Fab Lab

Fall 2017 Amy Pietsch with Envoy trainees New training modeled after successful program is assisting military veterans with their small business plans.  Earlier this year, Fox Valley Technical College’s Venture Center received a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs to offer the region’s first-ever entrepreneur initiative for military veterans. “The funding provides professional support and

Spring 2017 Brian Davis invented cycling and outdoor products with the help of FVTC’s Fab Lab and 1 Million Cups. Inventor Brian Davis turned his passion for bike riding into a full-time career. “I am not an engineer, but I love finding better ways to do things,” says the 40-year-old Appleton resident and former sales

Fall 2016 Luke Haen A Truck Driving graduate invents a new product with the help of the Venture Center and Fab Lab. An idea came to Luke Haen while backing up a semi-trailer during his training as a truck driver at Fox Valley Technical College that could soon change the entire industry. The 46-year-old Kaukauna

Students from Fox Valley Technical College’s Fab Lab Club designed and built a donor wall for COTS, a transitional shelter in Appleton that helps individuals experiencing homelessness regain their independence. The colored house design of the donor wall aligns with COTS’ mission of ending homelessness in the Fox Valley. The Fab Lab Club at FVTC works with cutting-edge

AT&T Innovation Award AT&T presents a $5,000 donation to support FVTC’s Fab Lab summer camp for high school studentsin Waupaca. Pictured L-R: State Senator Luther Olsen; State Rep. Kevin Petersen; Robyn Grunerof AT&T; Jonathan Wells, FVTC Fab Lab Program Coordinator; Mary Downs, FVTC FoundationExecutive Director; Waupaca High School Principal Rob Becker; and Dale Walker,FVTC Business & Industry

Students in the Fab Lab Club at Fox Valley Technical College acquired the files for the prosthetic wrist and hand device from Enabling The Future (e-NABLE). They printed the parts and assembled the hand for a young girl in Pennsylvania to help her with daily activities due to a disability. The students represent different programs in advanced manufacturing

Fox Valley Technical College’s Fab Lab landed front-page coverage this week in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel for their impact on 3D prototype innovations. One of these innovations is a prosthetic wrist and hand that was made in FVTC’s Mechanical Design Technology Fab Lab for a young girl in Pittsburgh who was born with a deformed hand. In addition, students in

Check out how the Fab Lab at Fox Valley Technical College creates a one-of-a-kind experience for young students who will earn invaluable skills in science, technology, engineering, math and art through making their own guitar. That’s right! Build a guitar to your test with look, style, color and more, while learning skills that today’s employers are in

Spring 2013 Fab Ideas Building skills in advanced manufacturing through FVTC’s Fab Lab brings needed awareness about careers in the region.Fox Valley Technical College’s Fab Lab, short for Fabrication Laboratory, is a one-of-a-kind resource in the region where hands-on technology affirms that the career outlook in advanced manufacturing is actually quite appealing. “Manufacturing isn’t the