Angi Chau

Angi Chau is the Director of the Bourn Idea Lab at Castilleja School, an independent, all-girls school for grades 6-12 located in Palo Alto, California. The Bourn Idea Lab is the school's makerspace, digital fabrication studio, and engineering/robotics lab all rolled into one. Angi and her team collaborate with teachers of all subjects and grade levels to design, develop, and implement hands-on projects that are integrated into core subject classes, so that every student experiences making and building during their Castilleja journey. She also teaches engineering electives, advises the school's robotics teams, and opens up the lab to the whole school community once a week on "Maker Fridays" to encourage playful tinkering. Angi received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rice University, M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and Ph.D. in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley/UCSF.