FABWorks Grand Opening Celebration

Opening remarks will be followed by a facility fair featuring and showcasing projects and demonstrations. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP. 

In an effort to expand experiential learning opportunities, UCI's Samueli School of Engineering and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) have established FABWorks, a new facility that reinvents the way people create and innovate. It is one of the nation's first "make labs" on a university campus.

FABWorks, located in the Calit2 building, offers a space where students, faculty and the community can design and fabricate almost anything. Users have access to a host of machines and services: personal digital fabrication systems, entrepreneurship services, IP development, business plan development, market analysis and even global manufacturing services.

Among FABWorks prosumer grade (above consumer grade) equipment are 3-D printers and scanners, networked computer-controlled milling machines, laser cutters, electronics development and diagnostics equipment, industrial sewing machines and more. 

The FABWorks space offers expanded opportunities for those interested in hands-on advanced manufacturing experience, and creates a hub where creativity can propel next-generation technologies.