Welcome to our class blog for MATH189AH: Making Mathematics, a class at Harvey Mudd College. In this course, students work in teams to make five projects throughout the term, and learn how deep mathematical ideas and new fabrication techniques can inform each other.
Syllabus
Here is an early version of our syllabus, which we worked together to build during week 1 of the term.
Technologies
In our class, we want to be very expansive about what we mean by making, and what we mean by “technology.” Here is a list of some of the technologies students might use when creating their projects.
Fiber arts
- Digital Jacquard loom
- Manual loom
- Sewing machine
- Leather sewing machine
- Embroidery machine
- Crochet
- Knitting
- Felting
Digital
- Video camera
- Camera
- Projector
- Stop-motion
- Animated GIFs
- VR headsets
- Microphones
- Speakers
- Large format printer
Electrical
- Electric circuits
- Oscilloscope
- Soldering
Makerspace’s Laser/3D room
- Laser cutter
- Waterjet cutter
- 3D printer
- FDM
- SLA (resin)
- SLS (nylon)
Wood shop
- Wood lathe
- Drill press
- Table saw
- Miter saw
- CNC router
- Sanders
Paper and printing
- Origami
- Compass & straightedge
- Papier-mâché
- Pop-up cards
- Printing press
- Linocut and woodcut printing
- Screen printing
- Ink drawings
- Watercolor
Software
- PIL (Python)
- OpenSCAD
- Inkscape
- Blender
- Unity
- Mathematica
- Rhino3D
Machine Shop
- Metal Lathe
- Mill
- Shear
- Bandsaw
- Welding
- Bending brake
Other technologies
- LEGO, K’nex, Zometool
- Bead art
- Lite Brite
- Jewlery making
- Modeling clay
- Ceramics
- Balloon animals
- Cricut vinyl cutter
- Scrapbooking
- Pen plotters
- Henna
- Tile Mosaic
- Resin molds
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