About Us

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About Us

Oregon Fabrication and Design (OFAD) is the University of Oregon’s premiere advanced manufacturing center. OFAD's modern fabrication and 3D printing labs are staffed by knowledgeable technical staff. Our strategic investments in equipment and technology enable us to take on R&D, product development, and distinct prototyping projects with ease. We serve both university and non-university affiliates through our center. 
 

Why we do what we do?

Core values | Educate, Enhance, Empower

OFAD leverages its unique position in an educational setting to provide experiential learning opportunities to students.

Product development projects in OFAD labs fuel experiential learning opportunities for students. Students have access to every step of the manufacturing process, which will enable them to gain technical and project management skills.

Our mission is to harness the University of Oregon’s nano-to-macro-level manufacturing resources to unlock and promote experiential learning opportunities for communities. 
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Our vision is to be a leader in enhancing manufacturing intelligence.

 

Value Package

All processes in house. The centralization of fabrication and 3D printing labs within the OFAD core facility allows us to utilize the advantages of both technologies as needed. Validating materials and part quality is key for certain manufacturing projects. OFAD has access to an X-ray material/alloy characterization tool and a non-contact laser scanner for quality inspection of manufactured parts. If projects require advanced analysis, OFAD is housed at the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact with access to shared resources including as a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and sub-micron-level imaging microscopes.

OFAD Team

Sam Evers.

Sam Evers

Scientific Instrument Machinist | samevers@uoregon.edu

Sam holds a 2013 mechanical engineering degree from Oregon State University. He brings design and assembly engineering experience to the team along with a fair amount of CNC and manual machining expertise.

Jeffrey Garman

Jeffrey Garman

Senior Research Assistant and Machinist, Legacy Shop Manager | jgarman@uoregon.edu

Jeffrey Garman has been an instrument machinist at the University of Oregon since 2004.

Julian McAdams.

Julian McAdams

OFAD Manager, Research Assistant, and Machinist | jmcadams@uoregon.edu

Julian attended Georgia Tech and received a bachelor's (2010) and master's (2017) degrees in earth and atmospheric sciences. He worked at Georgia Tech as a research scientist and lab manager from 2012 to 2018. There he fabricated equipment, completed field research, and managed lab spaces. In 2018 he and his wife, Mary, moved to Oregon to continue work as a research scientist and a machinist with OFAD. Julian has expertise in CAD/CAM/CNC as well of the many manual machines that exist on campus.

Marcus Polk.

Marcus Polk

Student Shop Assistant | mpolk@uoregon.edu

Marcus is an undergraduate student at the University of Oregon, pursuing a physics degree. After four years of robotics club at his high school, Marcus gained a love for subtractive and additive manufacturing. He is applying his knowledge and experience gained in the fabrication lab in his physics research with Professor David Allcock. Outside of work, he enjoys biking and birding.