Practical Innovation Through Learning, Observation and Teaching
Questions? Contact:
KatieRae Williamson
Office: 141E
Phone: 303-735-7976
Email: katierae.williamson@colorado.edu
Josh Mellin
Office: 141E
Email: joshua.mellin@colorado.edu
Pilot Summer Hours:
By appointment only.
Please note, hours are subject to change at any time. For a more detailed schedule, please see the PILOT Google calendar.
All students taking classes in the PILOT or Co-PILOT or those who wish to use the facilities are required to take a PILOT Tour. This tour is now offered through Canvas. If you have not taken this course, please self-enroll on Canvas.
For students who took the tour in Fall 2019 - Spring 2021, those accounts are still active. However, BuffOne Card access to PILOT for after-hours access has been terminated.
After-hours access will be available by BuffOne Card only. A separate training is required for BuffOne card activation. The training can be found by self-enrolling into the Canvas course listed above with the module name: "After-hours Access Request". Please note, you must have a valid Aero-ITL account, in addition to taking the "After-hours Access" training.
If you have any questions or issues, please contact aeropilot@colorado.edu.
Computing: Starting Fall 2021, all Aero ITL account usernames and passwords have moved to the IdentiKey system
Equipment: All workstations have individual power supplies, digital multimeters, and oscilloscopes. Computers are imaged with core coursework software including: Matlab, Solidworks, Altium, STK, CorelDraw, ANSYS.
See below for full lists of manufacturing and testing equipment. Submit your rapid prototyping needs.
Rapid Prototyping Equipment
BCN3D/Prusa - dual extrusion FFM 3D printer (x2)
Cost: Bring your own material
Use: Special request
Epilog Fusion M2 - Laser Cutter (x2)
Bed size: 30 in x 20 in
Cost: Bring your own material
Use: Student use after completing workshop
Formlabs - Resin/UV 3D printer (x1)
Print size: 5.7 in x 5.7 in x 6.9 in
Cost: Pay for printing
Use: Special request
Lisa Pro - 3D SLS Plastic printer (x1)
Build size: 4.3 in x 5.9 in x 9.8 in
Cost: Pay for printing
Use: Special request
Lulzbot Taz 6 - FFM 3D printer (x1)
Print size: 11 in x 11 in x 9.8 in
Cost: Bring your own material
Use: Student use after completing workshop
Lulzbot mini - FFM 3D printer (x4)
Print size: 6.3 in x 6.3 in x 7 in
Cost: Bring your own material
Use: Student use after completing workshop
MarkForged- Composite 3D printer (x1)
Print size: 12.6 in x 5.2 in x 6 in
Cost: Pay for printing
Use: Special request
MetalX - Metal FFM 3D printer (x1)
Print size: 12.6 in x 5.2 in x 6 in *restricted by furnace
Cost: Pay for printing
Use: Special request
Testing Equipment
Axial Torsional MTS
Use: Special request
Double stroke material compression tensile tester
Use: Special request
Vibration/shaker table
Use: Special request
Wind tunnel
Use: Special request