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# Welcome!

*Scaleable* are a series of open-source engineering laboratory exercises that:

* Blend theory and practice,
* Focussing on fundamental mechanical, aerospace, and mechatronics engineering skills,
* Utilise open-source hardware and software,
* Are easily and affordably mass-manufactured for large class sizes,
* Are hackable and repairable,
* Have a small storage footprint,
* Are *instrinsically safe*, not requiring extensive risk-assessment, and
* Are *open-ended*, providing students the opportunity to design their own experiments to achieve the lab objective.

## Student Access

Students can access laboratory materials, including experimental rig operating instructions, from the panel on the left.

## Instructor Access

Instructors can access design and manufacturing files, including code, CAD, PCB design files, BOMs, invoices, and commissioning guides, via our GitHub:

{% embed url="<https://github.com/Scaleable-Open-Source-Labs>" %}

## Lab Status

<table><thead><tr><th valign="middle">Lab</th><th width="170.46484375" valign="middle">Status</th><th width="242.671875" align="center" valign="middle">Author(s)</th><th align="center" valign="middle">Instructor Files</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="middle"><a data-mention href="/pages/RKhhikqBaPzPBiNNWdKY">/pages/RKhhikqBaPzPBiNNWdKY</a></td><td valign="middle"><mark style="background-color:yellow;">Detailed Design</mark></td><td align="center" valign="middle">Michael Ruppe, Dr Alex Gregg</td><td align="center" valign="middle"><a href="https://github.com/Scaleable-Open-Source-Labs/Mass-Spring-Damper-SysID-Lab">🔗</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">Piston-Kinematics</td><td valign="middle"><mark style="background-color:red;">Conceptual Design</mark></td><td align="center" valign="middle">Michael Ruppe, Dr Olivia Kendall, Dr Alex Gregg</td><td align="center" valign="middle"></td></tr><tr><td valign="middle">General-Loadings-Strain</td><td valign="middle"><mark style="background-color:red;">Conceptual Design</mark></td><td align="center" valign="middle">Michael Ruppe, Dr Tony Vo, Dr Alex Gregg</td><td align="center" valign="middle"></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Acknowledgement

Initial development work to design the Scaleable Labs ecosystem was enabled by a Mathworks Curriculum Development Support grant.

## Publications

The Scaleable Labs design philosophy will be the focus of an upcoming AAEE Paper:

`Forthcoming: Gregg, A.W.T, Ruppe, M., Vo, T., Ruppe, M., & Blanchard, E. (2026). “Scaleable Labs”: open-source, mass-manufacturable, and intrinsically safe engineering laboratory experiences. In Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2027). Engineers Australia.`

## Contact

For all enquiries, please contact the project lead:

{% embed url="<https://www.monash.edu/engineering/alexandergregg>" %}


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