Instructors & Staff

Favorite tool/skill: Mill

Hometown: Trumbull, CT

Why the Mshop: “I’ve always loved hands-on fabrication and design and I wanted to gain more technical skills!”

Favorite tool/skill: 3D Printer

Hometown: San Mateo, CA

Why the Mshop: “I wanted to work with my hands more and meet new people!”

Hometown: Bronx, NY

Why the Mshop: “I did the Girls Who Code summer program and fell in love with coding and engineering. My friend who works at the Mshop recommended I applied to gain more engineering experience.”

Favorite tool/skill: tig welder

Hometown: Boston MA

A skill you like to teach? Laser cutting

Why the Mshop: “To learn hands on skills for product design”

How has the Mshop impacted you? “I have much more autonomy and confidence around machinery.”

Favorite tool/skill: Welding

Hometown: Buena Park, CA

A skill you like to teach? Math

Why the Mshop: “I want to learn how to use different machines.”

How has the Mshop impacted you? “I feel I am growing as a person, allowing me to take on future jobs that may require strenuous labor.”

Favorite tool/skill: 3D printer

Hometown: Buena Park, CA

A skill you like to teach? I enjoy teaching design for 3D printing, both in CAD and in the slicer settings to get high quality parts.

Why the Mshop: “To help others make things and learn how to myself!”

How has the Mshop impacted you? “The Mshop has been an incredible resource in making engineering projects accessible to create, both with the physical machines and the people that work there. I’ve always been inspired by the expertise and knowledge of the TIs, who consistently have been more than happy to help out with problems or give advice at sticking points. I’ve learned so much from just hanging around them as well as working with the machines.”

Favorite tool/skill: Realistic 3d printer

Hometown: San Antonio, Texas

Why the Mshop: “I started working here because I have always been comfortable around machines and machining and I was curious about the manufacturing process that took place after an idea was written down onto paper.”

How has the Mshop impacted you? “The Mshop has empowered me to know that I can help my fellow students around me and it has given me to opportunity to do that while doing something I thoroughly enjoy.”

Hometown: Colorado

Why the Mshop: “I wanted to learn skills that are helpful for engineering.”

Favorite tool/skill: 3D Printer

Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan

Why the Mshop: “As a passionate engineer, helping fellows transform their ideas into living designs is a delightful thing to do!”

Favorite tool/skill: Laser Cutter

Hometown: Dedham, Massachusetts

A skill you like to teach? Mill First Part

How has the Mshop impacted you? “Because I am new to the shop, everything is new and exciting, but also challenging. Recently I have been working on getting my mill certification, and with that I have also learned a lot about perseverance and when to ask for help.”

Favorite tool/skill: Welding

Hometown: Florida

Why the Mshop: “I was here a lot freshman year for DFR and wanted to continue learning how to use more tools.”

How has the Mshop impacted you? “It gave me more confidence and training in my engineering skills and helped me to feel more creative and enjoy the work I do for my major.”

Favorite tool/skill: Laser-cutting machine

Hometown: Houston, TX

A skill you like to teach? Laser-cutting

Why the Mshop: “The opportunity to be part of something that both teaches me skills that’ll follow me beyond Dartmouth and allow me to create things of my own was simply too good to pass up.”

How has the Mshop impacted you? “The MShop has given me the chance to begin exploring the field of engineering far earlier in my college journey than I otherwise would of had.”

Favorite tool/skill: Drill Press

Hometown: Missoula MT

Why the Mshop: “I had some experience from FIRST Robotics and I loved it.”

How has the Mshop impacted you? “So far I’ve just been hired so I’m excited to see how it will!”

Favorite tool/skill: Trak K3 Knee Mill

Hometown: North Woodstock, NH

Why the Mshop: “I took a tour with Julian (‘23, a TA) when I was a prospective student, and from that point on, I knew I wanted to attend school here. After hanging around the shop the first few weeks of freshman fall, they offered me a job and I haven’t left! It’s really a unique opportunity for students to learn to run powerful, precise machinery from people with a lifetime’s experience in the industry.”

How has the Mshop impacted you? “I love learning the “doing” side of engineering. Drawing up a part and then making it come to life on a mill is a holistic way to learn. It has made the engineering that I’ve learned in classes have a practical application. That said, learning is only my second favorite part of working there. I always tell people that I came to the MShop for the machines and stayed for the people. The shop staff and TAs are some of the kindest people on campus. It is an incredible community to be a part of.”

Favorite tool/skill: 3D printers and the welding station

Hometown: Ternopil, Ukraine

A skill you like to teach? 3D Printing

Why the Mshop: “I’m excited to master fabrication skills at the machine shop and get the chance to share it with others. Knowing these tools and mindsets hugely expands the possibilities of things we as student engineers can create!”

How has the Mshop impacted you? “It has introduced me to an incredibly community of people who “build the engineers”. The dedication, professional experiences, and the love for teaching of people at the MShop makes one believe that anything can be learned. Hugely thanks to the team here and at Thayer, I’ve realized that I can become an engineer, too.”