I have a background in product design with many years of industry experience.Currently, I work at South West College, a further education college in Northern Ireland with campuses in Omagh, Dungannon, Enniskillen, and Cookstown. I’m based in the Idea Centre, a product development hub within the college designed to foster connections between industry and academia. I’ve always believed that the Idea Centre should align with the Fab Lab Network, and I hope South West College will work towards launching a Fab Lab in the future.I secured funding through staff development at the college to participate in Fab Academy, with additional support from the Connected NI programme—for which I’m very grateful. Through Fab Academy, I hope to gain a deeper understanding of the Fab Lab Network, learn how the Fab Academy operates, and ultimately improve my skills in digital fabrication and making. I have a keen interest in 3D printing and digital fabrication. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with family, swimming, scouting, and getting outdoors—hiking and climbing mountains (though I definitely need to do more of the latter!).
*The Fab Academy is responsible for:*
- Teaching principles and practices of digital fabrication
- Arranging lectures, recitations, meetings, and events for the class
- Evaluating and providing feedback on student work
- Offering clear standards for completing assignments
- Certifying and archiving student progress
- Supervising class preparation
- Reviewing prospective students, instructors, and labs
- Providing central staff and infrastructure for students, instructors, and labs
- Fund-raising for costs not covered by student tuition
- Managing and reporting on the program's finances, results, and impacts
- Publicizing the program
- Promoting a respectful environment free of harassment and discrimination
- Encourage a diverse, accessible, and equitable community
*I am a Fab Academy student, responsible for:*
- Attending class lectures and participating in reviews
- Developing and documenting projects assigned to introduce and demonstrate skills, in enough detail to be able to reproduce them
- Honestly reporting on my work, and appropriately attributing the work of others (both human and machine, including AI prompts)
- Being prepared to answer questions about my work
- Allowing the Fab Academy to share my work (with attribution) in the class for purposes compatible with its mission
- Working safely
- Leaving workspaces in the same (or better) condition than I found them
- Participating in the upkeep of my lab
- Ensuring that my tuition for local and central class costs is covered
- Following locally applicable health and safety guidance
- Recognizing limits on lab and staff time
- Promoting a respectful environment free of harassment and discrimination
Signed by Diarmuid Kelly
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