CENTURY
FAB LAB
STUDENTS
INTERNS
ENGINEERED
PRODUCTIVITY
IMPROVEMENTS
FOR INNOVIZE &
REFINED THEIR
GOALS
C
entury College, the first college
in the region to install and
implement a Digital Fab Lab and
incorporate a Massachusetts Institute of
Technology initiative across its curriculum
in science, technology, engineering
and math (STEM), has an Associate of
Applied Science (AAS) degree program:
Additive and Digital Manufacturing
(ADM). Nowadays, companies that
digitally manufacture for themselves or
with other industries that employ them
– such as Innovize in Vadnais Heights –
require skilled workers with a focus on
higher-level computer design, simulation
and automation. Three ADM students
had full-time engineering internships
the summer of 2017 with Innovize. The
internships allowed them to put their
classroom knowledge “to the test” and
refine their professional goals.
Top photo: Pao Thao; Bottom photos, from left: Michael Fisher and Zach Gunelson
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And, according to John Sopp, Innovize’s
Vice President of Operations, “The
students from the Century College
Fab Lab made an incredible impact at
Innovize. Not only did they make major
contributions with building some of our
most challenging medical products, they
also collectively engineered productivity
improvements that will save Innovize
over $50,000 per year.”