• Production Engineering - Mechanical and Process Engineering - University of Bremen
• Production Engineering and Management - Diploma (equivalent to Msc.) - Democritus University of Thrace
• FabLab Bremen / AG dimeb (digital media in education), Bremen, 2016
• BIBA Bremen Institute for Production and Logistics, Bremen, 2015
• Teaching: Teaching and learning in the Computing Science learning lab using the example of FabLabs

Nowadays, young people use more and more digital media, such as tablets, smartphones, etc., but without actively designing them themselves. The skills that people acquire in the field of Computing Science education are of great importance. Not only for academic appointments, but also for responsible, responsible and everyday use of these media.

Fab Labs (or Digital Fabrication Laboratories) and Makerspaces are places where individuals or groups develop projects for entertainment and everyday life in order to learn how to be more active with technology. Fab Labs have digital fabrication technology that people can use. A Fab Lab is a creative environment that enables people to realise their own ideas professionally and also encourages learning and experimentation. Digital fabrication is the process in which digital design is transformed into physical objects. Digital fabrication technology (such as 3D printers) enables the materialisation of complex shapes. Parametric design is an algorithmic process for creating relationships between complex geometries and structures that can be combined with digital fabrication technology.

The following research questions therefore arise:

• How can Computing Science education benefit from Parametric Design in Fab Labs?

• How can the combination of parametric design and digital fabrication support learning from a constructionist perspective?

• How can parametric design be linked to the lifeworld of young people?

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