During the Spring 2014 semester, eight teams of students constructed manufacturing devices that can produce real parts during live demonstrations in the classroom. These were done with ME 3120 as the target customer (Drs. Martinez-Duarte and Choi served as the primary customers). Further, a former Clemson student, Pavan Kumar, who is a partner in a new venture in India to create Innovation Workspaces for inventers, small businesses, and students, is serving as a secondary customer.The manufacturing equipment included: Injection molding, Sand casting, Vacuum casting, Thermal forming, Vacuum forming, Lathe turning, Laser etching and Stamping.
