HAAS Scholarship

This is open to any TA who is interested in gaining more experience with CNC machining and will NOT be graduating this semester. The scholarship will be awarded based on your responses in a four question essay in the attached document.

TAs that receive this scholarship will receive additional training on the HAAS machines. This will be a roughly year-long commitment, where we will provide training this Spring semester and into the Fall semester. You will help us share knowledge to future students through the creation of additional training modules for the MakerSpace Information and Training Portal in Canvas. Some of the questions roll over from last year, if you are re-applying for the scholarship please do not copy and paste last year’s answers.

Qualification:
Must be a Maker Space TA
Awarded based on responses in a four question essay.

Award
Varies
Scopes
Engineering
Deadline
03/01/2026
Supplemental Questions
  1. What contributions would you make to the Makerspace from being awarded the scholarship?
  2. As a student in Intro to Fab what was the most challenging aspect of learning to operate the Haas machines. How would you use the Haas Scholarship to improve the teaching process for future TAs and students?
  3. Describe a part or design that you would like to machine on a CNC Mill? What challenges do you foresee encountering and how would you overcome them? (If you would like to include drawings please attach to the essay).
  4. Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years and how does the Haas scholarship help you get there?