<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2020/austin-thomas-makerspace.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>11/07/2020</pubDate><title>Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Passionate About Showing University Community Unlimited Potential of New Makerspace</title><description>Austin Thomas ’19, ’21 M.S. has helped manage the University of New Haven’s makerspace for four years, and he’s particularly excited about how its move to the state-of-the-art Bergami Center for Science, Technology, and Innovation will provide new opportunities for all students.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>November 7, 2020</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/engineering/news/2020/circuits.jpg" alt="Image of Austin Thomas at an engineering holiday activity"/></image><image-caption>Austin Thomas preparing circuit boards as part of a holiday activity in the makerspace.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2020</tag></tags></item>