Introducing Dr. Wilson Terrell Jr. (Dr. T.)
I graduated with a B.S., M.S., and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Fighting Illini - home of the best deep dish pizza Papa Dels).
I have always love "making" since getting my first Lego set. While in high school, my favorite classes were math, physics, and chemistry. My physics teacher encouraged me to attend a summer engineering program at the University of Illinois, which helped me to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering.
Here at Trinity, I primarily teach upper division mechanical engineering type courses and labs, and freshmen engineering design.
This is my first time teaching the "How to Make" Course. I taught the freshmen design course ENGR 1381 last fall, where we incorporated Fusion 360 and the CSI Makerspace.
I have been working with Dr. Leslie Bleamaster, Science Facility Manager, and the CSI technicians (Ryan Hodge, Ernest Romo, and Mark Carpenter) to make the machine/wood shop and electronics/instrumentation shop into what it's now called the "CSI Makerspace." We are moving away from a transactional model, where you give your design to the technician to fabricate, to a transformative and holistic approach, providing the education experience of students seeing a design from concept to fabrication. We see this facility as an experiential learning space, where students can acquire skills and use the equipment themselves.
Below are some items I fabricated with the Markforged Onyx Pro 3D printer, which uses carbon fiber embedded in nylon. The photo on the left shows a cap to place on a tube for a viscometer, a measure viscosity of a fluid - how "thick" a fluid is. The photo on the right shows the base to hold the cap and viscometer tube.
I have been working with Dr. Leslie Bleamaster, Science Facility Manager, and the CSI technicians (Ryan Hodge, Ernest Romo, and Mark Carpenter) to make the machine/wood shop and electronics/instrumentation shop into what it's now called the "CSI Makerspace." We are moving away from a transactional model, where you give your design to the technician to fabricate, to a transformative and holistic approach, providing the education experience of students seeing a design from concept to fabrication. We see this facility as an experiential learning space, where students can acquire skills and use the equipment themselves.
Below are some items I fabricated with the Markforged Onyx Pro 3D printer, which uses carbon fiber embedded in nylon. The photo on the left shows a cap to place on a tube for a viscometer, a measure viscosity of a fluid - how "thick" a fluid is. The photo on the right shows the base to hold the cap and viscometer tube.
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