Cpt. Conrad is the Director of the Fab Lab at NCSSM and provides student instruction and assists with faculty and student engineering projects. Cpt. Conrad is originally form Brisbane, Australia. She came to the United States in 2nd grade, then moved to Montana then to Portland, Oregon. Her portfolio of engineering day jobs has included: building robots to neutralize underwater explosives, programming arena-scale animatronic dragons for Dreamworks, and supporting an FDA approved wheelchair that climbs up stairs. 

Our Assistant Manager is Shalane Hairston! Ms. Hairston works at NCSSM as the FabLab Assistant Manager and the Physics Department Research Technician.  She attended North Carolina Central University (NCCU) where she earned a Bachelors of Science in Physics and Mathematics. Shalane has two pet bearded dragons named Jet and Mushu!