The Makerspaces at William & Mary support faculty and staff curricular, research, and ad-hoc educational efforts as well as myriad other requests. Over the past several years we have worked to help scientists engineer custom laboratory equipment, students construct award winning experimental systems, and teachers add modules to their educational curricula to provide world class opportunities for their students.
If you are faculty or staff looking to explore an idea, manufacture a piece of kit, or develop a new way to reach the minds of the Tribe; stop by the ISC4 Makerspace center (0302) to explore and reach out for a discussion with the director about how we could collaborate.
A precision mouse treadmill and related mouse locomotion laboratory equipment (not shown) were custom made for neuroscience investigations in the Del Negro laboratory during the period of international travel restrictions due to COVID-19.
Students in the Schniepp Lab collaborated with the Makerspaces to design an open source syringe based biological 3D printer for use in studying diatom based biological materials.
Students from the Kidwell Lab in the chemistry department design and constructed a drone based air sampling payload for mapping environmental airborne conditions.
Due to the varied and changing landscape of higher education, and as we move into our new ISC4 home, The Makerspaces currently lack administrative funding for staffing. While materials for the many efforts are covered through grants, many hands-on programs and support efforts like these are held aloft by daily support from The Makerspaces at William & Mary.
If you are able, consider supporting the Makerspaces at William & Mary through a tax deductible donation to by entering in our specific fund identifier (6102) at Give.wm.edu prior to your generous support.
Thank you!