Location and Hours

Student Access Section

Access to the build space, 3d printing, computer stations, machining area, and training sessions can all be scheduled here: Learning Factory Booking Page.

Training

Click here for Safety Training.

Click here for Other training. (e.g. machining, welding, woodshop)

Location

The Learning Factory is part of the Engineering Design and Innovation Building, located on West Campus at Penn State University Park (interactive map).

Directions

Atherton Street/Business Route 322 (State College, PA) to White Course Drive

Hours

Fall and Spring Semesters

Wood Shop: 8am-6pm / M, T, F; 8am-7:30pm / W, Th
EE / IoT: 1pm-4pm / M; 9am-11am / T; 9am-12pm / Th; more hours coming soon!
Metal Shop: coming soon
Fourth Floor: 8am-11pm / M-F; 12pm-4pm / Sa,Su

Summer

Monday – Friday: 8 am – 12 pm and 1 pm – 5 pm

Shop Supervisors

Matt Hassinger
814-865-1079
HMH103@PSU.EDU

Steven White
814-867-5335
SRW227@psu.edu

Location

Take an aerial tour of the new EDI Building!

About

Our mission is to help bring the real-world into the classroom by providing engineering students with practical hands-on experience through industry-sponsored and client-based capstone design projects. Since its inception, the Learning Factory has completed more than 1,800 projects for more than 500 different sponsors, and nearly 9,000 engineering students at Penn State University Park participated in such a project.