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Aeronautics and Astronautics Skilling Laboratory

For Makers & AA Students

Aeronautics and Astronautics Skilling Laboratory

The Skilling Lab serves Aeronautics & Astronautics classes, providing space, shared tools & equipment, and a welcoming culture to develop practical engineering skills for undergraduate and graduate AA students.

Image of maker work in progress with a cutting mat, cutting tools, electronic tablet

Need to make something for an AA course project?

Through your AA course providing class times in Skilling, this space can support you to ideate & create a variety of projects & prototypes, with equipment available for use by AA undergraduates & graduates (safety training required):

Making & hand-tools 

  • Safety & PPE supplies 
  • Hand drill power tool, hammers, pliers, files, Philips/hex drivers,  tape/fasteners, & a wide variety of other hand tools
  • Rulers, digital / dial / scale Vernier Calipers, micrometers, tape measures & other metrology tools

Prototyping equipment

  • Spirit GLS CO2 Laser Cutter / Engraver  
  • Ultimaker S5 3D Printer 
  • LULZBOT WorkHorse 3D printer 
  • Prusa i3 MK3S 3D printer

Electronics equipment

  • Soldering equipment
  • Oscilloscope

  • Volt / Amps / Ohms / Continuity multimeters

     

Accessing Skilling & equipment:

Access to Skilling is provided  through the AA courses you are enrolled in providing class times in Skilling, for AA undergraduates & graduates, and requires mandatory safety training & compliance with Skilling Laboratory policies. 

Safety Training Authorization 

  • Please contact the Instructor of the class you are scheduled for in the Skilling Laboratory to arrange Safety Training, or contact Dr. Sonia Travaglini (drsonia@stanford.edu)

 

Equipment Safety Training & Use Authorization Forms

  • For students attending a class in the Skilling Laboratory that will require the use of equipment, please complete the mandatory Safety Training & Use Authorization for the equipment you wish to use - all training forms are available at this link (only accessible for Stanford community members). 

Policies

  • Please review our Policies for further information on Skilling Laboratory, equipment and resource uses

     

Questions?