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For Jostein Robstad, a career in industrial design has now brought him back to where an important part of it began.
Originally from Norway, Jostein is a multi-award-winning Industrial Designer with 12 years’ experience in product design and development. In May, he took up the role of Chief Technician at Atlantic Technological University (ATU) MakerSpace on the Sligo campus, where he is helping to develop the facility and support the next generation of makers, designers and innovators.
ATU MakerSpace on the Sligo campus reopens for bookings on Monday, 13 April 2026. All staff and students are welcome to use ATU MakerSpace Sligo – be it for an introductory session or to create or advance a project.
ATU MakerSpace is delighted to be collaborating with members from the EU Green Alliance at ATU MakerSpace’s facility on the Sligo campus this week.
Students from across ATU participating in Student Inc. this summer recently took part in a workshop to go through the process of design thinking and prototyping at ATU MakerSpace Sligo.
Atlantic Technological University MakerSpace, the initiative that is inspiring the next generation of students to embrace the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects, has revealed that 46% of those who used the MakerSpace facility on its ATU Sligo campus over the past academic year were female.
Atlantic Technological University MakerSpace, in conjunction with the Local Enterprise Office Mayo, Údarás na Gaeltachta and European Digital Innovation Hubs Network's Data2Sustain was delighted to host a wonderful Pop-Up Fab Lab event on ATU's Mayo campus in Castlebar yesterday (Monday).
Atlantic Technological University's MakerSpace is thrilled to be part of an upcoming Pop-Up Fab Lab event, aimed at providing opportunities tailored to empower small businesses throughout County Mayo.
Atlantic Technological University's MakerSpace is delighted to be associated with MAKERTHON – where creativity gets a high-tech upgrade!
Atlantic Technological University’s Access and Widening Participation Service hosted Foróige’s Roma UBU Youth Project from County Roscommon at its ATU Sligo campus recently.
ATU MakerSpace will be among those exhibiting at the Sligo Engineering Fair, which returns for its sixth consecutive year, at Atlantic Technological University’s Sligo campus this Sunday, March 2.
ATU lecturers Drs John Pender and Perry Share, who have created two ATU MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) on Social Robotics, and PhD student Jack McAteer Wallace joined Stuart Lawn of ATU MakerSpace on campus in Sligo to start the process of building a social robot.
ATU MakerSpace recently collaborated with the Early Childhood Studies department on an inspiring project aimed at bringing STE(A)M education into the world of early learning. The initiative saw Early Childhood Studies students explore the creative possibilities of digital design and laser cutting, bridging the gap between conceptual ideas and tangible learning tools for preschool-aged children.
Atlantic Technological University’s pioneering outreach initiative promoting the STEM subjects in secondary schools, ATU MakerSpace, is happy to announce a new partnership with HedgeHog Financial Wellness.
Collaborating with ATU Sligo’s Green Spaces Initiative to Bring Nature, Design, and Functionality Together
Atlantic Technological University Sligo hosted six students from Sligo Youthreach, under the auspices of Mayo Sligo Leitrim Education Training Board, at the ATU MakerSpace workshop on campus earlier this year.
Atlantic Technological University (ATU) MakerSpace partners MakerMeet will bring the world of superheroes to life with several workshops at a Comic Con event at Sligo Central Library this Friday, 28 June 2024. The event runs from 11 am to 4 pm.
This week, ATU MakerSpace was on the concourse of its Sligo campus, welcoming incoming students and their parents to ATU. The mobile MakerSpace was set up, complete with a 3D printer and a laser cutter.
