Feb.4, 2015
Xavier University, a private university located in Cincinnati, Ohio, recently signed an agreement with MakerBot to bring a MakerBot Innovation Center to the university's campus.
Xavier is the first university in the Midwest to implement a MakerBot Innovation Center, which is designed to empower organizations to innovate faster and compete more effectively. MakerBot is providing the consulting, technical support and training required to implement the MakerBot Innovation Center and will work closely with Xavier's faculty to develop a curriculum that introduces professors and students to the world of 3D printing and its real-time possibilities.
The MakerBot Innovation Center at Xavier is a custom, centralized and scalable 3D printing solution designed to create an environment in which entrepreneurialism, education and innovation can be cultivated and encouraged in the Cincinnati area. Students, faculty and the community are provided opportunities to collaborate on Real-Time Prototyping, model making and small-scale creative and manufacturing projects. This provides a unique way to prepare students for the jobs of tomorrow by putting them at the forefront of technology and giving them access to a thriving community of innovators. It will serve as a local innovation hub where students from different academic disciplines can gain invaluable hands-on experience by collaborating with entrepreneurs and researchers on real-world projects.
The MakerBot Innovation Center for Xavier includes 31 MakerBot Replicator 3D Printers (25 Replicator, 3 Replicator Z18 3D printers and 3 Replicator Mini Compact 3D printers), a large supply of MakerBot PLA Filament, several MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D scanners and MakerBot MakerCare Protection Plans.
As part of today's grand opening, students, parents, business partners and community members are invited to take a tour of the new MakerBot Innovation Center.
"With these innovative MakerBot Replicator 3D Printers, we will transform how our students learn here at the Xavier Center for Innovation and beyond." said Shawn Nason, chief innovation officer with Xavier University. "With MakerBot, we'll not only be 'making' 3D objects in our classrooms, but helping shape the leaders and innovators of future industries as well."
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Oh those poor students... :D
Skip wrote at 2/11/2015 3:45:00 AM:
What's with that guys head? You can get those racks at Lowes/Home Depot - I have em.
need wrote at 2/6/2015 5:29:26 PM:
Where do they get those carts to stack them on? I need one of those!
Benonymous wrote at 2/6/2015 3:28:19 AM:
Oh man! Welcome to three levels of Clog City!
The Man wrote at 2/5/2015 2:50:36 PM:
Bow down before the wall of pain! Glad Im not the one maintaining that mess.
Andy wrote at 2/5/2015 3:22:25 AM:
Ahhh...that's where all the returned makerbots go...
samio wrote at 2/5/2015 12:16:57 AM:
I hope they have also stocked +1000 new extruders when the stock one is broken after 10hours print!
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