We need you! The P.D. Merrill Makerspace is a hub for creative problem-solving, and we are being asked to design solutions for all sorts of challenges. It doesn’t matter what your major is – if you’re curious about any of these problems or want to form a team around a new challenge – email our student lead, Hannah Welch at hwelch2@une.edu, or head to our Getting Started page today!
Challenges that need student help
| Challenge | Brief Description |
| Fly a drone | We have several students who have been trained on drone flying and are FAA-certified, but they are both grad students. Undergrads interested in learning to fly should get in touch! |
| Mask Design for athletes | Work with a team + outside business to design a better mask for athletes. |
| Mask Design for Sensory Processing | Current mask designs are not working for people with sensory processing challenges. Help design a better solution. |
| Adaptive device | Help patients with ALS with the design of adaptive devices |
| Salmon monitoring | The Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) in the MSC needs to have a system designed and built to alert (via text, call or email) when temperature or dissolved oxygen are detected out of the acceptable range. |
| Digital Health app | A virtual reality for CNAs so they understand their patients abilities, aches and pains, diminished sensory attributes. |
| Medication information | A layperson app that can do a high-level medication reconciliation. |
| Straw design | Immobile patient with dry mouth – needs a way to get a drink |
Current projects
The following is a list of active student projects in the Makerspace.
| Project | Team |
| GPS drifter | Andy |
| Roboseal | Ryan, Hannah |
| Autonomous boat | Calum, Andrew |
| Algae Sensor Fluorescence | Crista |
| Solar Ocean Buoy | Sara, Olivia |
| Unity 3D design project | Pablo |
| Fruitfly laser | Josh |
| Drone – GIS labs | Andy, Lauren |
| Coral Fluorescence | Grace |
| Openctd Buoy | Lauren |
| Goats Island environmental sensors | Pam |