Mechanics, Continuous Media & Structures

Laboratory of Scale-reduced Models (CaminsMakers)

The Scale-reduced Models Laboratory or CaminsMakers is a space for experimentation and manufacturing of teaching tools using different digital manufacturing techniques. Mainly, low-cost free hardware and software are used as well as traditional manufacturing tools. The laboratory explores the use of sensors in applications related to civil engineering.

It also explores the use of various microcontrollers and computers with data acquisition and transmission capacity, as well as the creation and programming of graphical user interfaces. Manufacturing includes the use of digital tools (3D printer) as well as traditional construction tools. In the laboratory, teaching tasks are developed by means of dynamic training and methodologies.