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The Grainger Library Innovation and Design in Engineering & the Arts (IDEA) Lab is a creative technology lab available to all all students, staff, and faculty at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Creative technology labs provide technology for creative use, including academic and personal work. Our lab encourages and offers interdisciplinary support and resources by providing access to emerging technologies for learning, instruction, and research. <\/span>Our services and resources are available to all majors<\/span>. Discover, innovate, and play at the IDEA Lab!<\/span><\/p>\n IDEA Lab Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n Stuart Turner is responsible for the IDEA Lab\u2019s day-to-day operations. He has 20 years of technical and academic expertise from across campus. His focus is in bringing emerging technologies into a sustainable and scalable operation within the lab. His office is located in Room 000G<\/span>.<\/div> Experimental Learning & Engagement Librarian, Assistant Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n Celenia leads comprehensive programming and engagement efforts in the lab to help bridge the digital and technical divide for underserved and underrepresented communities through collaborative partnerships. Their research interests include accessibility, user experience, and experimental learning with library tech. Their office is located in Room 000A.<\/div> Library Specialist<\/strong><\/p>\n Mark assists the lab with 3D modeling\/printing and works primarily as a photogrammetrist and photographer. He has a background in film and media and has a desire to become haunted. <\/span><\/div> Library Technician Supervisor<\/strong><\/p>\n Dirk Ton helps supervise the Lab Technicians. He researches the material cultures of ancient civilizations and ways to integrate 3D and digital archiving in material preservation. Recent work in digital visualization and 3D printing have been essential in his work on weapon structure and material shape analysis. He also enjoys blacksmithing. <\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome The Grainger Library Innovation and Design in Engineering & the Arts (IDEA) Lab is a creative technology lab available to all all students, staff, and faculty at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Creative technology labs provide technology for creative use, including academic and personal work. Our lab encourages and offers interdisciplinary support and resources […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":817,"featured_media":0,"parent":16383,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15654","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/enx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/enx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/enx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/enx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/enx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15654"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/enx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19014,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/enx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15654\/revisions\/19014"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/enx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/enx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Our Services<\/h1>\n
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<\/p>\nSTUART TURNER\u00a0 |\u00a0 slturne1@illinois.edu<\/em><\/h3>\n
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