3D printing and Tinkercad workshops

Throughout the 2023 spring semester, the PCC STEM Center played host to a number of schools in their inaugural year of 3D printing and Tinkercad workshops.

The 4-hour workshops, designed and hosted by Parker Banas, PCC’s STEM K-12 outreach coordinator, taught students the basics of 3D printing, design and reverse engineering concepts, Tinkercad, design concepts from thought to finished project, and much more. High schools attending the workshops were Centennial, Central and Pueblo West, along with Skyview, Craver, and Liberty Point International Middle Schools.

If your school is interested in attending a free workshop during the 2023 fall semester, email Parker.Banas@pueblocc.edu.

PCC students earn honors at Space Grant Symposium

On April 22, Jacob Padilla and Brenda Grijalva-Rodas (pictured) won the people’s choice video for their wearable device, the Claw. It was developed to help astronauts pick up dropped objects

Dio Samora captured the top spot in the poster presentation for his wearable device, the Navigator. It is designed to help those with impaired vision navigate while walking by avoiding objects detected by the device.