Only Engineers Could Make These Holiday DecorationsOnly Engineers Could Make These Holiday Decorations

Marvel at these tech-driven embellishments for Christmas and Hanukkah.

Daphne Allen, Editor-in-Chief

December 20, 2024

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OK, we aren't exactly sure all these decorations were created by engineers--but they are sure to impress and entertain you.

PTC shows how to engineer and 3D print your own holiday train:

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A lot of data went into this tree:

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This engineer turned to electrical supplies for help in building a menorah:

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This may not be a decoration, but the first SMS text message sent was pretty seasonal:

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This engineer boldly built this menorah a few years ago:

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Here's a cool PCB Christmas card:

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These 3rd year engineering students devised these crafts:

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Ben Shrager, a storage strategy engineer with the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) Energy Storage Division, shows us how to light the menorah:

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About the Author

Daphne Allen

Editor-in-Chief, Design News

Daphne Allen is editor-in-chief of Design News. She previously served as editor-in-chief of MD+DI and of Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News and also served as an editor for Packaging Digest. Daphne has covered design, manufacturing, materials, packaging, labeling, and regulatory issues for more than 20 years. She has also presented on these topics in several webinars and conferences, most recently discussing design and engineering trends at MD&M West 2024 and leading an Industry ShopTalk discussion during the show on artificial intelligence. She will be moderating the upcoming webinar, Best Practices in Medical Device Engineering and will be leading an Automation Tour at Advanced Manufacturing Minneapolis. She will also be attending DesignCon and MD&M West 2025.

Daphne has previously participated in meetings of the IoPP Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee and served as a judge in awards programs held by The Tube Council and the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council. She also received the Bert Moore Excellence in Journalism Award in the AIM Awards in 2012.

Follow Daphne on X at @daphneallen and reach her at [email protected].

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