events & projects
Over the years ULabs has created awesome events and collaborated on several projects with several people and companies across the West Texas region.
Face Shields for First Responders
2020 October 17th, Ulabs fundraised money to manufacture Face Shields for first responders in West Texas. The event kick off was come and go, and there was an online attendance option through zoom.
The event included a full tour of Ulabs and focused on the manufacturing process of face shields. Due to covid-19 all extra safety precautions were implemented. Over the course of 6 months, our brave and noble volunteers came from organizations around town and from Texas Tech University’s Sororities and Fraternities, with masks and gloves and all safety measures in place, helped fullfill the 10,000 face shields that were manufactured and distributed around the Lubbock and West Texas and Dallas areas.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE STUDENTS HELP OUT WITH WEST TEXAS COVID-19 RELIEF CONSORTIUM
2020 May 3rd. Graduate students from the Chemical Engineering Department at Texas Tech have been working with the West Texas Covid-19 Relief Consortium to produce brims and face shields for distribution to key medical facilities around Lubbock and the region. Assistant Professor John D. Carrell from the Honors College is leading the effort and students Satish Mangalara and Aric Denton from Chemical Engineering are 3D printing brims and laser cutting shields for the effort. The photo below shows, from left to right, Aric, John and Satish before the Honors College where drop-off of finished shields is made. To date they have contributed over 1200 shields and nearly 100 brims to the project. The shields project was in collaboration with local ULabs Makerspace, founder Leen Borno and her ULabs team made their laser cutter and 3D printers and facilities available to the students.
Volunteers Make Faceshields
2020 April to Present Day. During the Covid epidemic our Valiant Volunteers from several Student organizations at Texas Tech University came to help with the assembly and distribution of the faceshields to the first reponders in clinics and hospitals around Lubbock, West Texas and the Dallas Areas. AMSA -American Medical Student Association of Texas Tech, Fraternities and sororities to name a few: Texas Tech Betas, Women Service Organization, Texas Council on Family Relations, Society of Women Engineers. The Boy Scouts Troop 505, National Charity League, Grand Assembly of Texas, International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, Demolay International,together,part of the teams who helped us assemble the faceshields. Proudly Manufactured and Made Locally at ULabs Makerspace in Lubbock, Texas.
Grants Received
At the onset of the pandemic the world came to a stanstill but for the amazing efforts of our fundraising team ,Ulabs was able to secure several grants from the Lubbock, West Texas and Dallas Area foundations. The funding sparked the manufacture of locally made Faceshields and brought the community together to help save lives.
International Cultural Diversity
2019 January to December, every Saturday Ulabs hosted open discussions for students from Texas Tech University’s Media and communications department and members of the public. Topics on cultures and diversity from around the world.
North Ridge School STEM night project
2018 February 10, Ulabs participated in STEM night project at North Ridge school by providing jewelry making a demonstration, 3D printing demonstration, raspberry pi activities, and other Makerpsace activities. Ulabs served 250 students during one day even.
Ulabs collaboration with Science Spectrum & College of Engineering Faire
2017 December 5, Ulabs participated in Texas Tech University Engineering fair at the Science spectrum through 3D printing demonstration; build bot activities, and other similar activities. Ulabs served around 200 people during this event.
Bean Elementary school 3D printing Summer camp
2017 June 5-15, for two weeks, Ulabs hosted 40 students for 3D printing workshop for two weeks. The student learned 3D printing designs, printing objects, 3D printing troubleshooting, 3D scanning, molding workshop, and other hands-on workshops. The instructors curriculum was a collaboration between the Texas Tech Students and Ulabs.
Lubbock Youth entrepreneur academy
2017 May 20, Ulabs mentored youth with their business ideas and helped them start up using 3D printers And displayed their inventions and businesses models at the South Plains Mall.
Lubbock Art Alliance Event
2017 April 22-23, Ulabs participated in Lubbock Art Alliance event by providing 3D printing demonstration, build bot activities, painting table, and other Makerspace activities. Ulabs and their Texas Tech Student Volunteers, served around 500 people during three days event.
Boys Scouts 3D printing Workshop
2017 March 25, Ulabs in collaboration with students from Texas Tech University mentored and hosted 20 boys’ scouts for 3D printing workshop for one full day. The student learned 3D printing designs, printing objects, and 3D printing troubleshooting.
GGDS Fashion Show
2016 December 2, Ulabs launches an annual event the Global Gargantuan Domination Summit, showcasing ULabs Members produce. From Jewelry, Fashion, Music and Art the proceeds of which go to thriving artists and spreading the word about Ulabs.
Amplify Hope foundation event by Lubbock High School Students
2016 September 17, Around 95 students gathered and raised the money for the musical event. A collaboration with Lubbock area High School students by selling T-shirts, design the flyer, announcing the event, inviting the people and setting up communication channels and the event. The youth learned how to manage and implement their business plan. Learning through doing.
Grand Opening Ulabs Makerspace
2016 September 17, Ulabs had full Makerspace tools demonstration which is laser cutting, plasma cutting, welding, mill&lathe, 3D printing, jewelry making, and other activities. Ulabs hosted around 400 people during a day event.
Inventor Faire
2016 June 17-23, people from the public came out and enjoyed a variety of events showcasing the best of the new maker high tech equipment.
Teachers Innovation Workshop with Mackenzie school
2016 August 20-21, Ulabs hosted 75 teachers from an elementary school in Lubbock for a one-day hands-on workshop in the hope that the teachers would share the experience with their students.
Mothers Untitled Event
2016 May 21, A painting event fundraiser was done to attract the youth and their moms. The focus was on college students that did not have their families here and the moms that had their kids out in college. It was an event to unite all and draw art together. Around 100 people came, and the panel of judges awarded monetary prizes for the top artists.
TEDx
2016 February 6, A group of volunteers helped build the big X for the event that took place in collaboration with Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas
Mural competition
2016 April 23, Ulabs hosted ten teams of artists who were competing to draw a mural that would be hung up at Ulabs in recognition of the artists.The youth came from Lubbock high school and friendship high school and Cooper high school and Texas Tech University. Around 70 people,their ages ranged between 15 to 25.
Blanka Event at Ulabs
2015 November 14, A collaboration with a group of students from the Architecture Department at Texas Tech University, 100 artists and four different music bands gathered and displayed their art and play their music and attracted 1500 people from around the Lubbock area.
Barnes & Nobel and Ulabs Maker Faire
2015 November 7, Ulabs organizes the Barnes and Noble maker faire every year for the past three years. Ulabs serves around 250 people during the fair through providing a live demonstration of 3D printing and other technology tools
Innovation Competition Mentor
2015 July 10, Ulabs was a mentor for a group of students from Texas Tech University TTU. They won first place prize for their Innovation project which was presented by the Dalai Lama.