Have you wished you (or your staff) had more experience in Maker-Space technologies like electronics, 3D-printing, and software programing?
The Applied Physical Sciences department has developed a summer series to help you learn to put these technologies to use in your lab!
Enhance your electronics and design skills AND support your research needs! Maker Technologies for Everyone series offered in SS1!
The Maker Technologies for Everyone curriculum is a series of 0.5- and 1.0-credit courses that provide practical Making skills at a level accessible to all students and faculty. The series is organized so that you can take courses individually as stand-alone content or together as a comprehensive overview of electronics and digital making.
APPL 112 Practical electronics for everyone (1 credit) Design and fabrication for practical electronics circuits, including interfacing with sensors and actuators.
· Wednesday, May 11 – Friday, May 20, 9AM – Noon daily
· Taught by Mr. Collin McKinney and Mr. Matt Verber
APPL 113 LabView for Data Acquisition (1 credit) Learn how your computer can interact with sensors or instruments using LabVIEW graphical programming. This software also makes it easy to develop a professional and sophisticated user interface. Programming experience is helpful but not necessary.
· Wednesday, May 11 – Friday, May 20, 9AM – 11AM
· Taught by Dr. Rich Goldberg
APPL 114 Arduino bootcamp: A deep introduction for beginners (0.5 credit) Learn to create and program simple systems that allow coordination of real-world inputs (e.g. pushbuttons, light-level, noise) with real-world outputs (e.g. lights, sound, motion). No previous experience required.
· Monday, May 23 – Thursday, May 26, 9AM – Noon daily
· Taught by Dr. Glenn Walters
APPL 121 3D Printing Technology and Practice (1 credit) Delve deeply in each of the major existing and developing additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. Explore the elements of design for AM, motion control and imaging technologies, materials performance and selection, and the physics of parts production.
· Monday, May 23 – Thursday, June 2, 1PM – 3PM daily
· Taught by Dr. Glenn Walters
APPL 115 Raspberry Pi bootcamp (1 credit) Learn how to use the premier microcontroller platform known as the Raspberry Pi. This is for anyone with an interest in programing, microcontrollers, and basic electronics.
· Tuesday, May 31 – Thursday, June 9, 10AM – Noon
· Taught by Dr. Stefan Jeglinski
How to Enroll
To enroll (Faculty and staff) Faculty and staff will need to enroll as a visiting student for summer school. This is a straightforward process (see steps below).
2. Click on Visiting Students, scroll to bottom of page and click Apply Now.
3. There is a dropdown box once you create the application. Click Summer School Visitor.
4. Everything else should be self-explanatory from there. If you have questions about enrolling as a summer school visitor, please contact Erin Moseley (erin_moseley@unc.edu).
5. You can find the tuition waiver here: https://hr.unc.edu/benefits/educational-assistance/tuition-waivers/
Some additional details about the process for faculty and staff.
· You need to apply to summer school before you enroll in ConnectCarolina. It takes about 24 hours or so to receive a decision letter.
· Once you receive your decision letter, it takes another 24-48 hours to matriculate to Connect Carolina so you can enroll.
· There is a very helpful webinar on the summer school website if you’d like to view. https://summer.unc.edu/visiting-student-webinar/
To enroll (Graduate, professional and undergraduate students)
· Enroll directly through ConnectCarolina