The Makerspace at the Honors College

SPRING 2024 HOURS

LOCATION: 5 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901 | North Wing, Room 104

Mission 

Located in the Honors College building on the College Avenue Campus, the HC Makerspace is a resource for any Rutgers student who wants to create, experiment, and tinker; and as a facility to help Honors College students engage in the innovation elements of our curriculum. All Rutgers students are welcome to use the Makerspace, with or without experience handling the tools and equipment—student staff members are always there to assist. Students must, however, take prior on-line training to learn about the equipment prior to using it for the first time. 

Machinery 

There is a wide array of machinery in the Makerspace: 

• Sewing machines for sewing and embroidery. 
• Vinyl cutter, commonly used to create labels or stickers. 
• Laser engraver/cutter, suitable for making complex 2D cuts in cardboard, wood, acrylic, and paper. 
• Spindle-based engraver, suitable for making complex cuts in foam, plastic, wood, and wax. 
• 3D printers, able to print plastic objects from an STL (stereolithography) file. 
• CAD software available on Makerspace computers (can make STL files). 

For those interested in electronics, the Makerspace also has wiring and soldering equipment, as well as Arduinos, microcontrollers for building digital and interactive objects that can sense and control objects in the physical world. Woodworking tools like a power drill, saws, screws, and paintbrushes are available too. 

The possibilities for designing and implementing creative ideas are almost endless. 

RU Makerspace 

In addition to the Makerspace at the Honors College on the College Avenue Campus, all Rutgers students can use the larger, newly renovated Rutgers Makerspace on the Livingston Campus, which has many additional work stations, tools, and programming.