The Fab Academy
2023 Schedule

Jan 12-16: instructor boot camp
Jan 19-24: student boot camp, project presentations
Jan 25: principles and practices (video), presentations (video), project management (video, review)
Jan 30 recitation: version control (video)
Feb 01: computer-aided design (video, review)
Feb 08: computer-controlled cutting (video, review)
Feb 13 recitation: parametric, algorithmic, generative design (video)
Feb 15: embedded programming (video, review)
Feb 22: 3D scanning and printing (video, review)
Feb 27 recitation: programming (video)
Mar 01: electronics design (video, review)
Mar 08: computer-controlled machining (video, review)
Mar 13 recitation: debugging (video)
Mar 15: electronics production (video, review)
Mar 22: output devices (video, review)
Mar 27 recitation: machine building (video)
Mar 29: mechanical design, machine design (video, review)
Apr 05: break, midterm review
Apr 12: input devices (video, review)
Apr 17 recitation: fab ecosystem (video)
Apr 19: molding and casting (video, review)
Apr 26: networking and communications (video, review)
May 01 recitation: education (video)
May 03: interface and application programming (video, review)
May 10: wildcard week (video, review)
May 15 recitation: Fab All-In (video)
May 17: applications and implications (video, review)
May 24: invention, intellectual property, and income (video, review)
May 29 recitation: start-ups (video)
May 31: project development (video)
Jun 07-: project presentations (7, 9, 12, 14)
Jul 25-29: FAB23

Global lectures happen on Wednesdays at 9:00 on the US East Coast (ranging from 6:00 on the West Coast to 23:00 in Japan). Recitations happen on Mondays at the same hour, and global lab sections and regional reviews are scheduled throughout the week.