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Environmentally Sustainable Design: Study and Practice

Is it possible to completely eliminate negative environmental impact of the everyday things we buy with careful design? We will learn about where raw materials come from, how they are […]

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Creative Reuse: Tinkering Meets Repurposing

Recycling, remanufacturing, refurbishing, repurposing and up-cycling are all ways to add value, reduce waste and lower the environmental impact of used objects. Through the notion of tinkering, we will explore […]

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Arduino for Everyone: Sensing and Response for Art, Science, Engineering, and Fun

Learn how to program and debug Arduino micro-controllers extended with sensor and actuator circuits to create tiny bits of autonomous agency that sense and respond to the world around them. […]

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Animals & Robotics class

Animals, Robots and Applied Design

This is a hands-on course in which students will create mechanical animal models based on their observations of live animal behaviors. Mechanical models of animals are used in both art […]

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Mechanical Motion for Artists and Designers

We will learn how to build stuff that moves! Using wire, sheetmetal, paper, wood, and a range of other media, we will examine and build mechanisms. We will contemplate the […]

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Bicycle Frame Design & Fabrication

This co-curricular course will engage students in the process of designing and fabricating a custom fit road or mountain style bicycle frame. Students will learn the fabrication methods for building […]

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Intro to Metal Shop: Metal Shop Fabrication for Women and Non-Binary People

The intent of this course is to provide a supportive space for traditionally underserved students to acquire hands-on fabrication shop skills. Students will be introduced to the basic tools, equipment, […]

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Electronic hack

Practical Electronics: From Hacking to Production

The course will explore the creative arsenal available to the contemporary electronics hobbyist. There will be in-class discussions about the flaws and triumphs of modern electrical devices. We will cover […]

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Introduction to Design in Metal

This co-curricular course will introduce students to the many possibilities available in the Center for Design. The main focus of the class will involve introduction to a myriad of processes, […]

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Student working on kinetic sculpture

Make It Move: Design and Fabrication for Kinetics

The objective of this co-curricular course is to introduce students to a range of issues that are frequently encountered when designing and fabricating interactively moving parts, whether in practical mechanisms, […]

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