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Welcome to the Design and Build Lab's Knowledgebase!

The Design and Build Lab - also known as DaBL - is a digital fabrication / rapid prototyping / experimentation facility located in the new Don Myers Technology and Innovation Building. Its purpose is to empower and inspire students, staff, and faculty to embrace engineering: to create things to solve problems.

There is a team of students ready to help you realize your idea!

How do I become a member?

Becoming a member is easy. There are only two steps:

1. Attend an in-person Welcome to the Lab workshop
2. Complete and submit a Safety Waiver

How do I learn how to design and build?

There are three pillars of knowledge that will help you in your quest:

1. Student Specialists, who help you realize your ideas
2. Workshops of two flavors:
   1. Tutorials, which give you an introduction to CAD principles
   2. Certifications, which are an introduction to CAM principles as well as safety training on a particular machine.
3. This knowledgebase, which is a repository of all things Design and Build.

Knowledgebase resources

There's lots of exciting stuff to learn. To get started, schedule yourself for a Workshop and start learning!

Educational sessions

• List of workshops

Prototyping resources

• Manufacturing techniques
• Computer-aided design
• Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-Numeric-Controlled prototyping machines

• Bantam Tools PCB Mill
• Type A Series 1 Pro 3D printer
• Stratasys uPrint SE Plus 3D Printer
• ULS PLS4.75 Laser Cutter
• Silhouette Cameo vinyl cutter