Space
The CEID is designed to provide students and faculty tools and resources for classes, design projects, and collaborative activities. It features multiple spaces: a lecture area and meeting rooms for the exploration of new ideas, a machine shop, a sheet metal area, a wood shop, a wet lab, and a studio for the creation of physical prototypes. We encourage you to come into the space and talk to a staff member to get an idea of the tools we have available.
FIRST FLOOR
The Studio:
The CEID studio features rapid prototyping equipment, a cutting and sewing area, hand tools, electronics work stations, 3D printers, a vinyl cutter, sheet metal equipment, and much more. There is also a wide variety of prototyping materials (plywood, cloth, foam core, cardboard, etc.), electrical components, and fasteners, all of which available to our members 24 hours a day. Power tools are available to our members during hours that the CEID is staffed.
Lecture Hall:
The lecture hall is a fully equipped, configurable classroom that seats up to 40 people. It has multiple projection surfaces, ample whiteboard space, and a variety of presentation equipment. The lecture hall is used by our courses and can also be reserved by student groups for events, info sessions, and workshops.
Machine Shop:
The machine shop contains standard metal working equipment (drill presses, sanders, grinders, band saws, etc.) as well as 3 CNC mills, two lathes, and a 24” x 48” industrial laser cutter. Use of the machine shop is coordinated by senior staff and is focused on curricular activity only.
Wood Shop:
The wood shop contains basic woodworking equipment, in addition to a 4’ x 4’ ShopBot, a 2’ x 2’ ShopBot, a CNC router and a vacuum former. The wood shop may be available by special arrangement with staff. As a note the woodshed has some specialized equipment to work with wood certain standard items such as a table saw, router, planer, and joiner are not apart of the inventory.
SECOND FLOOR
MEZzanine:
The upstairs level of the CEID includes meeting rooms, biological wet lab, bathrooms, an elevator, and the offices of our director and assistant director.
Meeting Rooms:
Each of the five meeting rooms in the CEID seat up to eight people and is equipped with a computer, large format monitor, and white board space. Multiple rooms can be combined via collapsible walls, which separate the rooms. Rooms can be reserved by courses and CEID-affiliated student organizations and are available on a first come basis for studying, gaming, or just hanging out.
Wet Lab:
The CEID wet lab has equipment designed to support chemical, environmental, and biological work, and provides a clean and isolated workspace for contaminant sensitive processing. The lab contains standard equipment such as incubators, refrigerators, ovens, microscopes, and an electrophoresis gel reader, in addition to a suite of tools to develop microfluidics. Used primarily by CEID staff, permission to use the lab may be granted in some circumstances.
Reference Materials
Throughout the space there are guides on how to use specific equipment to supplement to our in-person trainings. You can obtain a digital copy of our training materials below:
Universal ILS12.150D Laser Cutter
Singer® Heavy Duty 4423 Sewing Machine
Creating a Vector Image Using CorelDRAW
Roland CAMM-1 GX-24 24" Desktop Servo Cutter (Vinyl Cutter)