CITRIS MacroLab:Societal-Scale Teaching & Service

Studio

Project-based teaching facilities that draw on CITRIS research innovations to foster a multidisciplinary approach to service

learning and multidisciplinary design "in the interest of society"

CITRIS MacroLab Objectives

CITRIS MacroLab Objectives

Educate leaders & serve society.Develop students' skills in team-work,

communication, creativity and designing for human needs.

Promote excellence in the practice of multidisciplinary design and new media.

Expose students to real-world design problems, bringing concepts to reality, and making a positive impact on the world.

Create a generation of designers who lead product development and nonprofit initiatives.

Educate leaders & serve society.Develop students' skills in team-work,

communication, creativity and designing for human needs.

Promote excellence in the practice of multidisciplinary design and new media.

Expose students to real-world design problems, bringing concepts to reality, and making a positive impact on the world.

Create a generation of designers who lead product development and nonprofit initiatives.

Multidisciplinary Engineering/ Business/

SIMS Courses

Multidisciplinary Engineering/ Business/

SIMS CoursesFreshman design & analysis (E10)New product realization: capstone

design, social ventures, prototyping, testing, entrepreneurship. (e.g., IEOR 170, ME110, E110, BUS/SIMIS/ME290P)

Freshman design & analysis (E10)New product realization: capstone

design, social ventures, prototyping, testing, entrepreneurship. (e.g., IEOR 170, ME110, E110, BUS/SIMIS/ME290P)

Engineering, Sciences, Social Sciences,

Humanities Courses

Engineering, Sciences, Social Sciences,

Humanities CoursesCommunity-based design and service learning (e.g., K-12 “Communicating Engineering”, “Digital Kids”, organic architectures and forms, “Green Design”, sustainability course being developed by Engineers for a Sustainable World).

New Media Institute courses (e.g., Human Factors & Existential Phenomena, Dreyfus, Goldberg)

Film-Video Images of Communities of Color: Analysis and Video Production (Ethnic Studies 128/190)

Community-based design and service learning (e.g., K-12 “Communicating Engineering”, “Digital Kids”, organic architectures and forms, “Green Design”, sustainability course being developed by Engineers for a Sustainable World).

New Media Institute courses (e.g., Human Factors & Existential Phenomena, Dreyfus, Goldberg)

Film-Video Images of Communities of Color: Analysis and Video Production (Ethnic Studies 128/190)

CITRIS MacroLab Service CommunitiesCITRIS MacroLab Service Communities

• Video-conferencing/ remote collaboration

• Customizable design team space, modular movable furniture, partitions.

• Plotter, color printers, drafting tables, art supplies

• Contiguous outdoor space for organic materials, plants, fountains, wind, mud, sand etc.

•Instrumented facilities, Computational design & prototyping (CAD, imaging, multimedia, storyboarding)

•Prototyping area and tools (rapid prototyping FDM/SLA, laser cutting, hand tools, sewing, breadboards, water/mud labs

CITRIS MacroLab

Criteria for Use of MacroLab

Criteria for Use of MacroLab

Focus on developing students' skills in team-work, communication, leadership, creativity and designing for human needs.

Focus on real-world design problems, bringing concepts to reality, and making a positive impact on the world.

Involvement of multiple disciplines, particularly outside of engineering.

Priority for undergraduate courses or student initiatives that apply innovative CITRIS technologies in the interest of society.

Focus on developing students' skills in team-work, communication, leadership, creativity and designing for human needs.

Focus on real-world design problems, bringing concepts to reality, and making a positive impact on the world.

Involvement of multiple disciplines, particularly outside of engineering.

Priority for undergraduate courses or student initiatives that apply innovative CITRIS technologies in the interest of society.

Benchmark Undergraduate Studios

Benchmark Undergraduate Studios

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