If you build it - with a 3D printer - they will come

Many departments on campus have become excited about the arrival of a 3D printer on The Hill. A 3D printer works much the same way that an inkjet printer works, but instead of dispensing ink, it dispenses molten plastic. It builds things from the bottom up, one tiny layer of plastic at a time. With some handy software that sends commands to the 3D printer, students and teachers can produce almost anything they can imagine. 

 

Science teachers who assign digital 3D modelling projects will now have the ability to make those digital models come to life. Art students can experiment with this new medium, which is almost the reverse of sculpture. Math teachers can make the concepts of geometry more tangible by printing out complex shapes with tailored dimensions. The robotics club also has its eye on the 3D printer as a resource for custom built robot parts. The possibilities are endless.