JLAB organizes the first Minecraft & Manufacturing (M&M) Workshop for School Students.
August 14th, 2017 By reejaStudents aged 9-14 were introduced to concepts relevant to materials processing (e.g., diffusion) and demonstrated these concepts in a Minecraft project. A huge thank you to Dr. Judith Hallinen of CMU’s Leonard Gelfand Center for Service Learning and Outreach.

Participants of the first Minecraft & Manufacturing workshop @CMU

We learn much more when we have fun

A participant immersed in his project

Shhhh..class is in session and we are all very focused

A discussion that turned into a debate..why do atoms move?

A participant presenting her project during the afternoon session

Demonstrating random walk of atoms using sheep

Aerial view of a virtual Minecraft classroom set up for workshop participants

A factory built by a workshop participant