CHARLES LU / BUILDER · PROTOTYPER · SPEAKER
Unusual prototypes.
Made real.
3Ready brings ambitious ideas from first sketch to working form—through integrated design, precise fabrication, and disciplined testing.
AN AUTHORED PRACTICE
DESIGN
FABRICATION
TESTING
REPAIR
01 / FLAGSHIP WORK
Proof before promises.
The value sits beyond the printed shell: integrated systems, informed material choices, and working evidence ready for the next stage of research.
MEDICAL DEVICE · STUDENT RESEARCH · 2022
All-in-One Glucometer
A complex integration brief shaped into a working research prototype with potential in medical applications.
Requested by Med Tech students, the device combines a pricking mechanism with quick reload and ejection, lancet and test-strip dispensers, and an on-board interpreter for BG-03 strips.
- Integration
- Multiple testing functions in one handheld device
- Output
- Functional prototype for undergraduate research
- Evidence
- Public testing with patients and practitioners
- Potential
- Streamlined medical testing workflow
MEDICAL DEVICE · MATERIAL-SPECIFIC · 2023
Self-Ejecting Vacutainer
A working medical prototype where mechanism and material choice had to succeed together.
The quad-spring, pen-style trigger ejects the tube outward while the needle remains static. The body accepts standard Vacutainer tubes and multi-sample needles, using material selected to withstand laboratory sterilization procedures.
- Mechanism
- Quad-spring outward ejection
- Compatibility
- Standard Vacutainer tubes and needles
- Material
- Selected for laboratory sterilization
- Potential
- Reduced pain during successive extractions
02 / PUBLIC PRACTICE
Built in the lab.
Shared in the room.
Charles Lu turns live project experience into clear talks and workshops—connecting engineering decisions, materials, and working examples with students, researchers, and industry leaders.
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FEATURED TALK · DLSU · 2025
Smarter Together: What Makes Engineering Work in the Real World?
Teamwork, communication, creative thinking, and navigating uncertainty—for more than 150 student leaders across six universities.
INVITED STAKEHOLDER · 2024
NAST PHL Additive Manufacturing Roundtable
Hands-on prototyping represented in a discussion connecting government, industry, and academe at MIRDC AMCen.
WORKSHOP · UE-ARMS · 2024
Introduction to Additive Manufacturing
A practical entry into 3D printing for 60+ participants across multiple disciplines at the University of the East.
TALK · PUP BEYOND BINARY · 2024
Advancing Prototyping with 3D Printing
Current 3D printing technologies applied across real client work, for graduating Computer Engineering students at PUP.
SYMPOSIUM · DLSU DMEM · 2024
Glimpse: The Technopreneur Pathway
A technopreneurship journey shared with 250+ engineering students across DLSU, Bulacan State, and PLM.
TALK · SME DLSU · 2024
MEM to Market
Strategies for manufacturing a business, drawn from live experience for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers at DLSU.
SEMINAR · DOST MIRDC · 2022
Hexagon Additive Manufacturing Seminar
First-hand operation of advanced additive hardware at the Advanced Manufacturing Center, including non-plastic and large-format systems.
03 / RESEARCH & MATERIALS
Materials expand what can be built.
Research fabrication brings new filaments, fine geometry, and repeatable output together—turning exact digital dimensions into useful physical evidence.
PMFC · CONDUCTIVE PLA · PRECISION PRINTING
Plant microbial fuel cell components
From fine-tip anodes and separator sleeves to rod-array electrodes, tall shells, and magnet-fit housings, each design demanded different print parameters. The fabricated components supported PMFC research in agriculture and bioenergy; testing demonstrated electrical generation.
Multiple designsConductive PLAElectrical output
ORIGINAL FORMULATION · IN-HOUSE R&D
3Ready Set Goo
A self-levelling filler developed in brushable and mouldable forms. It fills gaps, seals surfaces, sands cleanly, and cures after activation in about 15 seconds.
15 sec cureTwo formsProduction use
04 / INDUSTRIES
Built for more than one field.
Unusual briefs arrive from every direction. 3Ready has delivered working prototypes and research fabrication across medicine, biotechnology, bioenergy, food and beverage, fashion, sports, gaming, and the arts.
01
Medicine
Diagnostic and blood-extraction device prototypes.
02
Biotechnology
Microbial fuel cell components in conductive PLA.
03
Bioenergy
Printed systems demonstrating electrical generation.
04
Food & Beverage
Upcycled food-tray systems and germination tooling.
05
Fashion
Gallery-destined footwear and wearable prototypes.
06
Sports
Precision commemorative equipment replicas.
07
Gaming
Custom video-game character and collectible models.
08
Art & Collectibles
Display figures bridging fabrication and fine art.
05 / THE PRACTICE
From concept.
To working proof.
3Ready connects product thinking, engineering judgment, and hands-on fabrication in one continuous process.
Each project moves through a clear sequence: understand the brief, select the right method, build the physical proof, and prepare the next iteration.
01
Product development
Rough ideas, partial designs, and early prototypes developed into working physical proof.
02
Speaking & workshops
Live project experience shaped into clear, memorable technical sessions.
03
Research collaboration
Material-specific fabrication and prototype support for academic and applied research.
04
Custom fabrication
One-off builds and specialized geometry for briefs beyond standard production.
05
Printer repair
Calibration, maintenance, and performance upgrades for FDM and resin machines.
START A CONVERSATION
Bring the idea.
Build what comes next.
Send the sketch, reference, research brief, speaking brief, or machine details through the form. The next useful step can begin from there. Need a starting checklist? Read the prototype RFQ guide.