Prof. Patrick Mccarthy Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

I support the development and implementation of educational programming in the Wanger Family Fab Lab -- a state-of-the-art digital fabrication laboratory in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. The Fab Lab provides a unique opportunity for guests to engage in learning experiences that bridge art, design, science, and engineering; sparking innovation in youth and adult audiences.I am responsible for developing and leading workshops that are aligned with local, state, and national education standards for youth, families, and adults. The Fab Lab's educational programs support innovation and design processes, apply best practices in design and engineering education, and facilitate the development of 21st century skills.In this position I work closely with staff from other MSI program teams on programs that serve the Museum's school, community, and general public audiences. I also work with a cadre of volunteers with experience in design, engineering, and manufacturing; and work closely with the Fab Lab team to support these partnerships and operations.I organize and distill communications with internal staff, external program partners, and members of MIT’s (Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s) global Fab Lab network to create modern interactive Project Based Learning (PBL) curriculum.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Museum Of Science And Industry

I conducted hands-on instructional workshops for museum guests of all ages in the area of personal manufacturing and fabrication using state of the art CAD/;CAM software, computers, and robotic manufacturing equipment to facilitate invention and construction of any means. Projects included two and three dimensional design and fabrication. Duties included lab equipment maintenance and program development.

33 W Congress Parkway, Chicago Il

Teaching courses in Audio Electronics in the Audio Arts & Acoustics department.

Greater Chicago Area

I develop and teach interdisciplinary workshops and classes at various CPL locations – primarily at the Maker Lab inside the Harold Washington Library’s Innovation Center. Workshops cover different media-dependent aspects of fabrication design. Classes include: Modular Origami and Polyhedra, Origami Diagram Design, Digital Fabrication, Micro Controller Programming, and Experimental Electronics Design.

Chicago

Roth Mobot is the Chicago based Circuit Bent musical duo of Tommy Stephenson and Patrick McCarthy. Roth Mobot's invention of "recursive jazz" controls the random juxtaposition of improvised dark ambient drones, languid melodies, randomly discovered rhythms, percussive accidents, the humorous language of toys, and common discarded electronic devices, in what they refer to as "strategic improvisation."Roth Mobot has been performing musical duets on their own Circuit Bent devices and homemade electronics at galleries, theaters, festivals, bars, social events, clubs, and on the radio since 2005.Circuit Bending (also called Hardware Hacking) is the creative recycling of common discarded technology, often children's toys, by opening the device and soldering in new connections within the device's pre-existing circuitry to create unique musical and video instruments.Tommy has been at the center of the Circuit Bending movement since the early 1990's. His specialties include speed bending, mercury switches, capacitor cascades, and rehousing devices in trash-picked containers.Patrick McCarthy has been conducting Circuit Bending workshops and courses in various Museums, Galleries, Schools, Symposium, Salons, and Corporate Seminars, since 1999. He is on staff at the Wanger Family Fab Lab at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. He's also on faculty at the Old Town School of Folk Music and teaches workshops at the school and at multiple residencies at various Chicago Public Schools via the OTSFM's Education Outreach Program. He currently conducts regular teaching residencies at Chicago's Experimental Sound Studio.

Greater Chicago Area

I develop and teach courses in experimental electronics, music, instrument design & construction, and alternative musical notation techniques as part of the OTSFM’s Public School Educational Outreach program. Classes include the science of electromagnetism, electro acoustics, the physics of resonance, component theory, and soldering technique. Students range in age from 5th grade to 8th grade. Schools include Mary Lyon Elementary School, Belmont Cragin Elementary School, and Coonley Elementary School. Also teach experimental electronics workshops for adults at the OTSFM’s Lincoln Square location.

Evanston, Illinois

Designed, implemented, and oversaw a series of hands-on projects for high school students to be used as the model for a MacArthur funded program aimed at creating 21st century after school “drop in” centers in the Chicago area where students can creatively explore Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Graphic Design, Computer Graphics

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Fellowship, Teaching Artist Development Studio

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High School, Physics

Activities and Societies: Astro Physics ClubStudied Physics.