Cindy Kohtala

CINDY KOHTALA

FINAL PROJECT


1. PROJECT MANAGEMENT

2. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN

3. COMPUTER CONTROLLED CUTTING

4. ELECTRONICS PRODUCTION

5. 3D SCANNING, PRINTING

6. ELECTRONICS DESIGN

7. COMPUTER CONTROLLED MACHINING

8. EMBEDDED PROGRAMMING

9. MECHANICAL DESIGN

10. OUTPUT DEVICES

11. MACHINE DESIGN

12. MOULDING AND CASTING

13. INPUT DEVICES

14. COMPOSITES

15. NETWORKING, COMMUNICATIONS

16. INTERFACE, APPLICATION PROGRAMMING

17. APPLICATIONS, IMPLICATIONS

18. INVENTIONS, IP, INCOME



ABOUT ME



I am a postdoc researcher inAalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture(Helsinki, Finland), inINUSEUsers and Innovation Research Group.
I was once a maker of furniture, but I spend most of my time nowadays making academic papers, making books and making EU-funded research project reports.

I also teach Design-for-Sustainability and write about design activism,urban activismand peer production.
I'm very involved in theCreative SustainabilityMaster's Programme.

I've been researching Fab Labs for more than five years, but I'm a beginner at personal fabrication. I defended my doctoral dissertation (on Fab Labs) last March. This completely interrupted my progress in Fab Academy 2016.
In January 2017, our Fablab moved to a new location and then I went to India for almost a month. While this completely interrupted my progress in Fab Academy 2017, I was able to spend a week at the amazingVigyan AshramFabLab. But now I'm back in Helsinki and ready to work on Fab Academy.



If you're interested, my dissertation is available to purchase as abook and download as afree pdf.(Graphic design by the stellar Emmi Kyytsönen / Karppi Design.)