Walk into any academic research lab and you will find equipment that would make MacGyver proud! This is because research is at the cutting edge of science, while instrumentation has been designed with particular applications in mind. This means that new experiments often require altering the instrument or purchasing expensive accessories that make it challenging for other researchers to replicate published studies.

 

Our research group is interested in using rapid prototyping technologies such as 3D printing to enable new kinds of experiments or make current experiments easier to perform and reproduce. The low cost and tunability of this approach is ideal for the academic environment. Need a unique electrode holder, no problem. Need to performed in-situ spectroelectrochemistry while at a particular temperature, sure! Plus, by designing the equipment using computer assisted design, we can share our designs with a click of a button. Be sure to check out some of our unique designs. In another project, we are exploring new composite 3D printing filaments and how these materials can be used to make custom electrodes!