University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Staff & Faculty

At the Fab Lab, our team of dedicated staff, interns, volunteers, and community and university partners are the heart of our makerspace. Bringing diverse backgrounds and innovative perspectives together we celebrate making in its many forms and encourage the love of it to grow in others. 

CURRENT STAFF

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Lisa Bievenue

Director of Informatics Programs

Kyungwon Koh

Director of the CU Community Fab Lab

Lara Orr

Communications Officer & Summer Camp Program Coordinator

Michael Dalton - Lab Manager
Michael Dalton

Lab Manager

Emilie Butt

Instruction & Engagement Coordinator

Amanda Elzbieciak

Information & Data Coordinator

Duncan Baird

Instructor & Lab Assistant

Sara Paige Ballenger

Instructor & Community Engagement Team Member

Wayne Hardy

Lab Assistant & Community Engagement Team Member

James Bhur

Lab Assistant

Malcolm Coulter

Lab Assistant

Max Ando

Lab Assistant

Mark Hayek

Lab Assistant

Christy Powell

Lab Assistant

Iona Hopping
Iona Hopping

Lab Assistant

GRADUATE ASSISTANTS / TEACHING ASSISTANTS

Alicia Detterman
Lily Schwarz
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Isabella Viega
Rodrigo Hiroto Morais
Rodrigo Hiroto Morais

HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS

Kristan H.

ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS

Tanya J.

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED FACULTY & STAFF

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Karin Readel

Senior Coordinator of Informatics Education Program

 

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Ryan Cordell

Associate Professor, iSchool & Director of the Skewuomorph Press & Book Lab

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JooYoung Seo

Assistant Professor, iSchool

Chad Lane

Professor of Education; PI of WHIMC NSF Grant

COMMUNITY PARTNERS & AFFILIATES

2012-present
2013-present
2017-present