Garage Physics

The Garage Physics lab in B613 Sterling Hall is a makerspace for student-driven interdisciplinary innovation. Garage offers UW-Madison students an unstructured safe environment to explore technologies and to develop creative ideas through project-oriented just-in-time learning. Want to make something or make something happen? You have come to the right place.

Garage Physics is described in the UW-Madison communications story http://news.wisc.edu/24040, the WKOW news story http://www.wkow.com/story/30139090/2015/09/29/students-create-inventions-of-the-future-in-uw-madison-garage , the Badger Herald story https://badgerherald.com/news/2015/10/13/tinker-away-garage-physics-helps-realize-student-inventions/, and the College of Letters and Science 2015-16 Annual Review https://issuu.com/uwmadisonls/docs/lsar_final_8.31.16_forissuu.

In the news, receipt reduction: http://news.wisc.edu/24056?utm_source=iUW&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=iUW2015-10-01 and https://badgerherald.com/news/2015/10/02/university-dining-halls-go-paperless/ and UW–Madison’s 2016 Administrative Improvement Award: http://news.wisc.edu/administrative-employees-honored-for-improving-the-campus-experience/.

Local news about the Badgerloop project (pod under construction in Chamberlin Hall): http://news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-places-among-top-teams-in-spacex-hyperloop-competition/ and https://badgerherald.com/news/2016/02/15/badgerloop-team-prepares-for-next-steps-after-success-in-texas/. National/international news: http://www.geekwire.com/2016/mit-leads-in-first-round-of-spacexs-hyperloop-contest-but-uw-is-in-the-race/, http://www.popsci.com/behind-scenes-at-spacexs-hyperloop-pod-competition

Local news about BOV member Rock Mackie, Garage member Daniel Litvak, and former student Eric Ronning, finalists in the 2016 Governor's Business Plan Contest http://news.wisc.edu/five-uw-spinoffs-among-finalists-in-governors-business-plan-contest/

Garage Physics offers limited support for R&D materials for scientists, innovators, and entrepreneurs. Apply at the following link: https://www.physics.wisc.edu//GaragePhysicsVenturewellSupportApplication .

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For further information or questions about access to the Garage or accessibility, please contact Professor Duncan Carlsmith, duncan@hep.wisc.edu , or Instructional Lab Manager Brett Unks, unks@wisc.edu, or Garage Assistant Jim McGlade, mcglade@wisc.edu.

• About Garage Physics - General information for students about joining and working in Garage Physics

• Safety - Important safety information

• Office Hours - Need a hand? Looking for a meeting to get involved?

• Projects - What are you working on? Look here for on-going and suggested projects.

• Equipment - What do we have? What would you like?

• Classes - Learn something. Teach something!

• Software - Collaboration, design tools, and more

• Makerspace links - Makerspace and innovation center links

• Entrepreneurship clinic - Entrepreneurship inspiration, education, and local and national resources

• Sustainability - WI Make Sustain resources and sustainability related suggested projects

• MadisonTech - Madison community tech group links

• Campus connections - UW connections

• Conferences - Outreach, conferences and other news

• Research funding - Resources for undergraduate and graduate research, internships, and careers

• Publish - Opportunities to publish and present your findings

• Awards - Garage students in the news

• Readings - Quiet time inspiration

• History - B613 Sterling History

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