Foreword#

Hello! This is an example student blog for the 2024-2025 ULB class “How To Make (almost) Any Experiments Using Digital Fabrication”.

About me#

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Hello, my name is Antoine, I’m 21 years old and a BA3 student in bioengineering at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. I’m a native Bruxellois and proud of it. I have two half-sisters a little older than me and am a happy uncle to a niece and a nephew. I’m a fairly athletic young adult, playing field hockey at least 4 times a week. Sport in general helps me to burn off energy and think about other things when student life takes over too much.
I started my school career with elementary school in Dutch and then secondary school in immersion at Collège Saint-Pierre. After that, I decided to take a sabbatical year abroad, notably in South Africa and Spain. My other hobbies include traveling and discovering other cultures, partying at weekends and water sports.

Why did I chose the class “How to make (almost) Any Experiments Using Digital Fabrication”?#

The “How to make…” elective caught my eye in the sense that the skills you acquire seem indispensable to a complete bioengineer. It seemed important to me to add this string to my bow. What’s more, the course is practical, which I prefer to the theory that makes up over 80% of our bachelor’s courses. I’m completely new in the domain, so you’ll see that I stuggled quite often but I’m willing to learn more!

What’s next?#

Below you’ll find the rest of my documentation and the learning stages I went through. Hope this helps you for whatever reason.

  1. Week 1: Project management and documentation.
  2. Week 2: Computer-Aided Desing
  3. Week 3: 3D Printing
  4. Week 4: Selected Fab tool
  5. Week 5: Teams dynamics and final project