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Tuesday March 24, 2026 10:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Speakers 
Student Engagement and Outreach Coordinator, OriginLabs
Sarah Fasco is the Student Engagement and Outreach Coordinator for OriginLabs. Before joining the team, she worked at a makerspace at Virginia Tech, where she helped manage the studio, provided project consultations and tool trainings, and built displays for the space.
OriginLabs Director, The Pennsylvania State University
Ryan joined Penn State in 2021 as Director of the brand-new OriginLabs, a prototyping and product design facility serving entrepreneurs and start-ups from the university, community, and beyond. Previously, Mandell was director of fabrication labs for Indiana University's school of...
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Manager, The Pennsylvania State University, OriginLabs
Jose Nunez is the Shop Manager for OriginLabs. Jose earned his MFA in Production Technology from Ohio University (2017), and his BA in Theatre from the University of Maryland (2010). Jose used to work as a Properties Master in professional regional theatre, building and maintaining...
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Service Bureau Manager, OriginLabs
Tristan Hess is the Service Bureau Manager for OriginLabs. He holds a bachelor’s degree in interior design and a master’s in education focused on art and design. Before coming to OriginLabs, he worked for an independent school in Colorado, where he taught architecture, design...
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