{"id":418,"date":"2021-04-08T16:01:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T20:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/?p=418"},"modified":"2021-09-22T13:28:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T17:28:27","slug":"__trashed-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/2021\/04\/08\/__trashed-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Specialist Danielle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by: D. Da Costa Spark Specialist UNT Senior Mechanical and Energy Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello there! My name is Danielle Da Costa and I am a senior at the UNT majoring in Mechanical and Energy Engineering and minoring in Electrical Engineering. Although I have just started working at the Spark, I truly feel welcomed by all the staff and it has been a joy being here. Working with all the equipment at the Spark, especially the textiles, is something I am passionate about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I was young, my abuelita (grandma) had a side job as a seamstress, and growing up I would love seeing and wearing her creations. Although she did not teach me how to sew, I picked it up quickly at the age of 13, and through much trial-and-error, I was able to develop the skills I have today. When I have free time, I dedicate it to creating things like this Easter dress I made for my niece and a hammock I made for guinea pigs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"421\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/image.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/?attachment_id=421\" class=\"wp-image-421\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"431\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/image-4.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/?attachment_id=431\" class=\"wp-image-431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/image-4.png 320w, https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/image-4-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside of school, I create my own designs with my 3D printer, sewing machines, and silhouette cameo, with the ultimate goal of having my own fabrication lab after college with a larger variety of machines. I also enjoy metalworking with welders, lathes, and mills. And luckily, in my manufacturing processes lab, I was able to properly fabricate parts given their dimensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"277\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"429\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/image-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/?attachment_id=429\" class=\"wp-image-429\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"178\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"428\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/image-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/?attachment_id=428\" class=\"wp-image-428\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am passionate about making, and I hope to inspire others to join the maker movement and challenge themselves to learn something new. The Spark is a great resource for students at UNT who are interested in making or wanting to develop a new skill, so I highly encourage students and faculty to utilize this space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by: D. Da Costa Spark Specialist UNT Senior Mechanical and Energy Engineering Hello there! My name is Danielle Da Costa and I am a senior at the UNT majoring in Mechanical and Energy Engineering and minoring in Electrical Engineering. Although I have just started working at the Spark, I truly feel welcomed by all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/2021\/04\/08\/__trashed-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meet Specialist Danielle<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spark-makerspace-crew","tag-spark-crew"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/07\/SPRK-Blog_SU20_Sewing-Purple-900x500.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":627,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions\/627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}