The Fab Academy
2025 Schedule

Dec 04: open labs
Jan 13-17: instructor bootcamp
Jan 20,21: student bootcamp
Jan 22: principles and practices, presentations, introductions (video), project management (video, review)
Jan 27 recitation: version control (video)
Jan 29: computer-aided design (video, review)
Feb 05: computer-controlled cutting (video, review)
Feb 10 recitation: programming and debugging (video)
Feb 12: embedded programming (video, review)
Feb 19: 3D scanning and printing (video, review)
Feb 24 recitation: AI (video)
Feb 26: electronics design (video, review)
Mar 05: computer-controlled machining (video, review)
Mar 10 recitation: sustainable materials (video)
Mar 12: electronics production (video, review)
Mar 19: input devices (video, review)
Mar 24 recitation: machine building (video)
Mar 26: output devices (video, review)
Apr 02: networking and communications (video, review)
Apr 09: mechanical design, machine design (video, review)
Apr 14 recitation: fab ecosystem (video)
Apr 16: break, midterm review
Apr 23: molding and casting (video, review)
Apr 28 recitation: education (video)
Apr 30: interface and application programming (video, review)
May 07: system integration (video, review)
May 12 recitation: Fab All-In (video)
May 14: wildcard week (video, review)
May 21: applications and implications, project development (video, review)
May 26 recitation: start-ups (video)
May 28: invention, intellectual property, and income (video)
Jun 02-06: weekly assignments deadline
Jun 09-13: final project presentations
July 04-11: FAB25 Czechia

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.