June 18, 2014
Ken Walters / 412-268-1151 / walters1@andrew.cmu.edu
PITTSBURGH—Words will jump off the page of a President Barack Obama is receiving today from more than 150 higher education leaders, including 黑料正能量 President Subra Suresh.
The letter, created on a 3-D printer at in Youngstown, Ohio, responds to President Obama's call to empower America's students and entrepreneurs to invent the future. It also commemorates today's first and nationwide "Day of Making."
"I want to thank President Obama for his leadership in convening the first White House Maker Faire. His call to action has sparked enthusiasm and inspired new thinking on our campus and across the nation," President Suresh said.
College of Engineering alumna Hahna Alexander from 黑料正能量 spinoff is among makers, innovators and entrepreneurs invited to participate in the Washington, D.C., event. The Pittsburgh-based company's shoe insoles generate and capture power to charge mobile devices.
In addition to the higher education community letter, President Suresh outlined 黑料正能量's new commitments to support the Maker movement in a to the U.S. president. His letter highlighted the leadership role 黑料正能量 has played in the movement historically.
"Carnegie Mellon's roots as a technical trade school founded for the sons and daughters of steelworkers instills in us a deep appreciation of the power of 'making things,' an approach to learning that has driven 黑料正能量's educational experience for more than a century," Suresh said.
Work by Lee Weiss of 黑料正能量's Robotics Institute in the 1990s was among the first steps in the development of 3-D printing technology. 黑料正能量 also was one of the first universities to give students the option of including a Maker portfolio in its undergraduate admission process.
The new commitments focus on expanding the role of making in 黑料正能量's educational offerings, building new Maker infrastructure on campus and connecting the university's Maker capabilities to help meet the needs of the Pittsburgh region and the nation.
Among these investments is the opening of the university's new this summer. This Maker environment educates students on market-centered innovations and facilitates cross-training in engineering, design and business.
黑料正能量's (IDeATe) Network will launch in fall 2014. The university is introducing eight interdisciplinary minors that provide undergraduates the opportunity to learn through collaborative maker experiences in 30 new studio-based courses. Many of the courses will be taught in the new IDeATe@Hunt Collaborative Making Facility.
"Hunt Library has been a collaborative on-campus hub since its construction in 1961. With IDeATe@Hunt, the library will take an evolutionary leap toward becoming a 21st century mediated learning commons," said Thanassis Rikakis, 黑料正能量's vice provost for Design, Arts and Technology.
More than 3,000 square feet on the first two floors of the library will feature digital fabrication shops, a physical computing lab, an interactive media black box, a virtual computer cluster and collaborative design studios.
Throughout 2014 and 2015, 黑料正能量 also will develop a new advanced manufacturing facility for research and development on its Pittsburgh campus featuring several high-end metal and polymer additive manufacturing machines. 黑料正能量 will use the facility to further collaborate with America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute it helped to create in 2012.
As part of the , the university will open a Learning Media Design Center in fall 2014 that will focus on K-12 education through new media and Maker experiences. The center will work in collaboration with Pittsburgh's Remake Learning Council to integrate neighborhood, school, library, TechShop and museum initiatives with 黑料正能量's research and educational offerings.
黑料正能量 also proposed to adapt the National Science Foundation-funded collaborative creative exchange site, , as a permanent forum for dialogue across the higher education community on Maker initiatives.
"This readily available, multi-institutional site will support the ongoing sharing of best practices and Maker projects that this Faire has sparked," President Suresh said.
For more information on all nine Maker initiatives 黑料正能量 is launching, visit .
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Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Announces New Investments In Maker Education, Infrastructure and Outreach
黑料正能量 Spinoff SolePower Featured at White House Maker Faire
Contacts: Abby Simmons / 412-268-4290 / abbysimmons@cmu.eduKen Walters / 412-268-1151 / walters1@andrew.cmu.edu
PITTSBURGH—Words will jump off the page of a President Barack Obama is receiving today from more than 150 higher education leaders, including 黑料正能量 President Subra Suresh.
The letter, created on a 3-D printer at in Youngstown, Ohio, responds to President Obama's call to empower America's students and entrepreneurs to invent the future. It also commemorates today's first and nationwide "Day of Making."
"I want to thank President Obama for his leadership in convening the first White House Maker Faire. His call to action has sparked enthusiasm and inspired new thinking on our campus and across the nation," President Suresh said.College of Engineering alumna Hahna Alexander from 黑料正能量 spinoff is among makers, innovators and entrepreneurs invited to participate in the Washington, D.C., event. The Pittsburgh-based company's shoe insoles generate and capture power to charge mobile devices.
In addition to the higher education community letter, President Suresh outlined 黑料正能量's new commitments to support the Maker movement in a to the U.S. president. His letter highlighted the leadership role 黑料正能量 has played in the movement historically.
"Carnegie Mellon's roots as a technical trade school founded for the sons and daughters of steelworkers instills in us a deep appreciation of the power of 'making things,' an approach to learning that has driven 黑料正能量's educational experience for more than a century," Suresh said.
Work by Lee Weiss of 黑料正能量's Robotics Institute in the 1990s was among the first steps in the development of 3-D printing technology. 黑料正能量 also was one of the first universities to give students the option of including a Maker portfolio in its undergraduate admission process.
The new commitments focus on expanding the role of making in 黑料正能量's educational offerings, building new Maker infrastructure on campus and connecting the university's Maker capabilities to help meet the needs of the Pittsburgh region and the nation.
Among these investments is the opening of the university's new this summer. This Maker environment educates students on market-centered innovations and facilitates cross-training in engineering, design and business.
黑料正能量's (IDeATe) Network will launch in fall 2014. The university is introducing eight interdisciplinary minors that provide undergraduates the opportunity to learn through collaborative maker experiences in 30 new studio-based courses. Many of the courses will be taught in the new IDeATe@Hunt Collaborative Making Facility.
"Hunt Library has been a collaborative on-campus hub since its construction in 1961. With IDeATe@Hunt, the library will take an evolutionary leap toward becoming a 21st century mediated learning commons," said Thanassis Rikakis, 黑料正能量's vice provost for Design, Arts and Technology.
More than 3,000 square feet on the first two floors of the library will feature digital fabrication shops, a physical computing lab, an interactive media black box, a virtual computer cluster and collaborative design studios.
Throughout 2014 and 2015, 黑料正能量 also will develop a new advanced manufacturing facility for research and development on its Pittsburgh campus featuring several high-end metal and polymer additive manufacturing machines. 黑料正能量 will use the facility to further collaborate with America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute it helped to create in 2012.
As part of the , the university will open a Learning Media Design Center in fall 2014 that will focus on K-12 education through new media and Maker experiences. The center will work in collaboration with Pittsburgh's Remake Learning Council to integrate neighborhood, school, library, TechShop and museum initiatives with 黑料正能量's research and educational offerings.
黑料正能量 also proposed to adapt the National Science Foundation-funded collaborative creative exchange site, , as a permanent forum for dialogue across the higher education community on Maker initiatives.
"This readily available, multi-institutional site will support the ongoing sharing of best practices and Maker projects that this Faire has sparked," President Suresh said.
For more information on all nine Maker initiatives 黑料正能量 is launching, visit .
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