Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation

Program Design, Makerspace Design, System Design
UC Berkeley, School of Engineering
2014 – 2016

About

The Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation is UC Berkeley’s interdisciplinary hub for learning and making at the intersection of design and technology. We see design and technological innovation as integrally linked: innovation opens possibilities and extends the reach of design, while design links new technologies with human experiences and ensures that innovation truly benefits people and communities. Bringing together technical depth, design methodology, and a focus on societal impact, we aim to educate students who understand both the under-the-hood details that make something work and the big-picture context that makes something matter.

Maker pass

As the Student Representative on the Jacobs Institute Planning Committee, I worked alongside a variety of faculty leaders to create the organization and programing the three-story building dedicated to hands-on, project-based, interdisciplinary design. We strived to develop a federated, sustainable, op-in cross-campus network of Fabrication Labs and Shops across UC Berkeley.

Together we designed the Maker P ass, which provides students access and mentorship in all engineering makerspaces across campus, fostering interdisciplinary, project-based, design and fabrication experience to 1,500+ undergraduate students each year.

Included in the Maker Pass are the following spaces across UC Berkeley campus –

Mechanical Engineering Machine Shop
Invention Lab
CEE (Civil and Environmental Engineering) / Davis Welding and Machine Shop
EECS (Electrical Engineering Computer Science) Student shop
Supernode
SHED (Student Hub for Engineering Design)

Prior to Jacobs, I was on the executive team of Design Engineering Collaborative (DEC), and launched the SHED (Student Hub for Engineering Design) a student-run makerspace — a workshop where undergraduates develop physical prototyping projects with access to 3D printers, soldering irons, CNCs (programmable machine tools) and more —twenty-four hours a day.