ISAM 2017

ISAM 2017 was hosted September 24-27 at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio. This page is an archived record of the symposium. Click into a paper, poster, or video for PDF and media content.

ISAM 2017

ISAM 2017 Papers, Presentations, and Posters

Designing an Immersive Design Challenge: Digitally Fabricated, Solar Charging Station for Public Spaces

Prototyping Biomolecules to Machines: A Case Study of Launching and Sustaining an Academic Biomaker Lab

3D Printing and Plastics: Advancing Materials, Training, and International Engagement

A Modular CNC Block for Meaningful Hands-On Experiences in a Large Freshman Mechanical Engineering Course

Who, What, When and Where: Learning From Student Use Patterns When they Have Access to Multiple Makerspace on a Campus

The Impact of Makerspaces on the Students That Volunteer to Mentor Makers

Makin' it Work - Growing Pains, Solutions and Lessons Learned in Creating a Maker Training Program for a Class of 1100 Freshmen

Building Strategic Partnerships with Non-Maker Entities to Foster a Maker Culture

Quantifying​ ​Success​ ​in​ ​a​ ​Student-Run​ ​Makerspace:​ ​a​ ​Case​ ​Study​ ​and Survey-Based​ ​Analysis

Do​ ​We​ ​Need​ ​A​ ​New​ ​Epistemology​ ​for Learning​ ​as​ ​it​ ​Happens​ ​in​ ​21st-Century​ ​Makerspaces?

A Future for Academic Library Makerspaces: As the Core of a "Center for Public Scholarship"

In the Library or Of the Library: the Why of Makerspaces in Academic Libraries

Makerspaces First: A First-year Engineering Program in an Academic Makerspace

Creating an I&E Accelerator to Spark and Develop Impactful Student Ideas in a Makerspace

Scaling the DIY Approach: Do-It-Together with Student Staff Service Learning

We Are All In This Together: Building a Network of Makerspaces in California Community Colleges

One Hand Washes the Other: Creating a Network of Makerspace Nodes from Disparate Units in a Large University

The Maker’s Bake Sale: A Student Centric Approach to Augment Operating Budgets

Petting Zoos Populated with Physical Objects That Teach Best Practices in Prototyping

Learning and Teaching in Library Makerspaces: A Literature Review on Making Literacies

Trust as the Foundation for a Successful Balance of Power in a Student Run Academic Makerspace

IUPUC Spatial Innovation Lab2nd International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces

Inbox, In Progress, Done

By Invitation Only: The role of personal relationships in creating an inclusive makerspace environment

Making Engineers Relevant (again) in Our Neck of the Woods

Making In A Liberal Arts Institution, In The Global South

iDesign Studio: Gateway to Innovation and Entrepreneurship via Incubation Curriculum

Creating a Manufacturing-oriented Academic Makerspace

Prototyping Spaces for Entrepreneurship

Beyond the Page: Outreach and Research in Academic Library Makerspaces

Increasing Engagement through Fab Lab Communication and Programming

Leveraging Academic Maker and Biohacker Spaces to Drive Innovation in Cultured Meat Research

Classifying Academic Makerspaces: Applied at ISAM 2017

Evolution of Education Ecosystems Applied to Innovation Education

Walking the Walk: Iterative Design in Student Staff Service Learning Projects

Empowering the Liberal Arts Student: Tech for All

Making Maker Literacies: Integrating Academic Library Makerspaces into the Undergraduate Curriculum

Workshops, Blog Posts, and Mini-grants: Relaying Information and Increasing Student Engagement

Similarities and Differences between Academic Centers for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Making

Observations on Guiding Principles, or Best Practices, in University Makerspaces

Growth and Evolution of an Academic Makerspace in Guatemala

Writing in the Making: Integrating Design Thinking, Collaboration, and Material Literacy with Technical Writing Pedagogy

Kickbox - A Personal Innovation Kit for Student Makers

University Makerspaces as Workplaces for K-12 STEM Educators

Employing Maker Space Capabilities and Culture to Address Corporate Innovation Needs

Why Making Matters: Pedagogy in practice

Stanley Black & Decker's First Makerspace: Co-opting the Academic Makerspace Model

Moving Towards a Diverse University Maker Culture

Where Be Dragons? Charting the Known (and Not So Known) Areas of Research on Academic Makerspaces

Development and Impact of a Data Collection System for Academic Makerspaces

Collecting Data, Validating Metrics & Measuring Impact

The role of academic Makerspaces in product creation

Tangible Models of the Giant Dipole Resonance

ISAM 2017 Videos

Sacramento City College

Digifab - Concordia University

Jacobs Hall - Building a Team, Building Culture - University of California, Berkeley

Orientation Videos as a Best Practice in an Academic Makerspace - Virginia Commonwealth University

Beauty and the Bolt - Case Western Reserve

MIT Project Manus

Quantifying Success in a Student-Run Makerspace: a Case Study and Survey-Based Analysis

Do We Need A New Epistemology for Learning as it Happens in 21st-Century Makerspaces?