By Charles Hall<img width="1024" height="682" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/26270022579_06b173494d_k-1024x682.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/26270022579_06b173494d_k-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/26270022579_06b173494d_k-452x301.jpg 452w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/26270022579_06b173494d_k-768x511.jpg 768w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/26270022579_06b173494d_k-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/26270022579_06b173494d_k.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px">In late 2016, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering opened the ECE MakerSpace in Engineering Building II, consisting of two facilities – the Robert M. Kolbas MakerSpace, and the William F. Troxler MakerSpace.