EVIT goes global

EVIT's amazing new 3D printer was put to work this week when a group of middle school students came in to train on the software and try their hand at designing objects.

EVIT has partnered with Brian Beaulieu and The Great Globe Project, a worldwide initiative that aims to get kids excited about math, science and engineering. Millions of middle schoolers across the world will band together to use research and 3D technology to create a large replica of the globe that eventually will be assembled and erected in Arizona. Each student will be assigned a small portion of the Earth, and they'll use the 3D printer to create their individual tile, which will fit into the larger Earth.

The printer is the first of its kind to be used in Arizona, and it's being housed at EVIT, where our own students will be able to benefit from the technology. The computer program and printer will be used extensively by EVIT engineering students, as well as students from other programs (such as health students who need a model of a heart for a lesson, or 3D animation students who want to see their designs come to life).

Mr. Beaulieu brought a group of Scottsdale middle school students in this week to train them on the industry-standard software. It was a sort of test run, to see how easily the kids learned the program and the best way to introduce the technology.


They created designs like this:


And printed them out here:


And produced some amazing finished products, like this pen by Brandon Abranovic:


"I'm really excited about the program," said Micaela Abranovic, Brandon's mother. "They're learning a program used by people with college degrees."