Summer Camps

June 2023 was the first summer being open for the Warrior Fab Lab, which also hosted its first camp. These camps cover use of iPads, 3D printing pens, 3D printers, 3D scanning, laser cutters, vinyl cutter, virtual reality and other equipment based on age and skill level.

The first camp the Warrior Fab Lab hosted was the Agriculture Department’s 7th annual Summer LEADS program with Dr. Augustine Avwunudiogba and Dr. Oluwarotimi Odeh. The interactive five-day camp provided exciting hands-on educational activities, exploration of career and job opportunities in the food and agriculture industry, tours of agribusinesses, field and lab activities, campus tours, and more. Two LEADS groups were introduced to how digital fabrication can be used for agriculture technology for local high school, community college, and Stan State students. Sergio Parga provided workshops that explored 3D printing.

A second camp with students in third to sixth grade focused on button making and creating with 3D printing pens as an introduction to 3D printing.

The last camp the Warrior Fab Lab hosted focused on social and environmental justice. Stan State faculty Dr. Virginia Montero Hernandez, Dr. Adam Devitt, and Jake Weigel met with Turlock High teacher Ryan Tribble, doctoral candidate and Cabrillo College faculty, Raina Celise, and UC Merced Ph.D candidate, Oscar Montero Hernandez, to discuss the role of creativity and playfulness in learning and how to empower students to become agents of change.

With Warrior Fab Lab student assistants and students from Turlock High School, the group created designs and a variety of objects to explore critical issues in the San Joaquin Valley. As a final group project, Oscar Montero Hernandez helped build a virtual reality mural containing the digital designs created throughout the week.