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Welcome to the UTD Project Workshop!

The project workshop is an accessible, safe, and non-intimidating space, hosted by the mechanical engineering department at the University of Texas at Dallas. The workshop is located in ECSW 1.160. The vision for the project workshop is to provide a space for collaboration, design, and prototyping with a maker culture.

To facilitate sharing the space, storage of any raw materials or assemblies in the workshop is not allowed. Engineering students are asked to create their designs and bill of materials, purchase their own raw materials (aluminum, wood, or plastic), bring the materials to the project workshop, make their parts and assemblies, and take everything with them at the end of each day.

There is no storage allowed in any of the rooms. Individuals can bring their parts, electronics, paint (for paint booth), and PPE to the rooms. They can work in the rooms. At the end of each work session they must take all their supplies with them. Only a painted item can be left to dry in the paint booth until it the next day, when they can pick it up. Nothing else can be left at the end of each work session. If you are not actively working, your supplies cannot be in the room because others may want to use the shared space.

All equipment and tables are clean and clear and the project workshop is inviting at all times.

Visitors can park in the adjacent parking garage (PS4) at the intersection of Franklyn Jenifer Drive and Drive H and walk the ECSW. The parking spots at the ground floor of the parking garage are "paid parking" by credit card.


COMET Card Access:

Certificates for completing online classes at the UTD BioRaft website are required before the workshop can be used. You can use the BioRaft link https://utd.bioraft.com/node/179789/users/signups and add the following four required classes:

  • "General Safety Orientation Course": https://utd.bioraft.com/node/173256.
    • When you complete this course, please download the certificate in PDF format.
    • Change the name of the file to FirstName_FamilyName_General.pdf, where FirstName_FamilyName are your first name and family name.
  • "Shop Safety (Hand and Power Tool Safety)": https://utd.bioraft.com/node/168868.
    • When you complete this course, please download the certificate in PDF format.
    • Change the name of the file to FirstName_FamilyName_Safety.pdf, where FirstName_FamilyName are your first name and family name.
  • "PPE Course": https://utd.bioraft.com/node/187448.
    • When you complete this course, please download the certificate in PDF format.
    • Change the name of the file to FirstName_FamilyName_PPE.pdf, where FirstName_FamilyName are your first name and family name.
  • "Machine Shop Orientation: Part 1 (Self Study)": https://utd.bioraft.com/node/251053.
    • When you complete this course, please download the certificate in PDF format.
    • Change the name of the file to FirstName_FamilyName_Machine.pdf, where FirstName_FamilyName are your first name and family name.
Also, the following is needed if you like COMET Card door access to the room:
  • Picture of the front of your COMET Card.
    • Change the file name to FirstName_FamilyName_COMET_Front.png.
    • The jpg file format is also acceptable.
  • Picture of the back of your COMET Card.
    • Change the file name to FirstName_FamilyName_COMET_Back.png.
    • The jpg file format is also acceptable.
Send the files to fadda@utdallas.edu. It can take up to two weeks before your COMET Card starts opening the door but you can start using the workshop when someone is available to open the door for you.
Featured Projects:

The following are some featured projects, which were executed in the Project Workshop:


Equipment:

The Project Workshop is inteded for making prototyes. The materials are restricted to wood, plastic, or aluminum. Larger scale manufacturing equipment and operations are also available on campus with professional supervision and less restrictions on materials:

  • UTD Machine Shop in the North Lab, NL 1.701 (map).
  • UTDesign Shop in the Synergy Park North Building, SPN 1.2 (map).
  • There are other specialized manufacturing equipment and operations on campus as well.

The following equipment and tools are available in the Project Workshop in ECSW (mainly in ECSW 1.160 unless other rooms are noted):


Support Schedule:

The following support schedule is valid until May 3, 2024.


For access to the paint booth (ECSW 1.429) or the electronics workshop (ECSW 1.164), please come during Dr. Fadda's office hours or Pavan's office hours.

If you like to use the table saw (ECSW 1.160 BA), please come during Dr. Fadda's office hours.

For more information, please contact the lab committee:
  • Dr. Dani Fadda, Professor of Practice, 972-883-4626, fadda@utdallas.edu
  • Dr. Arif Malik, Professor and Associate Department Head
  • Dr. Robert Hart, Professor of Practice
  • Ms. Yi Tian, Academic Lab Manager, 972-883-4219, Yi.Tian@UTDallas.edu
Mechanical Engineering Department
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science
The University of Texas at Dallas
800 W Campbell Road, Richardson TX 75080
Engineering and Computer Science West (ECSW) Building