Engineers Embrace Repair Culture as New Law Takes Shape in California

Last fall, California passed SB 244, otherwise known as the Right to Repair law, which requires tech manufacturers in the state to provide tools, parts and documents that consumers or repair shops need to service or fix devices.

Though the legislation doesn’t go into effect until July, Cal Poly engineers have already embraced repairability to help cut down on e-waste and improve sustainability.

Mechanical engineering student Claire Franz is studying why consumers dispose of membrane computer keyboards instead of repairing them. Franz, who is earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees concurrently, felt inspired to tackle this concept in her master’s thesis after an internship with iFixit, a repair expertise hub for consumer electronics founded by Cal Poly alumni.

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