DO STEM Conference 2025

Interested in teaching your students how to create 3D models and start 3D printing? Are you new to 3D design? Come and learn the basics of 3 different programs for 3D modeling and how you can tie this into your curriculum. Build up your students’ skill and passion toward advanced manufacturing.

 Resources Provided: Learn how to use TinkerCAD, Codeblocks, and SelfCAD. Get lesson ideas for incorporating 3D modeling into the curriculum.

Refined over the past 10 years, Ohio State’s Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence (CDME) has developed an experiential learning program for undergraduates. This program utilizes real work from real customers executed by students under the watchful eyes of staff mentors. Learn more about CDME’s program and how it could impact you.  

Attendees can take a step into the future of advanced manufacturing and design where they can witness a Markforge 3D printer in action as it demonstrates cutting-edge additive manufacturing. Attendees can explore the process further by taking part in a hands-on activity to work with unprocessed 3D prints, using tools to learn about post-production of 3D printed items. Then, using metrology tools, they can measure and compare prints produced by two different 3D printers to learn about accuracy and quality control, as well as the varied abilities that lie within different 3D printing technologies.

Additionally, interactive tablets will showcase augmented reality applications, allowing attendees to visualize digital data layered over physical objects to highlight how modern technology is revolutionizing the way we design, manufacture, and inspect products.