GoCreate, a new addition to Innovation Campus, was officially dedicated Friday.

President John Bardo, along with WSU faculty, staff, students and community members met in the lobby of Donald L. Beggs Hall to unveil the logo and name of the building.

Liz Koch, president of the Fred and Mary Koch Foundation, revealed the name of the future community maker space as “GoCreate.” The foundation contributed $3.75 million toward the space.

Bardo said the name “GoCreate” was chosen because it implies inclusive involvement.

“There’s an implied ‘you’ — it’s not ambiguous,” Bardo said. “It’s you being involved.”

John Tomblin, vice president for research and technology transfer, said the building will include 25 hands-on instruction laboratories, with six of them designated as aerospace laboratories.

“One year [and] nine months ago, a team began shaping this,” Tomblin said.

Scott Miller — a professor and chair of aerodynamics, who worked on the team — said the planning was a “classic example of figuring out what we need and how to use that.”

Miller said more space will become available for aerospace projects with GoCreate.

 “It creates opportunities not only for students to do research, but also faculty and for them to do it together,” he said.

Miller also said there will be six to 12 multipurpose labs called “hubs.” These will be open to students or faculty of any engineering department.

“The idea is to create this place where everybody can get together and learn,” he said. “It was a lot of hard work, but it’s a lot of fun to see what our students will have access to.”

The dedication also allowed students to showcase their projects.

Senior Thomas Staab exhibited his senior design project, Deployable Droneswarm, a swarm of small drones capable of collision avoidance.

Sophomore Joshua Villa from the College of Health Professions drove “WuBot” through the crowd of people.

WuBot is a small segway with a mounted electronic tablet that includes a camera. It is controlled on a separate tablet connected through Wi-Fi. The user can see what WuBot sees through that connection.

 “It’s basically for kids that are autistic or have some kind of neutral disability that they don’t communicate very well face-to-face,” Villa said. “It gives them a chance to communicate.”

Junior Nathan Ruzzin, an aerospace engineering student, came to the ground dedication Friday.

“The building is awesome,” Ruzzin said. “I plan to use it for my senior design project next year, and the maker space will allow more hands-on experience to compliment my in-class learning,”

GoCreate is set for completion by next fall, and will be available for full academic use in spring 2017.

Miller also said there will be six to 12 multipurpose labs called “hubs.” These will be open to students or faculty of any engineering department.

“The idea is to create this place where everybody can get together and learn,” he said. “It was a lot of hard work, but it’s a lot of fun to see what our students will have access to.”

The dedication also allowed students to showcase their projects.

Senior Thomas Staab exhibited his senior design project, Deployable Droneswarm, a swarm of small drones capable of collision avoidance.

Sophomore Joshua Villa from the College of Health Professions drove “WuBot” through the crowd of people.

WuBot is a small segway with a mounted electronic tablet that includes a camera. It is controlled on a separate tablet connected through Wi-Fi. The user can see what WuBot sees through that connection.

 “It’s basically for kids that are autistic or have some kind of neutral disability that they don’t communicate very well face-to-face,” Villa said. “It gives them a chance to communicate.”

GoCreate is set for completion by next fall, and will be available for full academic use in spring 2017.

Junior Nathan Ruzzin, an aerospace engineering student, came to the ground dedication Friday.

“The building is awesome,” Ruzzin said. “I plan to use it for my senior design project next year, and the maker space will allow more hands-on experience to compliment my in-class learning.”