Mason Innovation Exchange
Create. Innovate. Collaborate
The MIX is the central hub for innovation, exploration, and creativity at George Mason University. We offer our services
to any student, faculty, or staff at Mason.
Come explore what we have to offer!
The Latest
The MIX welcomes the Mason community!
Spring 2025 Hours will be:
Monday through Friday 10am to 8pm
Come explore everything we have to offer!
The Workshop Schedule can be found on our Mason360 page or to the right of this webpage.
The MIX is expanding their Badge Micro-credential short course offerings to include the following:
* Unmanned Aerial Systems Prototyping (Drones)
* Lighter-than-air Mechatronics Prototyping (Blimps)
* Student Innovator Mastermind (Entrepreneurship)
* Robotics and Sensor Systems Protytping (Robots)
-Spring 2025
The MIX has a new MIX Podcast Series which highlights some of the interesting work done by MIX members from the Mason community as well as MIX staff. Link to the episodes below:
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The MIX is now home to two Bambu Labs X1 Carbon and one A1 Multifilament high-speed printers. We now have a compliant space for welding and will be introducing new welding workshops. We now have a dedicated light metals fabrication lab with a new optimized Genmitsu metals CNC as well as a newly optimized woodshop with a Saw Stop table saw. Our Media Lab hosts a Sony A7iv with a 24-70mm F2.8 Sony G lens.
We redesigned the layout of the MIX for ADA compliance and are still making improvements. Read more >>
We also have a diverse group of office and student staff members to assist MIX users with projects. Read more >
Latest Events
From pitch practice sessions at the Incubator to hands on 3D printing in the Makerspace and Podcasting training in the Media Lab we have hundreds of events at the MIX each month. Explore the different tabs of our website to discover all that we have going on!
What’s going on at the MIX
Explore the MIX
3 spaces to create, innovate, and collaborate
A Makerspace providing tools for making, from sewing machines to welding and 3D printing
A Media Lab that provides a green screen, studio lighting, VR headsets and a podcast booth
An Incubator providing entrepreneurship training and support
Explore Student & Faculty Projects
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3D Printer - Prototype
Our 3D Printer created these cases to help track bats and other wildlife. We printed cases for a Biology Research Project to protect electronic listening devices that needed waterproof enclosures.
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Utilize Virtual Reality
VR can be used to virtually travel to far away places, create all new environments, or learn in an immersive experience.
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Laser Cutter - 3D Art Project
Laser Cutting and engraving can be used to cut precise shapes and to engrave a variety of materials. Consider using it for artistic purposes or to create structural elements, chassis, boxes, etc.
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Soldering Project
We offer tools to work on electronics projects, from Arduino and Raspberry Pi microcontrollers, to electronics parts, soldering irons and other tools.
