Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Phillip Shelley, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Forrest Satterfield, Satterfield Technologies ; Rohit Borah, University Innovation Fellows, The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Murray Dean Ladner III, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Student

potentially interested in the makerspacemovement and for those in the beginning stages of planning or implementation of a space. Ourprimary aim is to help students navigate through the process of creating a space similar to ours,emphasizing resources (people, financial, and otherwise) needed. Our secondary aim is toprovide faculty with student perspective on the creation of a makerspace, including the type ofguidance needed (and not needed) from a collaboration between students and faculty.Team-Building (Empathize)It cannot be emphasized enough the importance of a diverse team of both faculty and studentswhen working on a student-centered project like this one. Our student group consisted of twobiomedical engineering majors (one with an interest in