Maker Faire Yearbook 2024

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National Grid

Faire: Electric City

Maker: National Grid

Home: New York, United States

At National Grid, we are committed to building a qualified and successful engineering workforce. Through our corporate giving programs, employee volunteerism and internal leadership and development activities, we have created a comprehensive program dedicated to advancing this cause. National Grid has already invested more than $3 million in this program to target students of all ages and backgrounds to encourage them to study science, technology, engineering and math.

GlobalFoundries

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Global Foundries

Home: New York, United States

Come to the GlobalFoundries booth to see how we make the chips that power the things you use every day. Then make an LED Helicopter with GF! Toss your helicopter and watch it spiral, all while lit up by LED lights made from a simple circuit!

Bringing Mathematics to Life with 3D Printing at Union College

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Joy Wang (Union College Mathematics)

Home: New York, United States

This project aims to bring mathematical ideas to life through 3D visualization and making, and turn abstract concepts into engaging experiences for students. Mathematical models of quadratic surfaces are to be designed and printed. These are literal plots of equations studied in multivariable calculus. Seeing and touching the physical objects helps convey senses of spatial geometry, traces, level curves, and curvature of surfaces. Solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations can be effectively visualized and constructed through 3D printing, such as Lorenz attractor, chaos, time-dependent solutions, and so on. They allow for developing better understanding of the mathematical principles and physical behaviors of the solutions. 3D printing can also help illustrate mathematical proofs and theories.

STEAM Author Kathy Ceceri

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Kathy Ceceri

Home: New York, United States

Come color in and light up "squeeze cards" with award-winning writer, artist, and educator Kathy Ceceri, author of MAKING SIMPLE ROBOTS, BOTS, and PAPER INVENTIONS (new edition coming in 2025). Kathy will be bringing samples of her latest projects and copies of her books to autograph.

Print Making with Lego Press

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Allison Conley (Union College Visual Arts)

Home: New York, United States

Ever wonder how books were printed before digital printers? Come watch a demonstration on a simple, hand-built wooden press. Instead of printing type, we will be printing Legos! Ink your own and take it home!

DJ RVMBA

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Sonia Sandoval

Home: New York, United States

multimedia artist born in the vibrant country of Colombia, Sonia has traveled the world exploring music and culture. She has performed in NYC, Australia, across the Capital Region in upstate New York, western Massachusetts, and Vermont. An artist who has been nominated for the last 3 years in a row for an Eddie Award, Sonia is obsessed with building community and promoting global art through her work to foster new connections. Most recently, she has focused on introducing Latin artists to our community through her musical curation as DJ RVMBA. “I love Love. There are no rules, anything is possible through love. Just dream wildly and work hard.”

VR ZONE-Virtual Reality Painting with Tilt Brush

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Union College Maker Web

Home: New York, United States

Use Virtual Reality to experience painting as you have never before. Tilt Brush is an application for our VR headsets that lets you paint in 3D space with virtual reality. The room is your canvas. Your palette is your imagination. The possibilities are endless. From ink and smoke to snow and fire “brushes”, explore the wonders of a virtual palette. With an intuitive interface, you can be a doodler or expert – and 3D virtual painting allows you to unleash your creativity in no time! Come digitally paint with us and explore the possibilities of Virtual Reality and Visual Art!

Modufly

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Mert Tureli

Home: New York, United States

Modufly is a company focused on creating innovative, easy-to-assemble hobby rockets. Our goal is to make rocketry accessible and fun for people of all ages by offering rockets that are customizable and reusable. We prioritize durability and education, providing kits that allow users to explore the world of flight.

3D Drawing with the Union College Maker Web

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Union College Maker Web

Home: New York, United States

Come use 3D pens to literally draw in thin air! A 3d pen is a handheld unique kind of drawing tool that works like a pen but spits out plastic. A 3d pen produces refined three-dimensional shapes which can draw on the surfaces or in the air and requires no computers or software. It uses ABS or PLA plastic, unlike a normal pen that uses lead or ink. The pen has a powered electric heater that has an extruder and a heating element that melts the plastic filaments. The ABS or PLA plastic filaments are fed in one end. Once the filaments melt, they are forced out through the extruder tip as warm thermoplastic that hardens within seconds. It's an exciting new kind of tool that you can come experiment with!

Union College SAE Aero

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Union Aero

Home: New York, United States

Union College's SAE Aero team is a student-run club that designs, manufactures, and competes with a custom RC model plane to solve a unique challenge each year. Come join us to learn about some of the bizarre things we do to build our planes!

Soft Robotics Union College Computer Science

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Computer Science

Home: New York, United States

Come learn about the soft robotics with the Computer Science Program at Union College! Computer science at Union takes place within an interdisciplinary environment that mixes theory and practice and encourages creative problem solving. Computer science is the study of computers and computational systems, encompassing both the theoretical foundations of computation and the practical techniques for implementing and applying these principles. Computer scientists solve complex problems by creating efficient systems, enabling innovation across various industries such as technology, healthcare, finance, and more. This field drives advances in computing technology and shapes the digital world we interact with daily.

Electric City Barn

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Electric City Barn of Albany Barn, Inc.

