About Us
Create interactive prototypes
QBIC Fab Lab has been established to introduce the power of digital fabrication to students, empower entrepreneurs to prototype their products, help the industry in Qatar in terms of spare part manufacturing and prototyping as well as raise the awareness of people about the culture of digital fabrication
Instructors and Candidates
Robert Garita - Instructor
“Operational Manager at IbTECHar Digital Solutions, and Fab Lab Manager for the QBIC Fab Lab, located at the Qatar Business Incubation Center in Doha.”
Tasneem Hussain - Instructor
“Fab engineer at QBIC Fab Lab, and training unit lead. hold a Bachelor of Science with Honors degree in Electrical Engineering from Qatar University.”
“Fab engineer at QBIC Fab Lab, and project unit lead. hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Qatar University.”
“Edu-Tech Engineer with a background in Electrical Engineering. Expert in creating powerful experiences and manage projects and educational programs centered around the fields of tech entrepreneurship, digital fabrication, and maker technologies. .”
“Techpreneur, who has creative ideas that can be implemented in different fields. Passionate, team leader and love motivate people to give their best. .”
“Mechanical and industrail engineer who loves history, psychology, and education. Education college instructor since 2004 .”
“He loves anything to do with the water, freediving, and spearfishing in particular. A product design passionate, he innovated several product, and have a patent for one of them. .”
“Mechanical engineer who is currently preparing his master's degree thesis in the same field. He loves to help people to make their ideas into physical prototypes. He frequently offers workshops in design and fabrication with different institutes in Qatar. .”
“Design management graduate with marketing experience. She is a believer in the importance of inter-disciplinarity and creating blends between professions to achieve better results. .”
“He is a mechanical engineer with diverse background that includes infrastructure, utilities (EPC) supervision and project development and execution. .”
Assignments
Computer-Controlled Cutting
characterize your lasercutter's focus, power, speed, rate, kerf, and joint clearance.
Electronics Design
use the test equipment in your lab to observe the operation of a microcontroller circuit board.
Computer-Controlled Machining
test runout, alignment, speeds, feeds, and toolpaths for your machine.
Molding and Casting
review the safety data sheets for each of your molding and casting materials, then make and compare test casts with each of them.
Mechanical Design
- design a machine that includes mechanism+actuation+automation - build the mechanical parts and operate it manually - document the group project and your individual contribution.
Machine Design
- actuate and automate your machine - document the group project and your individual contribution.