The Fab Academy
2026 Draft Schedule

Dec 03: open labs
Jan 12-16: instructor bootcamp
Jan 19,20: student bootcamp
Jan 21: principles and practices, presentations, introductions (video), project management (video, review)
Jan 26 recitation: version control (video)
Jan 28: computer-aided design (video, review)
Feb 04: computer-controlled cutting (video, review)
Feb 09 recitation: programming and debugging (video)
Feb 11: embedded programming (video, review)
Feb 18: 3D scanning and printing (video, review)
Feb 23 recitation: AI (video)
Feb 25: electronics design (video, review)
Mar 04: computer-controlled machining (video, review)
Mar 09 recitation: materials, quantum, optics (video)
Mar 11: electronics production (video, review)
Mar 18: input devices (video, review)
Mar 23 recitation: machine building (video)
Mar 25: output devices (video, review)
Apr 01: networking and communications (video, review)
Apr 08: mechanical design, machine design (video, review)
Apr 13 recitation: fab ecosystem (video)
Apr 15: break, midterm review
Apr 22: molding and casting (video, review)
Apr 27 recitation: education (video)
Apr 29: interface and application programming (video, review)
May 06: system integration (video, review)
May 11 recitation: Fab All-In (video)
May 13: wildcard week (video, review)
May 20: applications and implications, project development (video, review)
May 25 recitation: start-ups (video)
May 27: invention, intellectual property, and income (video)
Jun 08-12: final project presentations
July 27-31: FAB26

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.