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A pan flute prototype on a crowded laboratory work bench
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  • Brooks Ransom
3D print - Recorder mouthpiece with screw threading
An engineering team works to prototype a recorder mouthpiece for an innovative pan flute instrument.
Lab Notes
black 3d printed block M logo cookie cutter on manila background
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  • Luis Lavieri
3D print - Block M cookie cutter
An enthusiastic culinary professional prototypes a cookie cutter at the Shapiro Design Lab.
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Robots in the classroom, writing essays.
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  • Yulia V Sevryugina
"Fake It ‘Til You Make It": How Chemistry Students Grapple with Generative AI and Citation Validity in the Classroom
Chemistry students using GenAI for biochemistry essays quickly learned why citation verification matters. In 456 AI-generated references, nearly half contained fabricated elements, and only about three-quarters of the real citations were relevant to the essay topic. Students found verification frustrating and time-consuming, but it reinforced information literacy, research integrity, and critical evaluation.
Tiny Studies
Mint green colored test tube support box on a dark wood grain background
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  • Samantha Wheeler
3D printed tube rack
A doctoral student studying biology creates a nifty gadget to help with science experiments and testing.
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Blue coffee filter attachment on a honey grain wooden table with partial view of a chair and venetian blinds in the background.
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  • Jamila Picart
3D print - Coffee filter negotiator
A medical student uses the design lab to improve the experience of drinking coffee by 3D printing a coffee filter negotiator.
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gold and green iridescent square shaped button and trackball holder on a grey grained wood background.
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  • Samantha Wheeler
Trackball and button holder - 3D print
A project team at U-M needed a trackball and button holder for a project - the Shapiro Design Lab team saved the day with their 3D printers and expertise in makerspace fabrications!
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Grey 3D printed dungeons and dragons character on a brown background.
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  • Nathan Joseph Jarema
Need a mini-figurine on a pedestal? 3D print it at the Shapiro Design Lab!
Two projects (a mini-figurine and a pedestal) were printed by an enthusiastic SDL user who recommends the Shapiro Design Lab 3D printing experience to anyone with a creative modeling project in mind.
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pamphlet cover featuring a hand drawn man in 18th century costume holding a sword in one hand and a banner with the word Independence in the other hand. Above his head is a banner that says "Appeal to Heaven." 
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  • Julie Herrada
New exhibit: The People's Bicentennial
We are pleased to announce a new exhibition created to coincide with the American Semiquincentennial, on view from May 8 to September 20, 2026 in the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room. On display is a selection of historical materials and artifacts from the Joseph A. Labadie Collection documenting the Peoples Bicentennial Commission (PBC).
Beyond the Reading Room
Balloons in front of a glass wall and open door to the entrance of the Shapiro Design Lab PIE Space
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  • Erica Ervin
Spring / Summer Term Inter Position - Hiring Now
Spring / Summer term positions available now in the Shapiro Design Lab.
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The center console of a car with a 3D printed cup holder in the right cup holder. The interior of the car is gray, and the image shows the two cup holders, and behind them (towards the front of the car) is a closeable hole. The 3D printed cup holder is tall, and wider than the original cup holder to be able to hold big bottles. It is printed in a shimmery blue-purple color.
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  • Veeraj Sunil Jethalal
3D Printed Cup Holder
3D printed cup holder for a large bottle to fit in a car cup holder.
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