Current and past Idea2Product staff members share the behind the scenes work of the lab with individual blog posts. Being part of a Maker Space allows for the staff to teach students what they need to know about 3D printers as well as learn from our members. Managing the labs printers is a full time job for our staff, and… Read More »Behind the scenes at Idea2Product Lab
The 3rd annual State of 3D Printing, 2017 study from Sculpteo reports that 90% of companies using 3D Printing consider it a competitive advantage in their strategy. 3D printing is being used during the first phases of new product development and Sculpteo predicts 55% of companies will be spending more in 3D printing services and solutions in 2017. The Idea2Product… Read More »How to Get Started with the Idea2Product Lab
Idea2Product staff members, Will Van Noordt and Ray Huff, participated in the ‘Celebrate Undergraduate Research and Creativity Showcase‘ (CURC). The CURC is held each April for students enrolled at CSU to showcase what they have learned from their scholarly research, scientific inquiry, and/or creative endeavors. The project presented by Van Noordt and Huff was created for their Engineering Design II… Read More »I2P Staff Presents Stepper Motor Rendering at CURC
Dr. David Greene, a professor in the department of occupational therapy, focuses his teachings mainly on disabilities and scenarios related to clinical biomechanics. He has worked with CSU for about 25 years now and has a background in occupational therapy as well as anatomy and education. Dr. Greene first heard about the Idea2Product lab when he received a call from an… Read More »Students from Yamagata, Japan Visit The I2P Lab
Kyle Tallakson, Colorado State University Mechanical Engineering major, is building a 3D printed spinal fusion in the Idea2Product lab for his Advance Additive Manufacturing Engineering, MECH 502. “The original project was to create a spinal fusion model. We took a CT scan (Computerized Tomography scan) and made it into a 3D model,” Tallakson said. Tallakson is working on the project with a team.… Read More »CSU Student Uses I2P Lab for 3D Print of Spinal Fusion Model
Chris Geanious, Instructional Designer for Colorado State University’s, The Institute for Learning and Teaching (TILT), and Jim Wise, Idea2Product Staff Member and Colorado State University Student, taught a workshop on March 23rd on how to convert Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) to a 3D printable format. DICOM is a standard for handling, storing, printing, and transmitting information in… Read More »Converting DICOM Files to 3D Printable Object Files Workshop
Jack Lesniewski, University of Iowa, needed an accurate model of Julian Rimm, Colorado State University Masters of Biomedical Science student, leg. Rimm, age 22, was diagnosed with Periosteal-osteosarcoma, bone cancer of the distal fibula, in 2009. “I underwent chemotherapy and surgery to resect the tumor,” Rimm said. After the initial surgery to remove distal part of fibula with bone tumor, Rimm… Read More »I2P 3D Scanned Foot for Custom Orthodic
Fort Collins Startup Week is a free, five-day event giving entrepreneurs new opportunities. This week was sponsored by companies like Sam’s Club and Otterbox and will be welcoming the community to events for networking and workshopping. Idea2Product Director, Dr. David Prawel, spoke on a panel February 28th at The Articulate about his experience in developing inventions, prototypes and businesses in… Read More »I2P’s Dr. Prawel at Fort Collins Startup Week
The most interesting part about working in a maker-space is the people around you are inventors in their own way. A lot of the products in the Idea2Product lab have either been modified or created by one of our staff members or users. Most recently, Zach Ellis, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering student and I2P staff member, has been working to… Read More »New Stainless Steel Beds in the I2P Lab
Chris Geanious is an Instructional Designer for Colorado State University’s, The Institute for Learning and Teaching (TILT).Geanious has been working closely with the Idea2Product lab to enhance students learning experience by being able to have hands on learning. Geanious received a Bachelors in Forestry Management and Masters in Education with an emphasis on Curriculum and Instruction as well as Educational… Read More »Chris Geanious Uses Idea2Product lab for Hands-on Learning