My position with the SSBx FabLab falls somewhere between design resident and employee. I am working full time for the summer as an intern with the FabLab and doing a UROP (undergraduate research opportunities program) with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a collaboration between the Public Service Center (PSC) and the Media Lab. I will be around everyday working on design and fabrication. I am a rising senior in mechanical engineer studying at MIT.

Familiarization with FabLab Machinery:

I started work with SSBx at the beginning of June and have been settling in and familiarizing myself with the tools around me.

I started by exploring the the laser cutter and studying Google Sketch-Up and Adobe Illustrator. With this in mind I designed and fabricated a Batman Box (at first, as just a plain box. Then I added the Batman logo to it both as a vector cut and as a rastared etching.) 

During this project I realized there was a need for a systematic consideration of the type of interference fit that would be effective for cardboard. As a result I would up making test pieces and exploring how cardboard fits together with various geometries. I was then able to finish up the box project shortly there after.