Our Instructors

Adam Day is a Senior Shop Supervisor at the Autodesk Technology Center Boston, where he empowers resident and researchers to innovate their design and construction processes through the use of additive manufacturing. His favorite types of projects involve collaborations across organizations, companies, and industries. Adam is formally trained as a landscape architect, wildland firefighter, playground designer, and welder.

Joshua is a Senior Research & Design Engineer at the Autodesk Technology Center in Boston. He is an industrial designer, teacher, and fabricator. He specializes in 2D and 3D digital and analog fabrication, CAD and CAM, creative process trouble shooting, design and manufacturing strategies, and wood, plastic, metal material technology. His work includes gallery exhibits, prototypes, and technical documentation. He has a particular interest in subtractive manufacturing and democratization of manufacturing and creative processes.

Taylor Tobin is a Principal Research & Design Engineer at Autodesk’s Boston Technology Center. He oversees the specification, installation, and implementation of a wide range of machines and equipment as part of his oversight of the onsite CNC and composites facilities. His background in R&D, composite design, and fabrication is routinely leveraged in his role at Autodesk.

Zack Tenaglia is a Research & Design Engineer at the Technology Center in Boston. He currently manages the machine shop and all relevant trainings, including CNC Pathways, Intro to Precision Machining, and multiple machine-specific CNC machine trainings. He assists shop users with design-to-make workflows in Fusion 360, and helps product teams develop new workflows on the machines in the workshops. Zack is trained on the majority of the equipment in the technology center and can help with many digital fabrication projects.