Operating Hours: 9 AM to 5 PM Monday - Friday (except university holidays)
Majors Supported: All Purdue students
General PPE: Long pants, closed toed shoes, Z87+ safety glasses (different areas might have aditional PPE requiremnts)
Step 1: Initial Project Consultation (~10 mins - 1 hr)
During our operating hours join our Discord Server, and hop on the Front Desk channel.
The Front Desk will connect you with an available Peer Mentor and help you start a consultation.
You may have to provide information about material, purpose, design etc. Keep that information handy before you get in a consultation. Hint: Volunteering, tours and learning to use equipment are all projects.
From the consultation you should get project viability, resource list, learning resources, project workflow etc. Hint: Take notes!
Make sure to type in the resources based on your initial consultation.
Proposals are not automatically approved! You need to hop on Discord in order to get them approved by a Peer Mentor. Hint: It is best to get this done during Step 1.
Step 3: Finish Safety Quizzes (~10 mins - 30 mins)
Join Bechtel Innovation Design Center Purdue group on Passport.
Take the quizzes based on your project in the Project Management System. Hint: You can click on the quizzes in the Project Manangement System to jump to the quiz. You have to accept the badges for them to be complete.
Step 4: Further Consultations (~1 hr - 3 hrs)
Depending on the nature of the project there might be multiple subsequent consultations. These could be on Discord or in-person (decided by Peer Mentor start in Discord) at the Center. Hint: Always take notes! Share what you have discussed with the last Peer Mentor. Simple web searches can often solve a lot of problems; save the difficult questions for the Peer Mentors.
Ask the Peer Mentor if you are ready for a Reservation.
Reservation are not automatically approved! You need to hop on Discord in order to get them approved by a Peer Mentor. Hint: It is best to get this done during Step 4.
Show up for you reservation on time. Hint: Make sure to have your PPE!
