Research & Education
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, the 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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The US Marines’ II MEF Innovation Campus, recently hosted level one and two additive manufacturing courses for US Marines, along with the Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 49, the Marine Aircraft Group 49, and the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York.…
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Collins Aerospace has opened a new additive manufacturing center and expanded its maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) capabilities at its campus in Monroe, North Carolina. The company completed a $30 million expansion of the site in 2021 and has since invested an additional $15 million – as part of the…
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Continuous Composites, an advanced composite 3D printing technology company, has been selected by NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to additively manufacture low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) open isogrid composite structures for space applications, using its patented Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D) technology. In space, the temperature of…
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Aniwaa has officially launched its new website and brand identity – pivoting to a B2B marketplace model. The company aims to radically simplify the AM buyer’s journey by building the first marketplace dedicated to AM solutions. Aniwaa has refined its one-stop-shop approach to connecting professional buyers with AM suppliers, by…
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The Alliance University, in Bengaluru, India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Wipro 3D, the metal additive manufacturing branch of Wipro Infrastructure Engineering, for the creation of a collaborative MBA Degree program in ‘Smart Manufacturing and Digital Leadership.’ The recent trajectory of digital transformation in many different companies and…
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Cocuus, a Spanish technology startup that develops industrial solutions for the production of mimetic food analogues of plant- and cell-based animal protein using 2D/3D laser printing, bioprinting, and robotics, has raised €2.5 million in its Pre Series A funding round to scale its 3D bioprinting technology for the production of…
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The Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park (SRTI Park), in the UAE, is set to become the region’s largest and most advanced 3D printing technology platform, with major international companies and specialized startups, such as General Electric and 3DTIV Tech, already establishing their presence there. SRTI Park, the incubator of…
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QUT’s Centre for Materials Science interdisciplinary research team have used intersecting light beams to control chemical reactions in advanced materials and 3D print entire layers at a time. The team, from QUT’s School of Chemistry and Physics, consisting of Dr. Sarah Walden, Leona Rodrigues, Dr. Jessica Alves, Associate Professor James…
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Humabiologics, an industry leader in providing human-derived biomaterials for regenerative medicine, and REGEMAT 3D, a company at the forefront of personalized biofabrication solutions, have entered into a non-exclusive distribution agreement, in a response to the growing demand, and to serve a broader life sciences customer base of industry partners and…
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According to a report by South China Morning Post, Chinese scientists have developed a vivid 3D printing ink, that does not contain colorants, and is safe to use in toys that change color in relation to body temperature, and food decorations. Although, it is safe to assume that there are…
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