St. John’s University Opens First MakerBot Innovation Center in New York City
July 17 2019 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
New MakerBot Innovation Center encourages
entrepreneurship, innovation, and collaboration
St. John’s University and MakerBot, a global leader in 3D
printing, have unveiled a new MakerBot Innovation Center. St.
John’s University is the first higher education institution in New
York City to open a MakerBot Innovation Center and the second in
the state overall.
Situated within the St. John’s University Technology Commons on
its main campus in Queens, New York, the MakerBot Innovation Center
offers a centralized location for students to design, create, and
innovate. The MakerBot Innovation Center is co-located with the
University’s new e-sports environment and virtual reality pods to
create an engaging and interactive community for students. With
access to over 20 MakerBot 3D Printers, students can have
unfettered access to the tools and technology they need to propel
their future career paths. The St. John’s University Technology
Commons was designed to elevate learning, promote collaboration
across disciplines, and attract students and staff. It enables the
University to offer students wider access to 3D printing to teach
ideation, problem-solving, and iteration.
“3D printing in academia has become increasingly widespread as
more schools look to combine new technologies into their curriculum
to better prepare their students for the workforce,” said Nadav
Goshen, CEO of MakerBot. “St. John’s University is at the forefront
of creativity. Its adoption of 3D printing with a MakerBot
Innovation Center provides students a competitive edge that will
enable them to excel in their careers.”
St. John’s University offers several courses that integrate 3D
printing into their curricula, including Art & Design,
Marketing, Foreign Language, Education, and Physiology.
Additionally, the University is in the process of creating classes
on additive manufacturing and additive design approach, as well as
an art elective in 3D printing and modeling.
“Before the introduction of 3D modeling in Art 1090 Jewelry
design, student designs were limited by the physical properties of
the materials used. With the introduction of 3D printing, the
students’ creative potential has been greatly enhanced,” said Ross
Barbera, Associate Professor, Art and Design, St. John’s College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences at St. John’s University. “Modeling in
TinkerCad and Fusion 360, then printing at the Innovation Center
with MakerBot printers, provides students with powerful tools
enabling them to exercise their creative imaginations to the
fullest. With these new technological tools, students are now
exploring design possibilities not possible with traditional
materials and methods, are limited only to the extent that they can
imagine.”
Dr. Sandra Schamroth Abrams, Associate Professor in the School
of Education, noted, “3D printing can complement and enhance
process-learning that includes iterative and flexible practices.
St. John’s students who visit the Technology Commons engage in
individual and collaborative explorations and discover expansive
possibilities of creative challenge.”
The MakerBot Innovation Center Management Platform is a
proprietary 3D printing service that links the 3D printers
together, streamlines productivity and staffing by providing remote
access, print queuing, and mass production of 3D prints.
For more information on MakerBot Innovation Centers, visit
makerbot.com/innovation-center.
For more information on St. John’s University, visit
www.stjohns.edu.
About MakerBot MakerBot, a subsidiary of Stratasys Ltd.
(Nasdaq:SSYS), is a global leader in the 3D printing industry. The
company helps create the innovators of today and the businesses and
learning institutions of the future. Founded in 2009 in Brooklyn,
NY, MakerBot strives to redefine the standards for 3D printing for
reliability, accessibility, precision, and ease-of-use. Through
this dedication, MakerBot has one of the largest install bases in
the industry, and also runs Thingiverse, the largest 3D printing
community in the world.
We believe there's an innovator in everyone, so we make the 3D
printing tools that make your ideas matter. Discover innovation
with MakerBot 3D printing.
To learn more about MakerBot, visit makerbot.com.
Forward-Looking Statement
The statements in this press release relating to Stratasys’
and/or MakerBot's beliefs regarding the benefits consumers will
experience from the MakerBot Innovation Center, the MakerBot
Innovation Center Management Platform, and its features are
forward-looking statements reflecting management's current
expectations and beliefs. These forward-looking statements are
based on current information that is, by its nature, subject to
rapid and even abrupt change. Due to risks and uncertainties
associated with Stratasys' and MakerBot's businesses, actual
results could differ materially from those projected or implied by
these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to: the risk that consumers will not
perceive the benefits of the MakerBot Innovation Center, the
MakerBot Innovation Center Management Platform, and its features to
be the same as Stratasys and MakerBot do; and other risk factors
set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in Stratasys' most
recent Annual Report on Form 20-F, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 7, 2019. Stratasys (or MakerBot)
is under no obligation (and expressly disclaims any obligation) to
update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise
required by the rules and regulations of the SEC.
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