The engineers, designers, and entrepreneurs of tomorrow are in university today and, fortunately, more institutions than ever are offering degree programs in 3D printing, aka additive manufacturing (AM). As North America and Europe see more manufacturing return to the domestic market from overseas in the form of additive manufacturing, there’s a growing demand for skilled engineers.
Today, AM is taught in practically every engineering program and most major universities house a 3D printing lab or maker space, but some universities offer an in-depth focus. The universities featured below cover more additive technologies, dive deeper into material science, and train students on the design only possible through 3D printing. Plus, they offer hands-on training with a range of industrial 3D printers.
From learning new uses for 3D printers in tomorrow’s businesses and factories to pushing the boundaries of what 3D printers can do, universities worldwide are hotbeds of innovation (think university spin-offs Desktop Metal, Carbon, and BCN3D).
Companies and corporations hoping to profit from innovations in additive manufacturing are hiring well-trained engineers and partnering with universities to conduct their proprietary R&D. Business of all sizes are turning to the consulting wings of these universities to help them best incorporate 3D printing into their processes (think PrintCity at the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK). They’re also paying good money for professionals with the strong AM skills.
If you’re a student looking for the best school to learn the latest 3D tech or if you’re an entrepreneur looking for expertise on your 3D printing applications, take a look at these universities and institutions on the cutting edge of additive manufacturing offering Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degrees in AM.
For professionals already in the industry, check out the Additive Manufacturing Certificate Programs we cover here.
| Lab Name | Offering | Established | Technologies | Focus Areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Mellon University | Master's Degree, Minor Concentration, Academic Research | 2016 | Metal, SLS, FDM, Material Jetting, SLA | Manufacturing, Engineering, Materials |
| Pennsylvania State University | Master's Degree, Academic Research, Commercial Research | 2014 | Metal 3D, FDM, Composite, Material Jetting, SLA, Bioprinting | AM Technologies, Materials, Engineering, Medical AM |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Certificate Program, Academic Research, Commercial Research, Start-Up Incubation | 2018 | Metal 3D, FDM, Composite, Material Jetting, SLA, Bioprinting | 3D Printers, Engineering, Materials, Processes |
| Virginia Tech University | Courses and Hands-On AM Training, Academic Research, Government Research | 2015 | Metal, FDM, Composite, Material Jetting, SLA, Robotic Arm | AM Technologies, Materials, Engineering, Processes |
| Arizona State University | Courses and Hands-On AM Training, Research | 2017 | Metal, SLS, FDM, Composites, Material Jetting, SLA | Biomedical, Materials, Structures |
| University of Texas at El Paso | Certificate Program, Courses and Hands-On AM Training, Academic Research, Commercial Research, Commercial Education & Training, Business Consulting | 2000 | Metal, FDM, Composite, Material Jetting, SLA, Bio | AM Technologies, Materials, Engineering, Processes |
| University of Texas at Austin | Courses and Hands-On AM Training, Academic Research, Commercial Research | 2015 | Metal, SLS, Material Jetting, SLA | AM Technologies, Materials, Engineering, Processes |
| Purdue University | Courses and Hands-On AM Training, Academic Research | 2018 | FDM, Material Jetting, SLA | Engineering, Materials, Biomedical, AI |
| University of Nottingham | Master's Degree, PhD, Courses and Hands-On AM Training, Academic Research, Commercial Research | 2018 | Metal, FDM, Composite, Material Jetting, SLA | AM Technologies, Materials, Engineering, Processes |
| University of Sheffield | Courses and Hands-On AM Training, Academic Research, Commercial Research, AM Consulting, Prototyping | 2001 | Metal 3D, SLS, FDM, Material Jetting, SLA | Design, Engineering, Materials |
| Technical University of Munich | Courses and Hands-On AM Training, Academic Research | 2018 | Metal, SLS, Material Jetting, Robotic | Engineering, AM Processes |
| University of Bayreuth | Courses and Hands-On AM Training, Commercial Research, Commercial Consulting | 2020 | Metal, Polymer, Bio | Engineering, Design, AI, AM Processes, |
| University West Sweden | Academic Research, Commercial Research | 2019 | Metal, Composites, | Metal AM |
| Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Courses and Hands-On AM Training, Academic Research | 2017 | Metal, FDM, Composite, Material Jetting, SLA, Bioprinting | Design, Engineering, Medicine |
| Deakin University | Courses and Hands-On AM Training, Academic Research, Commercial Research | 2019 | Metal, FDM, Material Jetting | Engineering |
| Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology | Courses and Hands-On AM Training, Academic Research, Commercial Research, AM Consulting | 2015 | Metal, Polymer, Scanning | Manufacturing, Bioengineering, Design |
| Nanyang Technological University | Master's Degree, PhD, Academic Research, Commercial research, standards development, consulting, | 2014 | Metal, FDM, Composite, Material Jetting, SLA | Biomedical, AM Technologies, Materials, Design, Engineering, Processes |
Top 3D Printing Universities in North America
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., offers a Master’s Degree in additive manufacturing and undergraduates in any of the schools engineering programs can take additive manufacturing as a designated minor.
