People
Dr. Cedric Walker
MakerSpace Director
Email: cfw@tulane.edu
Phone: (504) 865-5866
Office: 423 Lindy Boggs Building
Dr. Timothy Schuler
MakerSpace Advisor
Email: tschule@tulane.edu
Phone: (504) 865-5086
Office: 4059 Percival Stern Hall
John Sullivan
MakerSpace Advisor
Email: johns@tulane.edu
Phone: (504) 865-5853
Office: 533 Lindy Boggs Building
Maker Ninjas
The MakerSpace is run by student workers. We call them Maker Ninjas. They are helpful and knowledgeable, but their first obligation is to ensure safe operation of the MakerSpace. In the past, frequent users of the MakerSpace were identified by current Ninjas and were invited to apply for a position as a new Maker Ninja.
To be considered for hiring, a user must first demonstrate broad basic competencies by completing the requirements for these credentials:
- Digital-1
- Wood-1
- Metal-1
- Metal-2
- Electronics
This will allow use of all tools in the main shop area and Mezzanine, except for the CNC Lathe and CNC Mill. All prospective Ninja candidates are interviewed, and their project portfolios are reviewed.
During their first year of work as a Ninja, the following additional competencies must be earned in order to continue as a Ninja in the second year:
- Digital-2
- Either Wood-2 or [CNC-Lathe and CNC-Mill].
Current (January 2018) Maker Ninjas are:
Artzt, Luke lartzt@tulane.edu
Begeman, Andrew W abegeman@tulane.edu
Belden, Sam sbelden1@tulane.edu
Gasta, Ethan W egasta@tulane.edu
Holt, Sarah E sholt3@tulane.edu
Lucia, Dylan BS'20 MS'21 dlucia1@tulane.edu
Mena, Daniel BS'19 dmena@tulane.edu
Michael, Olivia omichael@tulane.edu
Mills, Rae smills5@tulane.edu
Moore, Elise M emoore7@tulane.edu
Nguyen, Nathan P nnguye4@tulane.edu
Prader, Antonius MS'18 aprader1@tulane.edu
Sajjadi, Afsheen asajjadi@tulane.edu
Schober, Chase B cschober@tulane.edu
Schuster, Jason jschust5@tulane.edu
Steffens, Theodore tsteffen@tulane.edu
Woody, Max mwoody@tulane.edu
Faculty & Staff Collaborators
Prof. Dan Alley dalley1@tulane.edu runs the sculpture studio in the Art Department, and is available to help students with welding, casting, plasma cutting, and other "hot metal" operations
Faculty and staff members who would like to be associated with the MakerSpace should contact Director Cedric Walker.