Full Time Staff
Lennon Rodgers
Position title: Director, Grainger Engineering Design Innovation Lab
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (MIT)
M.S., Mechanical Engineering (MIT)
B.S., Mechanical Engineering (U. of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign)
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Matthew Mabee
Position title: Shop Manager
BA Studio Arts (Monmouth College), M. Arch (UW-Milwaukee)
Carly Benish
Position title: Shop Manager
BS, Biomechanical Engineering (Stanford) MS, Mechanical Engineering (Stanford)
Maggie Muldowney
Position title: Operations Manager
BFA, Studio Arts (Minneapolis College of Art & Design)
Assistant Managers (Graduate Student Fab Fellows)
Aishwarya Deshpande
Credentials: Assistant Shop Manager
BS Mechanical Engineering, Shavji University
MS Manufacturing Systems Engineering, UW-Madison
Chair Positions: Laser Cutter, Waterjet, Machine Shop
Patrick Faue
Credentials: Assistant Shop Manager
BS Psychics, UMN-Duluth
MS Mechanical Engineering Research, UW-Madison
Chair Positions: 3D Printing, Waterjet, Machine Shop
Jan Maroske
Credentials: Assistant Shop Manager
BS Mechanical Engineering, UW-Madison
Chair Positions: Machine Shop, Composites Lab
Christian Martinez
Credentials: Assistant Shop Manager
BS Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, UW-Madison
Chair Positions: Electronics, 3D Scanner, AR/VR, 3D Printing
Brett Prussack
Credentials: Assistant Shop Manager
BS Mechanical Engineering, UW-Madison
Chair Positions: CNC Router, Machine Shop, Waterjet
Student Staff
Emma Fuller
Position title: Financial Account Manager
Major: Personal Finance: Financial Planning, Economics
Nick Garber
Position title: Technical Staff
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Chair Position: Laser Cutting, CAD
Kirk Mendoza
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Chair Positions: 3D Scanning, VR, CNC Router, Machine Shop
Kevin Mo
Position title: Technical Staff
Major: Computer Engineering, Computer Science
Chair Positions: Electronics
Corbin Neutgens
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Chair Positions: CNC, Laser Cutting, Machine Shop, Waterjet
Patrick Nowakowski
Major: Computer Engineering, Computer Science
Chair Positions: Machine Shop, Laser Cutting
Ava Pezza
Position title: Technical Staff
Major: Computer Science, Mathematics
Chair Position: Laser Cutting
Emma Rachum
Major: Biological Systems Engineering, Engineering for Energy Sustainability
Chair Position: 3D Printing, Laser Cutting
Claire Winter
Major: Electrical Engineering
Chair Positions: 3D print, Electronics, Machine Shop, Textiles
Advisory Board
Jesse Darley
Position title: Advisory Group - Director of Mechanical Engineering & Principal at Design Concepts
Kevin Eliceri
Position title: Advisory Group - Director: Fab Lab at Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
Sarah Sandock
Position title: Advisory Group - CEO at Dock, Adjunct Assistant Professor - Biomedical Engineering
