Lorain County Community College’s Fab Lab is now just the second Fab Lab in the world designated as a “Super Lab” by The Fab Foundation, a non-profit based out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Bits and…
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Girls in STEM | LCCC program encourages teens to explore manufacturing
All year long, WKYC will be spotlighting Girls in STEM, an initiative that inspires girls to embrace science, technology, engineering and math. On Tuesday’s Donovan Live Betsy Kling tell us about program at Lorain County Community College that is offering…
Read More »A New Home for the Future of Manufacturing
Campana Center for Ideation and Invention promotes innovation and job growth in Northeast Ohio with access to cutting-edge digital manufacturing and fabrication capabilities. Growing up in Lorain County, Bob Campana was mesmerized by the manufacturing bustle that defined Northeast Ohio….
Read More »Additive manufacturing in Ohio is creating the next generation of innovation
Additive manufacturing, or AM, is on a fast path to revolutionizing the advanced manufacturing industry by changing the way companies make products. Whether it is the first FDA-approved, 3-D-printed drug or complex fuel nozzles for airplanes, Ohio is leading the…
Read More »STEM event at LCCC encourages students to choose engineering careers
Lorain County Community College hosted the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Showcase on Oct. 10 aimed at encouraging students to choose a career in engineering. Jessica Rannow, president of the Global Society of Women Engineers, also known as SWE, was…
Read More »Success in 3-D
As additive manufacturing explodes MakerGear gets spark from LCCC Fab Lab In the early days of 3-D printing, MakerGear founder Rick Pollack bootstrapped a small business making components in his Shaker Heights garage. “When we started out, we made our machines…
Read More »FireFish Festival announces events, artists for two-day festival in Lorain
Broadway and the environs of downtown Lorain will light up with music, dance, fire and visual art from a number of artists in this year’s FireFish Festival, the event planners said. The third annual free arts festival will grow to…
Read More »Fab Cab is LCCC innovation on wheels
A maker space on wheels rolls out in the form of a Fab Cab this school year from Lorain County Community College. The Fab Cab is a mobile Fab Lab destined for Scout meetings, libraries, civic groups and school clubs throughout Lorain…
Read More »LCCC to offer digital fabrication major
A new associate of applied science in digital fabrication technologies degree begins this fall at Lorain County Community College. LCCC developed the degree with recommendations from local experts during curriculum creation that is in line with the needs of the…
Read More »Ohio Fab Lab provides 21st century skills and supports entrepreneurship
It all started with a high school student raising his hand and asking a simple question: “Can we have a Fab Lab here?” The year was 2005, and the questioner was a high-school aged student enrolled in the early college program offered…
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