an internship during my sophomore year. The company didn't care about my grades. They cared about my experience in the Makerspace" — Anya McDaniel, '24 chemical engineering



Upcoming Events
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Jan
Sewing Demonstration
Tue Jan 20, 2026 8:00 am
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Jan
Laser Cutter Training Demonstration
Tue Jan 20, 2026 8:30 am
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Craft World Training
Tue Jan 20, 2026 9:00 am
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Laser Cutter Training Demonstration
Tue Jan 20, 2026 9:30 am
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Embroidery Demonstration
Tue Jan 20, 2026 10:30 am
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Jan
Machine Shop Training Demonstration
Tue Jan 20, 2026 11:30 am
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Jan
Meta Quest VR Headsets Demonstration
Tue Jan 20, 2026 1:00 pm
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Jan
TIG Welding Training
Tue Jan 20, 2026 2:00 pm
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Electronics Shop Training Demonstration
Tue Jan 20, 2026 3:00 pm
21
Jan
Craft World Training Demonstration
Wed Jan 21, 2026 8:30 am
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Machine Shop Training Demonstration
Wed Jan 21, 2026 9:00 am
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Laser Cutter Training Demonstration
Wed Jan 21, 2026 11:00 am
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Craft World Training Demonstration
Wed Jan 21, 2026 12:00 pm
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Machine Shop Training Demonstration
Wed Jan 21, 2026 1:00 pm
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Basic Safety Training Demonstration
Wed Jan 21, 2026 3:00 pm
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Jan
Sewing Demonstration
Thu Jan 22, 2026 8:00 am
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Jan
Laser Cutter Training Demonstration
Thu Jan 22, 2026 8:30 am
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Powered Hand Saw Training Demonstration
Thu Jan 22, 2026 11:15 am
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Basic Safety Training Demonstration
Fri Jan 23, 2026 10:00 am
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TIG Welding Training
Fri Jan 23, 2026 12:00 pm
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Machine Shop Training Demonstration
Fri Jan 23, 2026 12:30 pm