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UNC Makers and supporters are invited to participate in Carolina’s Fall 2024 BeAM MakerFest! Show off your creations from class or personal projects, or share your ideas and prototypes from research or entrepreneurial efforts. There will be prizes, maker competitions, mini-events, hands-on maker challenges, as well as refreshments. No matter your experience level or reason for making, or even if you just want to support makers and check it out, everyone is welcome.

Let us know if you’re planning on attending by registering through HeelLife here: https://heellife.unc.edu/event/11222494. Thanks for being a part of the maker community at UNC and we hope to see you, your friends, and coworkers on December 4th.

 

Want to be a MakerFest exhibitor and win MakerFest awards?

Sign up to reserve your spot by Monday, April 21st!

Exhibitor capacity is limited, and table space is assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis.

 

     Photos: University Communications, MakerFest 2021

MakerFest 2021
MakerFest 2021
MakerFest 2021
MakerFest 2021

 

MakerFest Awards:

 

If you exhibit a project at MakerFest, you have the chance to win several fabulous prizes provided by RYOBI Tools along with award medals made by BeAM staff! Some of these awards are Audience Choice, meaning that the MakerFest attendees will vote on a winner, while others are Judges’ Choice, where a panel of professionals will choose a winner for each category. Check out the descriptions below

 

Audience Choice:

 

Most Creative: Original, inventive, unexpected, unique

Best Mixed Media: Combines tools and materials

Best All-Around: “Best in Show” – the crowd’s favorite

 

Judge’s Choice:

 

RYOBI Innovative Maker Award

  • Prototypes a thoughtful solution to a real-world problem
  • Made using handheld BeAM tools (e.g. power drill, rotary tool, etc.)
  • Prize package of RYOBI tools

UNC Academic Impact Award

  • Connects project design to academic coursework
  • Uses making to advance knowledge of a subject
  • Prize package of maker tools

KEEN Entrepreneurial Mindset Award

  • Novel connection to emerging research or interdisciplinary applications
  • Uses making to advance knowledge of a subject
  • Prize package of maker tools

BeAM Applied Creativity Award

  • Solves tangible problems with clever, creative approaches
  • Balances practicality with innovative design
  • Modest cash prize

 

MakerFest Maps and Programs:

 

Fall 2021 MakerFest Map

Fall 2021 MakerFest Exhibitors

Spring 2022 MakerFest Map

Spring 2022 MakerFest Exhibitors

Fall 2022 MakerFest Map

Fall 2022 MakerFest Exhibitors

Spring 2023 MakerFest Map

Spring 2023 MakerFest Exhibitors

Fall 2023 MakerFest Map

Fall 2023 MakerFest Exhibitors

Spring 2024 MakerFest Map

Spring 2024 MakerFest Exhibitors

Fall 2024 MakerFest Map

Fall 2024 MakerFest Exhibitors