This Week in the NOVA Fab Lab

February 14, 2022 / Events

The NOVA Fab Lab is located at NOVA Community College’s Manassas Campus. The lab provides hands-on support to NOVA’s Engineering Technology degree and hands-on STEM opportunities for college students, staff and members of the community. The Fab Lab Makerspace provides workshops, demonstrations, project collaborations with NOVA classes, tours, field trips, and special events to help enhance STEM learning and develop STEM skills. The lab provides a creative space to learn about a myriad of topics such as electronics and coding, how to operate fabrication equipment, use of design software, e-textiles/e-fashion, wood working, robotics, additive manufacturing (3D printing), and more. More info on the programs here.

NOVA Makers 
This special program allows members to use the Fab Lab to work on personal projects.  Membership is free to NOVA Faculty/Staff/Students and equipment training and safety orientations are provided.  

  • Monday, Open Lab, 4 p.m. until 9 p.m.
  • Tuesday, Safety & Orientation, 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. (for new members!)
  • Tuesday, Machine Certification-Laser Cutting: Beginner, 7:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m.
  • Thursday, Open Lab, 4 p.m. until 9 p.m.
  • Friday, Open Lab, 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
  • Friday, Safety & Orientation, 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. (for new members)
  • Friday, Machine Certification, 3D Printing: Beginner, 2:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.

Makerspace Machine Trainings

Design Challenge – Now Open! 
Virtual submissions are being accepted for our Spring 2022 Design Challenge! Open to college, high school and middle school students with cash prizes for the top three finalists. An Educator Guide provides ideas on how to incorporate the challenge into your classes. Please share this unique opportunity with your NOVA students. Sponsored by BAE Systems, Micron, and the Amtek Company.  

Friday Night Robotics 

  • Friday, from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. Open to middle and high school VEX IQ teams who want to come out to scrimmage and work on their robots. Game field and components will be provided. Register here. 

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UPCOMING ACTIVITIES 

3D Printing & Digital Design 
This series is for beginners looking to explore digital design and physical prototyping through 3D Printing. More info here.

Junior Maker Club 
The Winter 2022 club is open to 4th – 8th graders that want to tinker and experience a variety of topics including 3D printing, computer modeling, wind and solar power, and applications of electricity. More info here. 

Summer 2022 STEM Camps  
The NOVA SySTEMic Summer Camp registration is now open! Camp options include Fabrication, Coding, Robotics, Rocketry, Cybersecurity and more. Camps will be in-person, alongside a limited selection of virtual camps. Open to rising 4th through 12th graders. More info here.

Submitted by:
Lance Lacey, Fab Lab Coord., LLacey@nvcc.edu