What is MakeNet?
MakeNet is a vibrant community at Princeton University, uniting students, staff, and faculty who share a passion for creating across a wide range of mediums including 3D printing, sewing, digital design, robotics, woodworking, and more.
Powered by a fellowship of creative spaces across campus, MakeNet serves as a hub where makers, engineers, and artists converge to collaborate, learn, and inspire one another. In essence, MakeNet is more than just a community—it’s a catalyst for innovation, creativity, and lifelong learning. Join us as we celebrate the spirit of making and empower individuals to turn their ideas into reality.
Our Goals and Methods
At MakeNet, our primary goal is to foster a culture of making by providing resources and one-on-one project support. We offer a platform for individuals to discuss their projects, seek feedback, and share their expertise. MakeNet also works to improve accessibility to campus resources by educating the campus community about available facilities and their access policies.
Beyond facilitating collaboration and resource utilization, MakeNet serves as a nexus for various opportunities within the university community. Whether it’s on-campus jobs, summer internships, showcases, or other avenues for personal and professional growth, MakeNet endeavors to connect people with valuable experiences.
Participating Groups
Digital Learning Lab
https://mcgrawdll.princeton.edu/
The Digital Learning Lab is a technology-rich teaching and learning space in the Lewis Science Library that supports the use of and critical reflection upon digital tools and resources in Princeton coursework. The Digital Learning Lab serves as a flexible space for interdisciplinary dialogues around digital pedagogy, or teaching and learning with technology.
PUL Makerspace
https://library.princeton.edu/makerspace
The Princeton University Library (PUL) Makerspace is an informal learning space, open to faculty, students, and staff from any disciplines. Unaffiliated with a specific department or center, it aims to lower barriers to entry for novice users to help students learn the basics and gain confidence to take formal courses or to delve into advanced makerspaces and studios elsewhere on campus.
Keller Center Makerspace
https://kellercenter.princeton.edu/keller-center-makerspace
The Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education hosts a Makerspace in the H-Wing of the Engineering Quad featuring a wide range of design, fabrication, crafting, and tinkering tools. Users of the Keller Center Makerspace have access to resources for woodworking, electronics, sewing, CNC, and 3D printing. Training is available for the different tools offered by the Makerpsace.
ODUS Video Production Studio
https://odus.princeton.edu/odus-programs/video-production-studio
The Video Production Studio (VPS) is located on the second floor of 48 University Place. Equipped with backdrops for filming and various photography and videography tools, the VPS is open to all undergraduates and ideal for recording a podcast, shooting promotional materials for student groups, or just working on passion projects. Students are able to borrow equipment including cameras, microphones, and SD cards through our lend system, and take their photography or videography explorations out into the Princeton community.
StudioLab
https://cst.princeton.edu/studiolab
As part of the Council on Science & Technology, StudioLab nurtures interdisciplinary networks of arts, sciences, and humanities practitioners, regardless of their level of experience. StudioLab provides digital fabrication technologies, and immersive media in a hybrid space at the intersection of the laboratory, makerspace, and artist’s studio.
Stokes Library
https://library.princeton.edu/stokes
Stokes Library, located on the lower level of Wallace Hall, is the primary point-of-contact for Library Services for the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs Reserves and the Office of Population Research (OPR). Stokes provides support and facilities for Virtual Reality, as well as hosting the Stokes VizHub, a support center for data visualization and digital qualititative analysis.