Development Resources
- VCM - Virtual Machine infrastructure for hosting your website or accessing containerized software.
- Gitlab - Duke's own Git repository system for code version control and sharing.
- Co-Lab APIs - The Co-Lab's API system for accessing various data sources like identity, 3dprinter data, and ad hoc events.
- Streamer - OIT's API system for accessing data sources including Duke directory, curriculum, and ePrint.
- Duke iOS App Store - Internal App Store for Duke-created apps to distribute within Duke Community.
Also, check out our documentation for help with these resources and a variety of other topics.
Office Hours & Consultation
The Co-Lab also holds weekly office hours, listed below, where our student consulants can help you with your project or answer technology questions in their expertise, listed below. If you have questions about the Co-Lab Studio, you can just visit one of our locations and talk to the students on shift there.
Online Tech Support via Slack
Need some help on a project and you can't come to our Office Hours? Find us on Slack for some quick help on your questions! Just head to dukecolab.slack.com, create an account and post your questions there and we’ll be able to help you along the way. Slack can also be used for project management within your team if you’re scattered across the globe or just across campus. Just create a private channel and invite your team.
Office Hours
Can't come to any of these times? Find us on Slack for support or to set up a time to meet.
Free for all members of the Duke community.
We are happy to tackle any of your questions with you together!
The following office hours are open, free of charge, to all Duke student, faculty, and staff.
| Name | Role | Times | Location | Expertise |
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| Jackson Hubbard | Additive Manufacturing & 3D Scanning Specialist |
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Co-Lab Commons at the TEC | 3D printing, Design-for-Print, CAD-to-Print, Additive Manufacturing Engineering, Prototyping, Research Additive |
| Ben Lawrence | Additive Manufacturing Design Engineer |
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Co-Lab Commons at the TEC | 3D printing, Design-for-Print, CAD-to-Print, Additive Manufacturing Engineering, Prototyping, Research Additive |
| Abby Franklin | Additive Manufacturing Design Engineer |
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Co-Lab Commons at the TEC | 3D printing, Design-for-Print consultation, CAD-to-Print workflows, Additive Manufacturing Engineering, Prototyping, Research Additive |
| Angie Pangan | Additive Manufacturing Design Engineer |
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Co-Lab Commons at the TEC | 3D printing, Design-for-Print, CAD-to-Print, Additive Manufacturing Engineering, Prototyping, Research Additive |
| Danai Adkisson | Analyst, IT |
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LSRC D110 | Software Development, Dev Ops Automation and Orchestration |
| Jeff Gula | Co-Lab Developer/Educator |
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Co-Lab Commons at the TEC | Full-stack web development, Continuous Integration/Deployment, Project/Product Management |
| Dominick Scialabba | Design Engineer |
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Co-Lab Commons at the TEC | Rapid prototyping, Engineering Design, Solidworks, CNC milling, DFM |
| Trevor Fowler | Design Engineer | By Appointment Only: tdf22@duke.edu | Co-Lab Commons at the TEC | Rapid prototyping, Engineering Design, Solidworks, CNC milling, DFM |
| Evan LaCombe | Design Engineer |
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Co-Lab Commons at the TEC | 3D Printing, Design-for-Print, CAD-to-Print, 3D Model Rendering, Additive Manufacturing Engineering, Prototyping, Research Additive |
| Mohsin Haider | Design Engineer |
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Co-Lab Commons at the TEC | Rapid Prototyping, Design, Fusion 360, SolidWorks, CAM, CNC Milling, 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Waterjet |
| Sandra Bermond | Program Manager |
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Co-Lab Commons at the TEC | Roots questions and suggestions, design (graphic, UX and UI), responsive front end development (HTML, CSS, grid) |
| Shamikh Hossain | Technical Consultant |
Office Hours 12/4: Changed to 2:30 to 4:45 PM
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Co-Lab Commons at the TEC | Python, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Django, Flask, Ruby on Rails, Bootstrap, Full-stack web development, GitHub, WordPress, Jupyter Notebooks, Data Science |
| Mike Liu | Technical Consultant |
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Co-Lab Commons at the TEC | Git, Web development, Node.js, macOS, Linux, VPS, development environment settings, Vim, Email deployment and maintenance |
| Aman Ibrahim | Technical Consultant |
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Co-Lab Commons at the TEC | Full Stack Engineering (Rails, Sinatra, Node/Express, Phoenix, React, Redux, All SQL DBMS, NoSQL, Heroku/GCP/AWS, Docker, API Design, etc.), Web Development Skills (Git, Shell Scripting, Project CI, Task Management, etc.) |
| Lorne Zhang | Technical Consultant |
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Co-Lab Commons at the TEC | Web Design, Front End Development (HTML, CSS, Angular.JS) |
| Will Ye | Technical Consultant |
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Co-Lab Commons at the TEC | Full stack web development (HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Node.js, Flask), API design and development, web scraping, Processing/p5.js, Python, Leetcode lol |