From model airplanes to mushroom roots
The 50-plus inventors displaying their work at the Montreal Mini Maker Faire includes five Concordians.
Bora Bodur, a master’s student in educational technology, is bringing his large model airplane built entirely from 3D printed parts.
Nathalie Duponsel, a PhD student in educational technology, is showing projects that she created as part of the Chalet Kent makerspace project, a partnership that aims to develop a community of makers with Maison des Jeunes and help children become successful in a competitive world through STEAM activities.
Théo Chauvirey, a master’s student in design and computation arts, is displaying the potential of mycelium (mushroom roots) in public transport design, as well as a dress produced with bacterial cellulose and embedded 3D printed patterns.
Matthew Silverstein, a mechanical engineering student in the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, is showing a 3D printer he built, as part of a team, out of a milk crate, called the Milkcreator.
Marc-André Léger, an instructor in the John Molson School of Business, is presenting an open-source large format 3D printer that he assembled.
And while on campus, why not check out the What is Food? show in Concordia’s new 4th SPACE venue, which offers plenty of its own maker-related activites: raising crickets, growing food indoors, preparing vegan cheese, and testing the sugar content of homemade kombucha.
Don’t miss the Montreal Mini Maker Faire, taking place on November 16 and 17, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Abe and Harriet Gold Atrium of Concordia’s Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex (1515 Ste. Catherine St. W.). Admission is free of charge and all are welcome.