Home: New York, United States

Electric City Barn, with the help of makerspace members, will be showing off fiber arts! From the education display of the anatomy of a sewing machine, to interactive take aways, and displayed finished projects, join us for the fun! Electric City Barn is an innovative hub designed to bolster the creative economy by connecting emerging makers and community members through project based programing—a place where creativity works.

Beeswax Lip Balm Making with Maker Theme House

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Maker Theme House

Home: New York, United States

Make your very own beeswax lip balm with Union College's Maker Theme House! Customize your lip balm with an assortment of essential oils and containers. Beeswax was harvested locally from Union College's beehives.

Make buttons with the Union College Black Student Union

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Union College Black Student Union

Home: New York, United States

BSU aims to enhance and solidify the diversity initiative on campus surrounding African-American issues. Their goals are to promote education on issues pertaining to black student life and black history through campus-wide events and discussions. The BSU works to enrich an already thriving college community full of diverse ideas, with the vision to leave a legacy not only for African-American students, but for all students.

Pultrusion Plastic Recycling with Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW)

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW)

Home: New York, United States

Come check out how the Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW Club) are recycling plastic bottles into raw materials for their 3D Printer! ESW students created their own Pultrusion machine to recycle campus plastic. The machine is capable of recycling discarded plastic water bottles collected on campus into 3D printing filament. ESW uses the machine to turn these bottles into something people can use instead of going to waste. They take the recycled waste turned filament and make toys, keychains and other things with the 3D printer. Come and see how pultrusion works!

Digital Fabrication Sculpture Exhibit

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Visual Arts Digital Fabrication Sculpture Course

Home: New York, United States

In this Visual Arts course, students learned to use sophisticated CAD, 3D modeling and other design software and developed complex physical objects of art or sculptures. The students explored the ways in which digital design and fabrication tools have expanded the possible search space for their work and have allowed for novel approaches to art and design. Come see the work and learn about the processes!

Learn to Solder with Schenectady High School

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Schenectady High School

Home: New York, United States

Come learn to solder by making your own night light! Schenectady High School STEAM teachers have all the tools, electronics and know how to get you soldering right away! Soldering is a fundamental skill that helps with electronics and crafts and will make you a more capable maker!

Engineering Spaghetti Structures

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Union College Maker Web

Home: New York, United States

Come and test your engineering skills and create a bridge out of spaghetti and marshmallows! Work with Union College students to refine your design and see how it holds up to others. Explore cantilevers, trusses and space frames as you build a bridge to span as far as possible! This project will engage basic structural concepts including: • That some shapes are stronger than others • That even weak materials can be made stronger with good design techniques • That distribution of mass is an important consideration when building a bridge • That compression and tension affect the stability of a structure • Why engineers consider tension and compression forces when designing a building or structure

Making & Constructing Dougong Brackets with Assistant Professor Sheri Lullo

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Sheri Lullo (Union College Visual Arts)

Home: New York, United States

Sheri Lullo is using 3D Printing to create reproductions of traditional Chinese wood structures. Load-bearing timber-framed structures with dougong bracketing are emblematic of traditional Chinese architecture, and their design, construction and variation are prominent themes of Professor Lullo’s course, AAH 204: Chinese Architecture. This project focuses on dougong brackets, a distinguishing feature of traditional palaces, temples and dwellings. Evidenced as early as the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), they are important structural elements made of dou (wooden blocks) and gong (bow-shaped arms or brackets) that serve to support the weight of the roof and to hold all components of the building together.

Hands-on Plastic Recycling and Injection Molding

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Union College Maker Web

Home: New York, United States

Come see how the Maker Web is recycling plastic into raw materials for injection molding at this hands-on booth. See the process in action and take home your own injection molded keychain! Injection molding is a forming process using molds. Materials such as synthetic resins (plastics) are heated and melted, and then sent to the mold where they are cooled to form the designed shape. Due to the resemblance to the process of injecting fluids using a syringe, this process is called injection molding.

VR ZONE-Walk the Plank in VR

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Union College Maker Web

Home: New York, United States

Richie's Plank Experience was designed to invoke the strongest possible emotions in the shortest possible time. Test your fear of heights as you walk the plank 80 stories high and experience terrifying real fear, knees weak and palms sweaty! Get ready for a visceral virtual reality experience!

Tech Valley Center of Gravity (TVCOG)

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Tech Valley Center of Gravity

Home: New York, United States

Come learn about the Tech Valley Center of Gravity, the Capital Region's Makerspace!

Tacos -N-Stuff

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Tacos -N- Stuff

Home: New York, United States

Delicious tacos made with fresh ingredients

Basic Wood Working with the Union College Maker Web

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Union College Maker Web

Home: New York, United States

Come and learn some woodshop basics with the Maker Web. Cut a piece of wood, drill a hole and become familiar with some common hand tools. Woodworking is the craft of shaping, cutting, and assembling wood to create functional or decorative objects, such as furniture, sculptures, or tools. In makerspaces, woodworking plays a crucial role because it offers hands-on experience with a versatile material, enabling creators to bring their ideas to life through physical projects. With access to tools like saws, sanders, lathes, and drills, makers can learn traditional skills while experimenting with modern techniques to build prototypes, customize designs, or produce artistic works. Woodworking fosters creativity, problem-solving, and craftsmanship, making it an essential medium for learning and innovation in collaborative maker environments.

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