Moreno Valley College opens high-tech iMAKE Innovation Center ‘makerspace’
When Moreno Valley College classes resume in January, students will be learning at a new high-tech facility.
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Donnell Layne, director of the STEM Innovation Center, center, gives students a tour of the STEM lab at Moreno Valley College’s new iMAKE Innovation Center on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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Moreno Valley College students tour the computer lab at the new iMAKE Innovation Center on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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Students Kiarah Garrett, left, and Tyrese Mooring, both 19, check out a 3D printed replica of a human brain during a Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, tour of Moreno Valley College’s new iMAKE Innovation Center. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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Students Ashley Tilford, 19, left, and Judit Serrano, 20, look at 3D printers during a tour of the STEM lab at Moreno Valley College’s new iMAKE Innovation Center on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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Students look at 3D printers during a Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, tour of the STEM lab at Moreno Valley College’s new iMAKE Innovation Center. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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Donnell Layne, director of STEM Innovation Center, right, shows students types of laser printing during a Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, tour of the STEM lab at Moreno Valley College’s new iMAKE Innovation Center. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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Makerspace Project Supervisor Jason Kennedy holds a 3D printed Tyrannosaurus Rex head during a Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, tour of Moreno Valley College’s new iMAKE Innovation Center. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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Students Judit Serrano, 20, left, and Ashley Tilford, 19, look at printed 3D samples during a Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, tour of the STEM lab at Moreno Valley College’s new iMAKE Innovation Center. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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A printed 3D model sits to dry in an alcohol bath at Moreno Valley College’s new iMAKE Innovation Center on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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Students tour the STEM lab at Moreno Valley College’s new iMAKE Innovation Center on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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Donnell Layne, director of STEM Innovation Center, right, gives students a tour of the STEM lab at Moreno Valley College’s new iMAKE Innovation Center on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
The college has opened a 4,150-square-foot on-campus iMAKE Innovation Center in the Science and Technology Building.
Funded in part by a $100,000 grant from the California Community College Chancellor’s office, the innovation center is intended as a “makerspace” where students can experiment with materials and tools, including virtual tools, to work on projects. The center is also intended to train faculty, staff, the community and businesses.
“These are the skills that businesses will be competing for in the 21st century,” Melody Graveen, the college’s dean of Instruction, Career & Technical Education, said in a college news release. “A space such as this will have a significant impact on student learning and development.”
The permanent innovation center joins the college’s mobile iMake Mobile Innovation Center, which is housed in a bus.