Nashville Mini Maker Faire

Nashville Mini Maker Faire

September 13th, 2014

Adventure Science Center

10 am to 5 pm

The second annual Nashville Mini Maker Faire is coming up soon! September 13 at the Adventure Science Center, over 30 exhibits and 3,000 people will take part in Nashville's Maker Movement.

This year's Crafter's Challenge theme is "cycle."When you hear “cycle”, what do you see? Recycle? Bicycle? Water cycle? Baseball cycle? Now put your vision into a crafted piece and enter the Nashville Mini Maker Faire Crafters’ Challenge. All types of creative crafted pieces are welcome, from sculptures to paintings to quilts to wearables to designs and more. Entries will be displayed at the Faire and winners will be chosen by celebrity judges and popular votes. Thousands of people will see your creation. There are only two simple rules:

Rule #1: Your artwork must incorporate your interpretation of the word “cycle”.

Rule #2: You must fill out a Maker application and indicate you are entering the Crafters’ Challenge.

(From MAKE Blog, 7/30/2014) 

The first annual Nashville Maker Faire featured the Full Scale Millennium Falcon Project, the Official R2-D2 Builders Club, and Master Builder Chris Lee.

Here is a YouTube video of Nashville's 2013 Maker Faire, every exhibit in 2 minutes:

For more information, click the graphic below, or visit NashvilleMakerFaire.com

Rudy Ottway Receives 2014 Regents Excellence in Teaching Award

On April 17th, 2014, Professor Rudy Ottway, Industry and Engineering Technology (IET) was awarded the 2014 Regents Award for Teaching Excellence. 

Mr. Ottway instructs 3D printing, fabrication and design with the Jesse D. Jones College of Science, Engineering and Technology.

Videos of My. Ottway's 3D printing and design classes can be found on YouTube.

Joshua Hutson Conducts STLP Workshop

On March 17th, Joshua Hutson demonstrated his PrintrBot Simple as part of the Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) at Murray Elementary School. Joshua also led the students through a Code.org programming tutorial.

The teacher-advisor for STLP informed Joshua there is a desire for more workshops like the one he has scheduled. The advisor also expressed interest in more projects similar to Joshua's and may need more Murray State faculty, staff, or students to present their efforts to STLP.

The Printrbot Simple is an affordable, entry-level 3D printer available from Printrbot. Printrbot Simple can be ordered as a kit or pre-assembled and includes only what is needed to get started in the world of 3D printing. (Source: printrbot.com/)

Code.org is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to expanding participation in computer science technology by women and students of color, but believes every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer programming. (Source: Code.org/about)

Update

"We had fun until the internet went down. Kandi Dawson the STLP teacher sponsor and parent volunteers were a great help." (J. Hutson)

 

3D Printing Comes In Handy On Valentine's Day

Two Murray State Engineering Graphics and Design majors, Brooke Jones and Gavin Suver, designed and created custom Murray State-themed chocolate molds for Valentine's Day. Rudy Ottway, IET faculty, supervised their efforts.