The Masters in Additive Manufacturing (MSAM) is a program designed to educate students in both the fundamentals on which AM is based and to give them practical experience with designing, adapting, and building parts using additive manufacturing.
The Next Manufacturing Center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., is one of the world’s leading research centers focusing on advancing approaches to additive manufacturing and developing tools for AM to impact a wide range of other advanced manufacturing processes. The Center specializes in AM manufacturing for robotics and automation, bio and electronic applications, technology commercialization modeling, global manufacturing and policy, and other areas. The program also includes multiple community outreach initiatives for middle school and high school students, as well as teacher training. Co-directing the center are professors Jack Beuth and Anthony Rollett.
- Process Modeling and Process/Property Relationships
- Soft/Biomaterials and Electronic Applications
- AM robotics and automation
Printer Technologies & Printers:
- Metal 3D printing: Arcam S12 Electron Beam Metal Machines, EOS M290
- SLS: ExOne Innovent Binder Jetting, Stratasys Objet350 Connex
- FDM: Dremel 3D40 FLEX, Stratasys F170
- Material Jetting: Optomec Aerosol Jet 300, Stratasys Objet30 PRO
- SLA: Formlabs Form 2
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University offers a Master’s of Science and an online Master’s of Engineering in Additive Manufacturing degree program. Penn State also offers an Advanced Medical Technologies Program focused on medical additive manufacturing and virtual surgical planning services to clinicians, educators, and researchers.
In addition to the classroom, Penn State has several innovative additive manufacturing labs.
Along with its partner 3D Systems, the university operates the Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D) as a world-class resource for advancing and deploying additive manufacturing (AM) technology for critical applications.
The 8,000-square-foot Additive Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Penn State houses a range of additive manufacturing equipment as well as a state-of-the-art design studio and prototyping laboratory.
The Additive Construction Lab (AddConLab) is a multi-disciplinary effort between College of Arts and Architecture and College of Engineering, located at Civil Infrastructure Testing and Evaluation Laboratory (CITEL). Our mission is to explore large scale additive construction and fabrication aware design processes. The Bio-Soft Materials Laboratory (B-SMaL) focuses on fabricating granular hydrogels made up of microscale building blocks for the 3D printing of in vitro tissue and disease models and in vivo tissue regeneration.
Current Research:
- Developing a software tool to store, track, and format all data related to additively manufacturing parts at an organization.
- Developing new models for laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing
Printer Technologies & Printers:
- Metal: Lasertec 65 3D DMG MORI laser Directed Energy Deposition, 3D Systems ProX 320 & 200 3D Systems, EOS EOSINT M 280
- SLS: Sinterstation HiQ+HS
- Material Jetting: Stratasys Objet 350 Connex3 & Objet 30,
- SLA: 3D Systems Figure 4, Formlabs Form 1 & 2
- FDM: JuggerBot 3D P3-44 , Stratasys Fortus 400mc, German RepRap x500, Markforged Onyx, nScrypt 3DN 450HP, Roboze +400 Xtreme, Thermo Scientific HAAKE Minilab 3, Stratasys Fortus 250, Lulzbot Custom TAZ & TAZ 5
- Binder Jetting: M-Lab 1 ExOne
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Additive and Digital Advanced Production Technologies (APT) ambitiously aims to “accelerate the implementation of AM and to invent its future.” APT’s research projects focus on new AM technologies, breakthrough materials, computational methods, and other areas of innovation in 3D printing. The center goes beyond mechanical engineering and materials science to incorporate computer science, business, and strategic analyses to advance the capabilities of AM and of digitally driven manufacturing systems.
Although MIT does not offer a degree program specifically for additive manufacturing, APT manages a portfolio of AM education initiatives including a week-long summer course at MIT, and MIT’s Additive Manufacturing for Innovative Design and Production, a 12-week online certificate program.
Lead by founding director Prof. John Hart, APT has a range of printer and material manufacturers as members, whose membership fees help fund research. MIT has commercial and custom-built equipment for fused filament fabrication, stereolithography, laser powder bed fusion, and jetting-based AM. It is also establishing two new AM labs with equipment provided by APT members, which include EOS, Formlabs, BigRep, Mimaki, and Renishaw.
