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In my new role at WPI, we host a rather robust Makerspace.   This is new to me and I'd like to know what other Institutions have similar facilities and how they are managed (specifically - who funds the facility for regular operations or any new instrument purchases)?   Thank you! 

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Susanna Perkins
Exec Director, Research Facilities
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA
508 831 6577
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Hi Susanna,

We are considering starting a makerspace, so I would love to talk to you about how yours works.  Our current plan is to pull in some redundant equipment from the departments that want to create the space and to work out responsibility for funding equipment purchase among those departments.  But we are very much in the rough planning stages right now, so insights would be appreciated.

Roxann

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Roxann Ashworth
Laboratory Director
Johns Hopkins University
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Original Message:
Sent: 2/20/2025 10:31:00 AM
From: Roxann Ashworth
Subject: RE: Makerspace anyone?

Hi Susanna,

We are considering starting a makerspace, so I would love to talk to you about how yours works.  Our current plan is to pull in some redundant equipment from the departments that want to create the space and to work out responsibility for funding equipment purchase among those departments.  But we are very much in the rough planning stages right now, so insights would be appreciated.

Roxann

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Roxann Ashworth
Laboratory Director
Johns Hopkins University
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I know I am late to this post but this is something we have been considering, on a very minimal level. I have thought about simply setting up a 3D printer in our office and letting anyone who wants to use it, to come chat with us. I simply would like to have one handy for us. No idea how the charge structure would work, if at all in the initial stages. 

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Elena Carlson
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
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