Creat'R Lab Maker Meetups

Please join us for the Creat’R Lab Maker Meetup series. The Maker Meetup will help bring together UCR community members from across the disciplines. This meetup is hosted by the UCR Library Creat’R Lab and facilitated by Alvaro Alvarez, Innovative Media Librarian, and Brendon Wheeler, Maker Services Coordinator.

Each meeting is hybrid and will take place in person in Orbach Library or join over Zoom. We will begin with either a guest speaker or a workshop/demo to help spark our collective creativity and innovation. The remaining time will be dedicated to questions, and the sharing of ideas and projects through informal conversations and show and tell.

Any UCR community member with any level of experience in creating and making is welcome to attend. This will be a great opportunity to meet new people, learn something new, and explore endless possibilities through exposure to new tools and approaches to making.

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” -Maya Angelou

List of meetup topics for Fall 2025:

• October 2 (2 - 3 p.m.): Prototyping with CAD for Research Projects, Featuring: Dr. Ben McKee, Alvaro Alvarez and Brendon Wheeler (Orbach Room 122 or Zoom)

• October 28 (2 - 3 p.m.): The Art of Toy Design with Hasbro, Featuring: Steve Evans, Alvaro Alvarez and Brendon Wheeler (Orbach Room 240 or Zoom)

• November 18 (1:30 - 2:30 p.m.): From Code to Circuit, Simulating Robotics, Featuring: Dr. Hang Qiu, Alvaro Alvarez and Brendon Wheeler (Orbach Room 122 or Zoom)

- All UCR community members are welcome to attend. Make sure to register with your UCR email. Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants. Participants are expected to follow and uphold.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Orbach Science Library or Zoom, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, United States