John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center
John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center
The John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center is focused on advanced manufacturing technologies and a cross-curricular approach to engineering and manufacturing concepts that will provide hands-on, interdisciplinary learning opportunities in a factory environment and the ability to collaborate with industry.
Have a manufacturing, prototyping, machining, or design project?
Submit a project request to the Olson Center to discuss your needs and explore collaboration opportunities.
OPEN HOUSE tourS
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These shells once lay on the floor of an ancient sea—now they’re teaching students in a 21st-century manufacturing lab.The John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center is unlike any other. By combining old-fashioned manufacturing skills and techniques with art, history and anthropology, it’s paving the way to show students that hands-on skills have…Learn More -
A mural and a space where STEAM comes to life in Durham, N.H.There is a little-known industrial building in Durham, New Hampshire, that has become a growing hub where industry and the University of New Hampshire meet. It wouldn’t feel like Durham without a UNH presence. Part of the industrial space houses UNH’s Northeast Passage and the John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center.Learn More -
The WarpSPEE3D = efficient, customizable, and eco-friendlyAt UNH's John Olson Center, you'll find more than faculty and students in the high bay; industry partnerships are at the heart of what we do. One such partner, Spee3d, houses one of their large metal 3D printers, WarpSPEE3D, here at the facility. Don't be fooled by the word 3D printer; the WarpSPEE3D weighs 8,400 lbs. and has a footprint of…Learn More -
Coral reefs are constantly fighting their way up from the bottom, literally and figuratively. Three UNH mechanical engineering students work to give coral reefs a boost.Over the 2024-2025 academic year, UNH seniors Katy Cafaro, PJ Menis, and James Grady designed an instrument that fertilizes coral reefs with aragonite. Coral uses this mineral to produce its skeleton. Feeding aragonite to coral is not a new idea. Marine biologists and at-home hobbyists have been doing this on a small scale for…Learn More -
KLEIN DEDICATES THE "KLEIN SONAR INNOVATION LAB"The University of New Hampshire (UNH) welcomes Klein Marine Systems, a global leader in sonar technology, to the thriving network of business partners at theLearn More
