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Additive manufacturing is transforming how products are designed, produced, and serviced. AM lets us produce on-demand, without dedicated equipment or tooling. This unparalleled flexibility enables new digital design and production tools that can create components and products with breakthrough performance: in order to truly unlock the potential of AM, research & education is of fundamental importance.
Knowledge of the fundamentals of AM, its design principles, applications, and implications is one of the greatest barriers to its wider adoption. In recent years the key importance of integrating additive manufacturing in educational curricula has begun to be considered worldwide.
Additive manufacturing centered research & education initiatives by both governments and corporations – as well as individuals – have begun to focus on raising the next generation of additive manufacturing designers and engineers.
The main areas of exploration for educational activities are in software and hardware. While AM hardware learning is currently mostly limited to exploring the current additive production process and its applications, software offers some of the most significant opportunities in terms of learning to fully exploit the AM process in the future.
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Late last year, Caltech researchers developed a new fabrication technique for 3D printing microsized metal parts containing features about as thick as three or four sheets of paper. Now, the…
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In recent news reported by Mexico Now, Tecnológico de Monterrey, a private, non-profit educational institution dedicated to higher education within Mexico, has inaugurated the Core Lab for Additive Manufacturing. Situated…
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Clemson University’s Shunyu Liu’s work at the intersection of materials science and automotive engineering is helping advance additive manufacturing and could help turbocharge the US manufacturing sector, according to the…
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Robotic skin with human-like sensing holds immense potential in robotics, prosthetics, and healthcare, and presents a significant opportunity for the advancement of human-machine interfaces, artificial intelligence, and several other fields.…
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Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) have reportedly created personalized 4D printed “smart” implants for breast cancer management. These multipurpose implants are programmed to change size to better fit within the…
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According to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), the industrial production of titanium alloys has always been plagued by challenges associated with quality and waste management. Engineering scientists from PolyU,…
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According to the University of Sydney, a team of bioengineers and biomedical scientists from the university and the Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) at Westmead have reportedly used 3D photolithographic…
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The BioMatters team at the University of Michigan has developed a fully biodegradable, reusable, and recyclable material – upcycled sawdust – to replace the wasteful concrete formwork traditionally used across…
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Si Se Puede Foundation, in Arizona, is dedicated to bridging the STEM divide that exists in marginalized societies. Established over 23 years ago, the foundation started as an advocacy group…
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According to Texas A&M University’s College of Engineering, researchers at the university are expected to spearhead a groundbreaking project to revolutionize medication administration for pediatric patients, thanks to an approximately…
