An educational venture into 3D Printing

Author

Mercuri, Rebecca ; Meredith, Kevin

fYear

2014

fDate

8-8 March 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The results of the authors´ ambitious IEEE project involving the educational use of 3D printers are described. The intention was to involve college/university students in the construction of RepRap Prusa Mendel printers, with the goal of coordinating and accomplishing this in a single semester. Difficulties related to the availability and reliability of the printer used to create the plastic parts, and underestimates pertaining to the time, cost and complexity of the kit construction are detailed. Successful aspects of the project, including its use as a part of a Senior Engineering Capstone and as a live demonstration display for educational conferences, along with suggestions for implementation of similar initiatives, are provided.

Keywords

computer science education; engineering education; three-dimensional printing; 3D printing; IEEE project; RepRap Prusa Mendel printers; college students; educational conferences; educational venture; university students; Buildings; Conferences; Educational institutions; Printers; Printing; Software; Three-dimensional displays; 3D Printing; Education; ISEC; MakerBot; Prusa Mendel; RepRap; STEM;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Princeton, NJ

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3228-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISECon.2014.6891037

Filename

6891037