A trio of 3-D printers hums along to a steady electro beat inside UTEP’s cavernous Educational Technology Research Laboratory. The machines are part of a multimedia concept that Daniel Tillman, Ph.D., expects his students to use to motivate their future pupils to learn about music, math and technology.

Tillman, who started at the University in the fall, was excited about this interdisciplinary research that would create its own academic “circle of life.” He energetically talked about his work in the lecture hall-sized lab that includes a designated MAC (Math Activity Corner) on the second floor of the Education Building.