This holiday season, Gannon’s MakerSpace celebrated creativity through community partnerships and student involvement. We collaborated with Port Farms on custom ornaments, hosted a student ornament design contest with a winning design produced, and built a festive wooden Christmas tree to display ornaments, adding holiday spirit to the space and highlighting innovation and campus creativity.

Gannon University welcomed prospective students and families to campus during its Fall Open House, offering them a firsthand look at the creativity and innovation happening inside MakerSpace.

MakerSpace proudly took part in Manufacturing Day 2025, where we had the opportunity to connect with over 2,000 students and local industry partners from across Erie County.

This year’s Understanding Manufacturing Technologies (UMT) Summer Camps brought students together for an immersive experience in 3D printing, laser cutting, and machining.

Gannon University students had the exciting opportunity to get creative at a DIY Keychains Workshop held in the MakerSpace

As an exhibitor at this year’s STEAM Fair, Gannon’s MakerSpace was honored to be part of such an impactful community event

the Gannon University MakerSpace team participated in the STEAM fair at the Springfield Elementary School

Alexandra Pennemann is a graduate student obtaining her Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

Gannon University's MakerSpace 3D print farm enables rapid production, featuring student-made products in the campus bookstore

The Boss Industrial Laser Cutter and Engraver delivers 155 watts of cutting power with a lifetime performance of up to 12,000 hours

Our MakerSpace is a cutting-edge facility designed to empower students, faculty, and staff to bring their ideas to life!

Daniel Rutkowski is a senior Industrial and Robotics Engineering student and a Senior Makerspace Lab Technician at Gannon University

The Gannon University MakerSpace attended the annual Manufacturing Day event hosted by the Manufacturer & Business Association.

The FM-Station Fiber Machine features an adjustable galvo scanner head capable of projecting between 20 to 100 watts of fiber laser power

Spotlight of the Gannon University's MakerSpace Equipment

Gannon University's MakerSpace establishes at the Ruskin Campus

Spotlight of the equipment used by Gannon University's MakerSpace

Gianni led the initiative to convert the MakerSpace's old Avid CNC router into a pellet-fed large format 3D printer

Using 3D laser scanning and full-color 3D printing, witness the transformation of the historical masterpiece into a vibrant 3D model

We compared the print speeds of three popular 3D printers, concluding a ranking of the best one based on the speed and quality