Lab Notes

Happenings from the Shapiro Design Lab.
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A blue 3D printed 8-channel aspirator adapter on a wooden table. The print is vertical, with one tube going into the base and eight tubes coming out of the bottom.
  • Samuel Austyn Copper
8 Channel aspirator adapter for culture cell experiments.
A large patchwork quilt draped on brick pavement - the top of the quilt is placed on a taller concrete level. Each corner of the quilt is a different color: dark blues in the bottom left, grayish-greens in the bottom right, dark reds in the top left, and white/yellow in the top right. each section moves towards the middle and disperses in the center.
  • Alice Colatrella
Patchwork quilt made using the sewing machine.
An image of a white hand holding a collection of four flat, white 3D printed flowers. Each flower has seven holes in the middle, shaped in a hexagonal pattern with one in the center. The flowers overlap each other, fanning down the hand (inward towards, towards the photographers body)
  • Hudson Michael Cooper
3D printed flower frog to help support flower stems in arrangements.
A black 3D printed holder for a servomotor. The holder has a squarish base to the right of the figure, with holes on the sides for the servomotor wires and white circular connectors and gears to go through. The holder also has a long finger-like piece extending out to the left.
  • Rowan Volate Cleland-Host
A 3d printed test part to hold a servomotor for a class project to automate a song on an ocarina.
Two light blue 3D printed models on a gray desk in front of a computer keyboard. The model on the left is a phone holder shaped like a cat bending down or stretching. On the cat's back a phone is balanced sideways, where you can see the black screen. The model on the right is a hexagonal model of a mountain slope with lines detailing snowboard trails. There is writing on the base, but it is not legible in this photo.
  • Martin Tan
A 3D printed cat phone holder & a mountain slope model with outlined snowboard trails.
A puppet of a silkie chick sitting on black fabric in front of a wooden floor. The puppet is covered in tan "feathers", and it is positioned so the face is looking at the camera; there is a little hole in the feathers where the beak is somewhat visible.
  • Theo Spitler
3D printed puppet skeleton for a silkie chicken puppet.
A 3D printed diagram of the brainstem and the circle of Willis (circular connection of arteries that supplies blood to the brain). The brainstem is printed white, and is connected to a large baseplate. The circle of Willis is printed in red, and is glued to the plate standing up. The circle looks like a stick figure with its arms outstretched. The entire 3D print is standing up on a table on a black mat in front of a black computer.
  • Alina Chinoy
3D printed diagram of the circle of Willis and brainstem for personal learning.
A Light blue 3D printed hinge joint on a white surface. The hinge is "closed" in a v-shape pointing to the left of the image.
  • Jan Gutwirth
3D printed hinge as a test print.
A photo of a table next to a column on a gray and green tiled floor. The table has a variety of candy and stickers on it, and hanging off the front of the table are three signs. There are two identical small signs on either end of the table: "Sticker and Candy sale! / Stickers: $1 / Candy: 2 for $1". The large sign in the middle is blue vinyl cut lettering on posterboard: " Future Educators at the University of Michigan".
  • Elizabeth Maureen Hamill
Vinyl cut sign for a club on campus.
A photo of a dark skinned figure standing in front of a computer desk and chairs. The figure is wearing a white long sleeve shirt under a dark green short sleeved collared shirt. On top of that they are wearing a white apron that goes down to their knees, with a blue vinyl-cut logo of the University of Michigan College Democrats group.
  • Jolene Rebekah Frey
Vinyl cutting aprons for a pancake fundraiser.