{"id":62544,"date":"2018-09-18T12:30:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T17:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=62544"},"modified":"2018-09-18T12:30:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T17:30:38","slug":"uwm-students-and-faculty-join-maker-faire-milwaukee-sept-28-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-students-and-faculty-join-maker-faire-milwaukee-sept-28-30\/","title":{"rendered":"UWM students and faculty join Maker Faire Milwaukee Sept. 28-30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"e2ma-style\">MILWAUKEE _ Waterfalls that contain words, demonstrations that help you explore the universe, and amazing equipment that bring ideas to life are all contributions from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to the fifth annual Maker Faire, to be held at State Fair Park, Friday through Sunday, Sept. 28-30.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"e2ma-style\">The event showcases tech enthusiasts, inventors and hobbyists of all ages who display their creations and share their knowledge and skills.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"e2ma-style\">It is at the State Fair Park Exposition Center, 8200 W. Greenfield Ave., West Allis, on the following days:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"e2ma-style\">Friday, Sept. 28, Night Market, 5-9 p.m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"e2ma-style\">Saturday, Sept. 29, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"e2ma-style\">Sunday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"e2ma-style\">Co-hosted by Betty Brinn Children\u2019s Museum and Milwaukee Makerspace, in collaboration with MAKE: magazine, the fair celebrates the \u201cmaker movement,\u201d a growing global community interested in technology, innovation, arts and crafts and entrepreneurship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"e2ma-style\">Nowhere is the maker movement more active in Milwaukee than at UWM. Various disciplines will be represented this year, including the engineering, arts, architecture, physics and UWM\u2019s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. Some of the exhibits include<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"e2ma-style\">The brainchild of Stephen Pevnick, emeritus professor in the Peck School of the Arts, Graphical Waterfalls are computer-controlled water features in which falling water droplets are programmed to produce letters, words, phrases and fanciful falling shapes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"e2ma-style\">The Center for Gravitation, Cosmology &amp; Astrophysics will give physical and digital demonstrations to help visitors explore the universe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"e2ma-style\">Twenty high school girls designed and built solar phone chargers while participating in UWM\u2019s EnQuest, or Engineering Quest, program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"e2ma-style\">Members of the Robotics Association will show how their competitive robots are made \u2013 and even let visitors \u201cdrive\u201d one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"e2ma-style\">See what is possible with equipment like scanners, slicers, printers, routers, plasma cutters and, of course, 3D printing. Staff at the UWM Prototyping Center at Innovation Campus in Wauwatosa will explain how to turn an idea into an object.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"e2ma-style\">Admission is free with registration, donations accepted. Register at <a href=\"https:\/\/milwaukee.makerfaire.com\/tickets\/\">https:\/\/milwaukee.makerfaire.com\/tickets\/<\/a>. Media can contact Pete Prodoehl, 414-390-5437, ext. 288, <a href=\"mailto:pprodoehl@bbcmkids.org\">pprodoehl@bbcmkids.org, <\/a>or Laura Otto, 414-303-4868, <a href=\"mailto:llhunt@uwm.edu\">llhunt@uwm.edu<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>About UWM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recognized as one of the nation\u2019s 115 top research universities, UW-Milwaukee provides a world-class education to 25,000 students from 91 countries on a budget of $653 million. Its 14 schools and colleges include Wisconsin\u2019s only schools of architecture, freshwater sciences and public health, and it is a leading educator of nurses and teachers. UW-Milwaukee partners with leading companies to conduct joint research, offer student internships and serve as an economic engine for southeastern Wisconsin. The Princeton Review named UW-Milwaukee a 2018 \u201cBest Midwestern\u201d university based on overall academic excellence and student reviews, and the Sierra Club has recognized it as Wisconsin\u2019s leading sustainable university.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MILWAUKEE _ Waterfalls that contain words, demonstrations that help you explore the universe, and amazing equipment that bring ideas to life are all contributions from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to the fifth annual Maker Faire, to be held at State Fair Park, Friday through Sunday, Sept. 28-30. 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