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one pink and one sandy colored 3D printed macaron cookies with animal figurines sandwiched between them
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  • Kate Kyoungmin Lee
3D print - macaron fidget clicker
A student returns to the design lab for their second 3D print project.
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A fidget clicker featuring two faces outlined in red on a yellow background
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  • Kate Kyoungmin Lee
3D print - Fidget clicker
A first time 3D printer user creates a fidget clicker using Blender and Shapiro Design Lab tools.
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A white cloth bag with a red vinyl printed logo on a bluish grey background
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  • Della Huanyu Cong
Vinyl Cutter - 'Tote'ally rad tote bag
A Tote-ally New Look for My First Heat Transfer Vinyl Makeover.
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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.
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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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