This Week in the NOVA Fab Lab

April 5, 2022 / Events

The Fab Lab provides hands-on support to NOVA’s Engineering Technology degree and hands-on STEM opportunities for college students, staff, and community members. 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. For more info on the programs below can be found at www.nvcc.edu/systemic/fablab.html. 

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

  • Tuesday, Open Lab, 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.
  • Tuesday, Safety & Orientation, 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. *For new members!
  • Tuesday, Machine Certification–UV Flatbed Printer, 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, Large Laser Cuter, 2:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. 

Junior Maker Club 

Monday  – Session 2 |  Continuing miniature greenhouse builds with automated watering system (4th-8th graders).   

Makers by Design Fellowship 

Tuesday – Session 3 | For select educators as part of an NSF funded project.  

Workshop:  3D Printing & Digital Design 

Saturday – Session 3 | Project-based series introducing 3D design software (CAD) with applications for 3D printing. For community members from 4th grade to adult.  

Spring 2022 Design Challenge – 2 Weeks Left! 

Deadline is April 15th !  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 our NOVA students.  Sponsored by BAE Systems, Micron, and the Amtek Company.  

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UPCOMING ACTIVITIES 

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 – 12th graders. More info at https://www.nvcc.edu/systemic/camps.html.

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