Stephanie Piper
Community Engagement Coordinator
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolStephanie Piper is a creative technologist and community engagement leader with 11 years’ experience designing hands-on maker programs and STEM education initiatives. As Community Engagement Coordinator at the University of Southern Queensland she runs the USQ Library Makerspace, delivering workshops in 3D printing, electronics, robotics and Fusion 360 while launching the innovative Maker Kits project that extended maker skills to distance learners. She co-founded Elkei Education to teach electronics to girls through beautifully designed circuit kits, won regional startup competitions, and has run freelance STEM workshops through PIPER3DP. Her background in biofabrication and PhD research on 3D-printable biodegradable scaffolds gives her a rare blend of academic rigor and practical fabrication expertise. A seasoned organiser in maker communities — former president and patron of HSBNE — she’s raised grant funding and cultivated local maker ecosystems. Stephanie combines storytelling, teaching, and prototyping to make complex technology approachable for students and communities.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Health, Biomedicine Major, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, 5.5, Bachelor of Health, Biomedicine Major, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, 5.5 at University of Southern Queensland
Github Skills (16)
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arduino-library4
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displays2
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assembly1
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sjpiper145/MakerSkillTree
Apr 2023 - Mar 2025
A repository of Maker Skill Trees and templates to make your own.
Contributions:2 reviews, 25 PRs, 730 pushes in 1 year 11 months
sjpiper145/GlowStitch
Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:27 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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