With BYU celebrating 150 years of education and service, Dr. Greg Nordin’s lab had the idea of printing 150 tiny temples with the high-resolution printing technology their lab developed. One student in Dr. Nordin’s lab had previous experience with 3D printing. Callum Galloway, new to the lab at the time, developed the project further, and printed the first 150 chronologically built temples, as they have the most unique designs.
The tiny scale at which the temples were being printed presented many challenges, but Callum’s passion for using the lab’s technology ultimately shone through.
“It’s really cool how everyone gets to enjoy this technology that we’re using in this artistic and spiritual way. I think engineering inherently is art–it’s a very hazy line between the two. The best art and the best engineering are born out of passion, and that’s something I see very much in this lab.”
Just as BYU strives to stand as a beacon of hope for the community and the world, Callum hopes that the work he does in Dr. Nordin’s lab can be a pillar of light.
The student shared, “The fact that engineering can change the world is really the sweet icing on the cake. I can enjoy what I do and make a difference. I think if everyone had that opportunity to combine those things, the world would be a very different place.”
You can view a full video of the Tiny Temples project here at the BYU 150 page.