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A pink, 3D printed tube holder on a black lab desk. The holder has multiple sized holes for different tubes, and there are many test tubes in a variety of sizes, many with clear liquids, standing in the rack. There is a green toy frog sitting next to the rack on the table.
  • Samantha Wheeler
3D printed multi-size tube holder for lab work.
A black, tall 3D printed bucket placed on a wooden table. At the base of the bucket is the words "Iron Lung", and the top of the bucket is made to look like a fish's mouth with sharp, needle-like teeth.
  • Xavier P Curtis
A 3d printed popcorn bucket for a horror movie release.
A multicolored 3D printed flexible starfish toy, held by an adult (white) hand in front of a dark green background. The toy is sea green in the middle, where it has a smiley face, spreading out towards the arms/edges it turns a light blue, and the edges of the arms are a muted, metallic red.
  • Hudson Michael Cooper
3D printed flexible starfish fidget toy.
A white 3d printed mechanical yarn winder. There are three main gears on a rectangular base - the lowest gear has a handle for the user to spin up and down, which rotates the middle gear which connects to the gear on top of the mechanism, which has a tall rod sticking up from the middle to collect wound yarn.
  • Annika Sze Long Chan
Gear-based yarn winder to wind yarn from hanks into cakes.
A 9-page plywood booklet standing up and spread out in a glass display case. The pictures in the pages are detailed using laser engraving, and then painted over using bright, heavy coats of paint. The story involved many small, cartoon-like animals in a restaurant.
  • Mya Anne Kim
Laser-cut and painted plywood booklet for an art class final project.
A black 3d printed funnel for an espresso machine. It is a short ring with a slotted top to be able to connect to the machine. It is sitting on a granite countertop.
  • Aiden Andrew Boyd
Dosing funnel for an espresso machine.
3D printed lime green letters stand on a white table. The nameplate shows two different words when looking at it from different sides - here, it says "EECS 245".
  • Shubham Krishnakumar Parab
Dual Letters Illusion Nameplate - a nameplate for a class professor, where one side has the class name, and the other has the professor's name.
An engraved wooden poster of Mickey Mouse and other disney characters on a long wooden rectangle. The engraved poster, in order, shows Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Pluto, Daisy Duck, and Minnie Mouse, all looking out of the poster showing the top half of their faces. There is a dark brown bar on the bottom of the poster that the characters are all "peeking" over.
  • Tal Kalimian
Wood engraving of Mickey Mouse and Friends as a wall decoration.
A neon green, 3D printed toy dinosaur. The toy dino resembles a T-Rex, with a large snout and short arms, and it is sitting down with its legs in front and its tail behind it. The toy is sitting on a wooden shelf, with toy motorcycles behind it.
  • Aiden James Fitchett
3D printed dinosaur toy as a birthday gift.
A light gray skeleton for a mask, laying sideways on a wooden table. there are holes for the eyes and mouth, and other smaller holes to attach the rest of the mask through.
  • Elaine Qu
3D printed skeleton for a mask.