Put Your Work on Display!
Have you made a totally awesome project in StudioLab and want to share it with the world? We'd love to showcase it right here on our website. Submissions can be in any medium as long as it was created in StudioLab. Students, staff, and faculty are welcome to participate.
Projects
Monday Afternoons
Yacoub Kahkajian '26
StudioLab Resources Utilized:
Crafting Materials, Raspberry Pi, Computers, or Laptops, Photo Printers
Our first project in ARC204 introduced students to projecting 3D spaces on 2D planes. We were tasked with depicting the experience of using any staircase on campus in a single photo collage. I chose Fine Hall for my project, the very home of the StudioLab. Even though I didn't have any classes in there that semester, the dread of climbing its dark staircase which seemed to come straight out of those Wayside books I read as a kid and the random trash and bowls and notes carved on the walls that I saw along the way really stuck with me.
Quran Player Box
Adham Ibrahim '27
StudioLab Resources Utilized:
Laser Cutter, Electronics Station, Hand Tools, Raspberry Pi, Computers, or Laptops
A laser cut box, engraved with verses from the Quran on the top, separated by LEDs. When the device is turned on, an audio chip plays a recording of the verses out of a small speaker on the front of the box. The LEDs light up verse by verse until the end.
Project Prometheus
Princeton Rocketry Club
StudioLab Resources Utilized:
3D Printers, Laser Cutter, Electronics Station, Hand Tools, Raspberry Pi, Computers, or Laptops
During the 2023-2024 academic year, Princeton Rocketry worked in StudioLab to build a 14-ft, 85-lb rocket intended to reach 30,000 feet at the annual Spaceport America Cup in southern New Mexico. Dubbed "Prometheus," the rocket successfully launched in June 2024, hitting a maximum speed of Mach 1.6 and a maximum acceleration of 24.6 Gs. With successful parachute deployment and recovery operations, Prometheus became the largest and most powerful rocket Princeton Rocketry has ever launched at the competition, and the first to be fully recovered from such an altitude.
3D Printed Flower Bouquet
Shivansh Bansal '27
StudioLab Resources Utilized:
3D Printers, Hand Tools
This project is a handcrafted 3D printed flower bouquet, featuring five intricately printed rose flowers mounted on green colored pencil "stems" for added stability. The vibrant bouquet is complemented by a charmingly decorated vase and a delicate butterfly ornament, creating an exquisite display piece.
Hot Beans Coffee Roaster
Ryan Manzuk '24
StudioLab Resources Utilized:
Laser Cutter, Electronics Station, Hand Tools
Inspired by our love for coffee and a few online blogs, we wanted to turn an old popcorn popper into a small coffee roaster. Our fully-functional roaster now is complete, with thermocouples to track temperature, and an iOS app for full customizability of each roast.
Nothing Sacred Here
Lana Glisic '24
StudioLab Resources Utilized:
Laser Cutter, Raspberry Pi, Computers, or Laptops, Nuts and Bolts
This project was an undergraduate senior thesis show for the Visual Arts department. It was created using the StudioLab laser cutter and consisted of backlit laser-cut acrylic sheets in various colors that were assembled to create stained glass-like mosaics. Drawing together technological, religious, and scientific imagery, the show reflected on the concept of worship in a quotidian, non-religious, and interpersonal context.
AxiDraw Magic
Vaida Kidykaite *26
StudioLab Resources Utilized:
Drawing Machine
I used the AxiDraw tool in Studio Lab to create an architectural section for my K-12 school project, and it exceeded my expectations. The tool produced unexpected textures on different types of paper, enhancing the crafted quality and achieving a highly accurate drawing. The precision and versatility of the AxiDraw tool made the design process both creative and magical.
3D-Printed Reactor Enables Production of Fluorescent Quantum Dots
John Sakizadeh, Chemistry Post-doc
Chloe Wu, Chemistry Graduate Student
StudioLab Resources Utilized:
3D Printers
Previous work has shown that proteins can catalyze the synthesis of fluorescent nanoparticles, known as quantum dots. However, maintaining protein activity while optimizing quantum dot growth conditions in a single chamber poses significant challenges. To address this, we developed and 3D-printed a two-chamber reactor that separates these processes, allowing for controlled growth of fluorescent quantum dots.
StudioLab Untamed
Julianne Somar '26
Warren Quan '25
Katherine Choi '27
StudioLab Resources Utilized:
Raspberry Pi, Computers, or Laptops, Computers, Vive VR Headset, StudioLab
For our STC209 final project (held in StudioLab), my group wanted to make a comment on temporality and climate. As a part of our project, I used SteamVR and the StudioLab itself to create a walkable VR environment of an overgrown, eerie StudioLab void of human life. I added in audio clips of a busy class day to reinforce the feeling that something was missing. Warren and Katherine helped by finding and editing free 3D assets.
Seating Arrangements
Luke Shannon '24
StudioLab Resources Utilized:
3D Printers, Laser Cutter
Seating Arrangements uses code to create algorithmically generated chairs. The digital file is an interactive digital schematic & rendering, and contains the blueprint used to produce a one-of-a-kind chair.
Lightbreak
Luke Shannon '24
StudioLab Resources Utilized:
Laser Cutter
Watching a DVD logo bounce around a tv, our inclination is to predict where it will go. There is a well-defined process of particle and boundary that makes this possible. But what if the particle and boundary were the same? If there was no distinction, if a point could reflect against its own history, if a ray could change its conditions as it experiences them? If light could interact with itself and countless others simultaneously in a fractalized infinity, shaped by time, giving structure to time itself—where might it end up?
Personalized Acrylic Dog Tags
Shivansh Bansal '27
StudioLab Resources Utilized:
Laser Cutter
These unique dog tags were crafted using a laser cutter to engrave custom designs onto clear acrylic, creating distinctive and personalized keepsakes for friends at Princeton.
Ferris Sweep
Constantine Doumanidis '28
Nicholas Kalamaris, CBE Graduate Student
StudioLab Resources Utilized:
3D Printers, Electronics Station, Hand Tools, Raspberry Pi, Computers, or Laptops
The Ferris Sweep is a wireless, 34-key, community-developed, split, mechanical keyboard with great ergonomics. We printed our PCBs, selected clicky switches, programmed our microcontrollers with the ZMK firmware, soldered all the components together, and 3D-printed our cases. The keyboard is a lot of fun to build, relatively inexpensive, and while it takes a few days to get used to, it is a blast to type and code on!
Shield Cover
Joseph Roberts '27
StudioLab Resources Utilized:
Sewing or Embroidery Machines
This is a shield cover I made for a medium shield for amtgard, a larp. Its made from fabric from a yard sale.