About me - Angela Horstman - Fab Academy 2026

Fun Facts About Me

I am a huge fan of the anime Sailor Moon!

I joined First Robotics Team 287 in 2005. I was head of the Animation team starting in 2006.

I learned my first 3D design software in 2005.

I have been playing the same Mage in World of Warcraft since 2006. For the Alliance!

I am a hula hoop performer. I learned my first performance trick in 2009.

I got my first personal 3D printer in 2011. It was a Printerbot Simple Metal and it still functions today!

I joined the Society of Women Engineers in 2011.

I was inducted into Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society at SBU in 2012. I was the VP of the school's local chapter in 2013 and 2014.

I graduated with my Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Science from Stony Brook University in 2014. I minored in Manufacturing Engineering and double specialized in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Management.

I developed a mobile maker station for a public library in 2017.

I ran a multi week Make Magazine Affiliated Summer Maker Camp in 2017 and 2018.

AM/FM Radio

This is the project that set me on my pathway to Engineering. My first science fair, 5th grade.
I was excited and brainstormd so many ideas, and with my dads help I finally settled on the plan to make an AM/FM radio. To my growing little brain, it seemed like the largest and hardest project I could take on!
My dad is my role model, he's an Electrical Engineer, and he inspired me to take on a challenging project and supported me in a way that allowed struggle and growth during the process. He helped me do basic research, took me to the library to take out books on the topic, and took me to the local Radio Shack and helped me find all the pieces I would need for the project.
5th Grade Angela dumped all the parts and pieces out on the floor in excitement, awe, and confusion. There were tools and components I had never seen before. I asked my dad for help, but to my surprise he told me something I never expected and never forgot.

I would never learn how to do something, If I had someone else do it for me.

He showed me how the components worked, how the different components interacted with each other, helped me find resources, and helped me safely use the tools. What he didn't do though, was do the project for me. And I am grateful to this day for that experience.
I didn't win the science fair with this project, but I gained so much more. The confidence I gained knowing I could do soemthing like build a working radio was all I needed. This was my first experience with hands-on technology, and it introduced me to a new and exciting world.
A world of technology and Engineering that I wanted to learn more of, and be apart my entire life.

Fab Academy Student Agreement

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 committing this file in my repository,
Angela Horstman