Who we are
FAB Newport is Newport County-based organization that, with its strategic partners, seeks to expand the Maker Community in Rhode Island. For background information: Maker movement and Nation of Makers Program. As noted on the MIT web site, ‘Fab labs provide widespread access to modern means for invention. Fab labs comprise equipment and materials that can be used today to do what will be possible with tomorrow’s personal fabricators.”
FAB Newport’s current focus is on transitioning Make Education Initiatives such as digital fabrication and embedded processors into formal and informal STEAM education.
What we offer
Programs for K-4, 5-8, 9-12 and the general community in:
- 2D design and fabrication
- 3D design and fabrication
- Computational thinking/computer science
- Embedded processors
- Electronics
- Composites
- Molding and casting.
Key needs
FAB Newport seeks to become a distribution point for EPSCoR K-12 outreach materials. The materials would be field tested in Newport Public Schools, the MET and All Saints Academy, and then offered to a broader community through a series of implementation workshops.
Current needs
- University faculty and students to assist FAB Newport with program expansion — both current program delivery and new program development.
- Winterfest 2015 participants — both event planning and event conduct
Contact
Tom Kowalczyk
tomkmit@cox.net | 401-378-8899
Rhode Island EPSCoR is funded by the National Science Foundation under EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Award #OIA-1655221. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.