Singh Imagineering Laboratory

Learn More about the Imagineering Competition

Students are taking their ideas for innovations that will impact people and society and using the Singh Imagineering Lab to make them a reality, competing to win some serious prize money.

Empowering Students to Innovate Solutions

The "what"...

The Binoy K. Singh Imagineering Laboratory gives students the resources to take on extracurricular engineering initiatives and think about new ways to address society’s challenges. The Singh Imagineering Lab provides easy access to entrepreneurially minded College of Engineering students, and other BU students working with them, without limiting the topic or timeframe of use. Using the lab’s tools and machinery -- and guidance from faculty, graduate students and undergraduate peers -- students are encouraged to pursue their ideas and designs. Where applicable, they can take projects to the prototype stage and enter them in design competitions. And where feasible, they will be encouraged to take on partners from BU’s School of Management, work on plans to potentially commercialize their products and enter them in business competitions.

The "who"...

Eligible Students:

Lab Advisors:
Lab Manager:

BU College of Engineering Students
BU students working with at least one BU College of Engineering Student
Note: Completion of a 30-minute safety course is required.
List of Advisors
Joe Precopio | 617-353-5949

The "where"...

44 Cummington Street, 1st floor
617-358-6738

The "when"...

Monday to Thursday | Noon to 10:00 PM
Friday to Sunday | Noon to 6:00 PM
Closed Holidays and Breaks

The "how"...

Available Equipment

Manual and NC Mills
Makerbot Replicator 3D Printer
Desktop Computers with SolidWorks and CAD
Tap and Die sets
Oscilloscope
Power Supply
Bench Grinder
Band Saw
Drill Press
Belt & Disc Sander
Hand Tools
Various Handheld Power Tools

Stocked Supplies

Sheet metal
Plywood
Assorted Dowels
Lucite
PVC Pipes
Metal Rods
Assorted electronic parts
Assorted wire
Assorted batteries & motors
Assorted nuts, bolts, screws, and fasteners

Gaining Access

There are five simple steps to gain access to the Imagineering Lab (IL):

Download & print the Singh Imagineering Lab Operating Procedures. Read and acknowledge your agreement of the procedures with your signature at the bottom along with your BUID#.
Attend an equipment safety training session (under the "Safety" section) and have your IL operating procedures signed by the equipment trainer.
Turn in form to room B15 of 44 Cummington Street
Apply for access in Zaius

Equipment Safety Training Schedule

Below are the dates of the upcoming Tinker training sessions. If you have missed these dates or cannot attend, you can come to the lab and place your name on the e-mail list and you will be told of future trainings. You do not have to sign up for a training, just show up. YOU MUST REPORT ON TIME AND TAKE THE TRAINING SERIOUSLY. These sessions begin promptly and you will not be admitted after they begin. Training is held in the Imagineering Lab and takes an hour. You can work in the lab immediately after the training is finished.

You must be on time or you will not be admitted.

Thursday 3/28 4:00
Friday 3/29 3:00
Saturday 3/30 Noon
Sunday 3/31 3:00
Monday 4/1 1:00
Tuesday 4/2 8:00
Wednesday 4/3 3:00
Thursday 4/4 5:00

Forms

Singh Imagineering Lab Operating Procedures
Parts Request Form
Machining Request Form
3D Printer Usage Form
Faculty/Alumni Advisor Request Form
Suggestion Form

Grand Opening of ENG's Singh Imagineering Lab

On October 28, 2011, Dean Ken Lutchen and donor Binoy K. Singh cut the ribbon that signaled the opening of BU College of Engineering's Imagineering Laboratory—a place for engineering students to let their imaginations loose, design, innovate, and create.

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