June 6, 2014

Hello everyone, We are planning to visit the Case Western ThinkBox Institute for Collaboration and Innovation tomorrow (Friday) at 11:45 a.m.   We will carpool to Cleveland, be given a guided tour at 2:30, then return back to Wayne by 5:00 at the latest.  After we arrive at the facility by 1:00 and get our bearings, we’ll find a place to eat, then come back to Case for the tour. Case Western Reserve University’s new invention center provides a space for anyone – especially students, faculty, and alumni – to tinker and creatively invent.  Housed temporarily in a 4,500 square foot space, this $25M project will beRead More →

Hello everyone, One of our engineering students, Jonnathan, designed a prototype rocket fin in Creo.  We loaded this object into the 3D printer’s “Makerware” software and will print it this afternoon.  Having a physical object in-hand now means they can visually inspect its properties, making first-time rocket launches more likely to be successful. Dusty is working on repairing a standing floor fan for E-Wing.  The plastic coupler broke that connects the curled metal pipe that sits on the floor and the vertical pipe below the fan itself.  As you can see, he is making good progress on it.  If the printed part breaks later, weRead More →