Course Fees and Access to IDeATe Facilities

07 Jan 2016

tl;dr: There is no lab fee assocciated with this course. Course provides access to IDeATe facilities. Tools and technologies are provided to support projects at IDeATe lending. Beyond these, materials and project costs are covered individually.

There is no fee for this course. Students will be expected to cover their project costs individually.

The IDeATe Program is special, because the courses provide relative instruction spanning multiple fields. As a result, IDeATe affiliated Resources, Equipment and Spaces are tailored to support various processes and projects. After completing a Course within the IDeATe@Hunt Facilities, you will become apart of IDeATe@Hunt Community. As an IDeATe@Hunt Member, you will gain access to a Network of Faculty, Facilities, Resources, and like-minded ‘Makers’.

The IDeATe@Hunt Facilities feature several resources dedicated toward creative output. Many of these Resources are expensive, including the service time devoted toward continued operation and maintenance. In addition, some of the Spaces and Equipment involve real hazards, posing Safety concerns for all Users. To resolve these issues, IDeATe@Hunt has implemented (2) primary solutions:

1. Safety, Training & Instruction

Spaces involving hazardous processes, are only accessible by Trained Members of the IDeATe@Hunt Community. Training is fundamentally offered through Introductory (Portal) Courses & Environmental Health and Safety Sponsored Workshops. Additional training, is also offered through various IDeATe@Hunt Courses. During Training, you will receive all the instruction you require, to utilize the spaces and/or equipment in a safe, efficient, and respectful manner.

2. Course Access.

This course provides you access to IDeATe@Hunt Resources. As part of this course:

1. You will gain access to the following Facility Resources: Hunt Studio A, Hunt Studio B, for students in Visual Labs you will also get access to Hunt Digital Fabrication (A10).

2. You will gain Access to IDeATe Lending (A29); providing you with immediate availability of various materials, tools, electronics, peripherals, equipment, and mobile computing platforms- related to your specific workflows.

3. Resources Available and Policies

You should familiarize yourself with the equipment and resources available to you as an IDeATe student. These can be found at https://resources.ideate.cmu.edu/

3.1 Facilities and Spaces

The IDEATE facility is an open creative resource to our IDEATE students dedicated to facilitating work in physical computing, fabrication, and media project development, discovery, and research. It consists of 7 studio lab spaces located on the first floor and ground floor of Hunt Library at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Campus. Each space includes a variety of equipment, including laser cutters, 3D printers, wood shop tools, CNC Router, Optitrack Motion Capture system, laptops and software, sound equipment, cameras, and many more items.

Before taking this course you must familiarise yourself with the policies for these spaces.

3.2 Equipment Lending

IDeATe has a large inventory of technical and media equipment, physical computing components, and building materials available to students through our borrowing system, IDeATe lending. The lending system runs much like a library where students can check out items at the lending booth using their student ID card. The IDeATe lending booth is located at the ground level of Hunt Library directly across from the elevators. Read more

3.3 Computing

IDeATe has a range of laptops available for you to use as part of your classes, labs and projects. These laptops are pre-loaded with most of the tools and software you will need. You can find a full list online.

Questions

If you have questions, comments, or concerns regarding these fees- please contact IDeATE support by email at help@ideate.cmu.edu