Past Projects

 
Robert working with students at the Los Robles makerspace in 2014.

Ravenswood makerspace collaborative

Opened in 2014, the Ravenswood Makerspace Collaborative served roughly 2000 students from transitional kindergarten through eighth grade in the Ravenswood City School District once all makerspaces were operational by 2015. Robert led the collaborative for the first year before moving into a managerial role whose scope still incorporated the makerspace program.

 
An image of a map of San Mateo County with DIY trinkets representing schools who had makerspaces at the time.

Making Spaces @ SMCOE

From 2016-2020, Robert supported makerspace development in schools across San Mateo County through the Making Spaces initiative led by Maker Ed and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, with funding from Google’s Making & Science Initiative.

 
Early version of plans for the KCI Makerspace

KCI Makerspace @ Foothill college

Robert co-authored Foothill College’s California Community Colleges (CCC) Maker grant application with Krause Center for Innovation’s Professional Learning Network Director, awarded $250,000 in funding, and co-built the makerspace in the basement of the KCI building.