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Carnegie Mellon’s largest makerspace

Our mission is to promote a vibrant, student-centric making culture to enhance educational, extracurricular, and research activities across the entire campus community.

Carnegie Mellon’s largest makerspace

Our mission is to promote a vibrant, student-centric making culture to enhance educational, extracurricular, and research activities across the entire campus community.

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Apr 07

Pickleball paddles of the future Opens in new window

Materials science and engineering students investigated whether pickleball paddles produced by 3D printing could be as good as, or better, than those produced using existing techniques.

Mar 12

Hand safety reimagined during Rethink the Rink 2025 Opens in new window

For the 8th season, CMU students worked with experts at Covestro and the PIttsburgh Penguins to make ice hockey safer.

Mar 12

Rethinking neck protection in hockey Opens in new window

Brynn Broaddus and 15 of her peers spent spring break developing advanced neck protection to improve hockey players’ safety on the ice in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Covestro.

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Machining and Machine Shop Inquiries 
Ed Wojciechowski

Rapid Prototyping and Fabrication Shop Inquires
Jen Hitchcock

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“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.” Josh James, CEO and founder of Omniture and Domo

“If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.” Reid Hoffman, venture capitalist and founder of LinkedIn

“Build something 100 people love, not something 1 million people kind of like.” Brian Chesky, co-founder of Airbnb

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” Maya Angelou

“Simplicity is complexity resolved.” Constantin Brancusi

“Keep some room in your heart from the unimaginable.” Mary Oliver

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