Christian McKay
Director, 3D Fabrication & Design Inquiry Labs
Director, SICE Makerspaces
Contact Information
mckayc@indiana.edu
(812) 856-5080
Luddy Hall (700 N. Woodlawn Ave) 2138
http://go.iu.edu/sicemakerspaces
Education
- MFA at California College of the Arts, 2010
Biography
In his role as the Director of Luddy School's 3D Design and Digital Fabrication Labs Christian shapes and maintains the maker fabrication spaces to best serve the School's mission to excel and lead in education, research, and outreach. In conjunction with his role Christian also conducts educational research at the intersections of design, craft, and technology in K-12 and higher academic makerspaces with numerous publications and presentations on the subject. Christian’s research has focused on the affordances of design processes inherent in physical computing and the positive learning impacts on students whose experiences are guided through hands-on prototyping activities in makerspaces.