UNH Entrepreneurship Center Annual Impact Report 2019-2020

INNOVATIVE SPACES
MAKERSPACE
The 2019-2020 academic year
saw a lot of activity for the
Makerspace. More students
than ever utilized the space for
personal, academic, and start-up
projects. Student activity for this
year was up 19% from last year.
We applied for and received
two grants – one from the UNH
Alumni Association and one from
the UNH Parents Association.
With the grant funds we were
able to purchase two new 3D
printers and parts to build a third
printer. The extra 3D printers
will allow even more students to
work on their projects. Even with
the three existing 3D printers we
had all year, there was often a
backlog of students wanting to
3D print.
We again partnered with a few
faculty members this year to
bring whole classes into the
Makerspace. After the success
of her project in Hamilton Smith
Hall in which her students used
the vinyl cutter to create quotes
from literature to put on the
walls throughout the building,
COLA Professor Molly Campbell
was back with her students. This
time, they used the vinyl cutter
to create wall art of multiple
buildings on campus at the
request of multiple deans.
Lastly, shortly after UNH closed
its campus in March, the
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
contacted UNH asking for help
3D printing head bands for full
face shields for local healthcare
workers. The ECenter is part of
a team of departments from
all around UNH contributing to
this effort with 3D printing. Read
more about the Makerspace’s
contribution to the effort earlier
in this report.
CUBEX COWORKING SPACE
UNHInnovation’s CubeX
Coworking Space creates the
potential for unexpected meetings
and is a fun place to experience
and practice ideas, innovation,
and entrepreneurship. Students
utilize this space for team
meetings and work sessions.
Within CubeX are offices available
for start-ups to rent. Those
companies provide additional
resources and the “start-up
energy” that is contagious!
For students and faculty/staff,
there are inspirational and free
coworking zones, a conference
MAKERSPACE MENTORS
Ali Asghar ‘21 (CEPS)
Will Bauer ‘22 (COLSA)
Matt Bowring ‘21 (CEPS)
Nathan Daigle ‘21 (CEPS)
Bayley Hookway ‘21 (PAUL)
Samuel Kierstead ‘21 (CEPS)
Peyton Oakes ‘21 (PAUL)
Michelle Paradise ‘20 (CEPS)
Cornelis Plomp ‘21 (CEPS)
Steven Schnobrich ‘21
(PAUL & CEPS)
Brandon Smith ‘20G (CEPS)
Scott Sullivan ‘20 (CEPS)
Alice Wade ‘23 (CEPS)
room, and a training room(all
with digital screens) to help
students and their teams be
creative, work through ideas, and
solve problems! The Caffeinator
Coffee Bar at the ECenter is also
available for free nitro cold brew
from UNH alumni/entrepreneurowned
(Connor Roelke ’15) NOBL
Coffee.
6.95 miles
of PLA used in 2019-2020
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