MakerBot Lab

The Makerbot Innovation Center allows you to create, design, and experiment with 3D printing. Departments that teach classes that utilize 3D printing include Art and Design, Fashion and Merchandise Design, Interior Design, and others. The Makerbot Innovation Center is used to aid in research and creative endeavors by departments such as Anthropology, Biology, Engineering, and Theatre and Dance.

Makerbot 3D printer room.

Makerbot

Close up shot of the Makerbot 3D printer

Skull created by Makerbot 3d printer.

Bust created by Makerbot 3D printer.

A Makerbot Printer on a shelf with a newly printed figurine inside.

CMU is the First

CMU is the first to have a Makerbot Innovation Lab in the Midwest.

Two women examining a printed figure from the Makerbot 3D printer.

Fossils Come to Life

Using Homo naledi fossil replicas created on a 3-D printer allows scientists around the world to be a part of the research.

Use of the Makerbot Innovation Center is available to all current students, faculty, and staff. Printing costs are 15¢ a gram.

The Makerbot Innovation Center is a joint effort undertaken by the Office of the Provost, College of the Arts and Media and the College of Education and Human Services.

Department of Art & Design