WiMSE iShop March 2025 Tour

Posted on March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 by Luciani, Joseph

UTA Maggie Mannella answering questions about ENGR 1166.
Pia-Loreaze Nicolas showcasing her ENGR 1166 project to the WiMSE students.
ENGR 1166 UTA, Maggie Mannella, talking to the WiMSE students about the course.
Innovation Shop lab technician, Justin Coe, showing students how the laser cutter works.
Harini Prabakar showing WiMSE students her ENGR 1166 project.
Justin Coe explaining how the laser cutter can cut through different materials.
ENGR 1166 student, Uyen Bao Pham, answering questions about the course and her project.
WiMSE students learning about the different projects that have been constructed in ENGR 1166.
Uyen Bao Pham’s ENGR 1166 project.

Innovation Shop Open House

Posted on November 2, 2024December 6, 2024 by Claire Galvin

Design & Manufacturing Instructor Joe Luciani working with students.
The Innovation Shop gives students opportunities and allows them to look beyond what is in front of them.
Design & Manufacturing Instructor Joe Luciani working with students.
A student hones and learns valuable electronics skills while at the UConn Innovation Shop.
The Innovation Shop gives students opportunities and allows them to look beyond what is in front of them.
Halloween creations made in the Innovation Shop Open House
Halloween creations made in the Innovation Shop Open House
Students from all backgrounds conducted valuable research and learned electronic concepts.
Students from all backgrounds conducted valuable research and learned electronic concepts.
Students from all backgrounds conducted valuable research and learned electronic concepts.

In October 2024, the UConn College of Engineering Innovation Shop welcomed students in for an open house event. During the Open House, students built their own Halloween decoration. Staff laser cut bats, pumpkins, and ghosts to create a light-up Halloween decoration. iShop staff also gave away UConn Engineering swag, and Halloween candy. UConn Engineering students learned a bit more about new opportunities in the iShop, including a future prototyping course and a student worker training initiative.

UConn Navy STEM Education Program

Posted on August 15, 2024August 15, 2024 by Luciani, Joseph

A student hones and learns valuable electronics skills while at the UConn Innovation Shop.
Students from all backgrounds conducted valuable research and learned electronic concepts.
The UConn-URI Navy STEM program gave students opportunities and allows students to look beyond what is in front of them.
The Innovation Shop with programs like the UConn-URI Navy STEM initiative gave students an opportunity to research.
Our Navy STEM program gave students insights to how electronics work and how it is important to collaborate.
UConn and URI at the Innovation Shop continues the tradition of scholarly activities, promoting collaboration, research and learning.
The Navy STEM Program leads to new opportunities for engineering undergraduates considering Navy-related careers.
One of the goals of the Navy STEM Program is to provide naval-related research opportunities to encourage students to pursue advanced degrees.
The Navy STEM Program provides engineering students with naval-related course content throughout their undergraduate program and beyond.
The Navy STEM Program students are able to put what they have learned in the classroom and apply that knowledge in the laboratory.
UConn and URI give students the opportunity to enhance their intellectual development and experience thanks to the Navy STEM Program.
At the UConn-URI Navy Stem Program, we give students the tools to learn valuable skills that will guide them in the next stages of their development.

In July 2024, UConn and URI students participated in the Navy STEM program, working on projects in the Innovation Shop. The Innovation Shop is a valuable resource for both the university and the community. We hope to foster increased collaboration, the pursuit of knowledge, and a sense of excitement within the UConn community in the quest for learning. We believe this resource, the Innovation Shop, will become a hub for innovative ideas and collaboration between academics both within the UConn community and other institutions of higher learning.