Current Research:
- Additive Manufacturing: Implications for Technological Change, Workforce Development, and the Product Lifecycle
Virginia Tech University
Virginia Tech is another university that offers a wide range of additive manufacturing classroom and hands-on learning opportunities, without offering a specific degree in the field. Undergraduates to post-doc students have access to the University’s Design, Research, and Education for Additive Manufacturing Systems (DREAMS) Laboratory within the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech University houses a wide range of 3D printers and equipment to forward the research groups endeavors additive manufacturing. The lab boasts a wide range of current research on methods, materials, and applications of 3D printing.
- Cyber-Physical Security for Additive Manufacturing Systems
- Robotic Material Extrusion: Explore the possibilities of material extrusion by removing the constraints imposed by using a 3 degree of freedom (DOF) gantry
- Tissue-Mimicking Materials
- Post-Consumer Waste Stream Plastics as a Source for Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing
Printer Technologies & Printers:
- Metal 3D printing: SLM 280 2.0, DMS 2Cubed Hybrid Metal Additive System (H-6222A/S), Direct Ink Write (DIW), custom built machines
- SLS: Prodways ProMaker P2000 HT, DTM Sinterstation 2500 Plus
- FDM: Stratasys Fortus 400mc, AON 3D AON-M2 2020, Rize One, (Custom-built) desktop-scale high-temperature FFF
- Material Jetting:Objet Connex350 PolyJet Printer, Nordson PicoPulse Jetting Valve, Microfab PH-04a
- Material Jetting: ExOne Innovent+, ExOne R2, ZCorp 510SLA: custom-built machines, FormLabs Form 1+, Autodesk Ember
- Robotics: Multi-axis Robotic Deposition, ABB IRB 1200-7/0.7, ABB IRB 6640 130/3.2 + Model 30 Strangepresse
- Other: Filabot EX2 Filament Extruder
Arizona State University
The additive manufacturing program and lab at Arizona State University is under the leadership of Dr. Dhruv Bhate. Through the ASU Polytechnic School’s Innovation Hub, students have access to a multi-million dollar collection of 3D printers, post processing equipment, scanners, and software. Although there are not specific degree programs on additive manufacturing, the subject is woven throughout multiple engineering and design programs.
The Universities additive manufacturing research group, called 3DX Research, was established in 2017 and specializes in bio-inspired design and cellular materials, as well as a range of other additive manufacturing. ASU offers both undergraduate and graduate-level courses in additive manufacturing.
Current Research:
- Aperiodic Lattice Design Optimization for Multi-functional Lightweight Aerospace Structures
- Effect of Specimen Size and HIP on the Mechanical Properties of Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Inconel 718
- Multi-functional Cellular Materials for Energy Absorption
Printer technologies & Printers:
- Metal 3D printing: Concept Laser M2 and MLab R Cusing
- SLS: EOS Formiga P 110
- FDM: Stratasys Fortus 450mc and 250mc, Stratasys Dimension and uPrints, Hyrel 3D 30M, Ultimaker S5 Pro Bundle
- Composite: Mark Forged Mark Two
- Material Jetting: Stratasys Polyjet Connex 350, Stratasys Polyjet Objet 30
- SLA: FormLabs Form 2
- Scanner: Zeiss Coomet L3D 5M, Keyence VR-3200 Optical Scanning Microscope
University of Texas at El Paso
Located at the University of Texas at El Paso, the Keck Center is a multidisciplinary research facility focused on the use and development additive manufacturing technologies with primary focus areas in AM technology development, engineered and structured materials, and advanced AM applications. The university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering offers a 15 credit hour graduate certificate in 3D Engineering and Additive Manufacturing. This certificate supplements the existing Master’s Degree In Mechanical Engineering or any other suitable graduate-level degree or can be a stand-alone certificate for a professional engineer.
The Keck Center occupies over 13,000 square feet of floor space and has more than $8 million in research infrastructure, including over 50 AM systems and combined facilities for advanced manufacturing, metrology and reverse engineering, materials characterization and testing, and synthetic and analytical chemistry.
Research focuses on hybrid AM technologies, large-area AM technologies, developing model polymer matrix composites and polymer blends, the use of ceramics in AM and other topics.
- Additive Manufacturing of Metals: a Holistic Approach
- Hybrid AM
- Large Area AM
- Ceramic-Based AM
Printer Technologies & Printers:
- Metal 3D printing: Arcam EBM, SML Solutions, Aconity3D, EOS
- FDM: Stratasys Fortus 400mc & 900mc & uPrint, Lulzbot TAZ, Cincinnati BAAM, 3D Systems SLA 250
- Binder Jetting: ExOne Innovent+ & M-Lab, ZCorp color,
- SLA: EnvisionTec DLP, custom-built machines, 3D Systems Viper si2 & 500, Stratasys Objet EDEN 333
- Robotic: custom multi3D system
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin Center for Additive Manufacturing and Design Innovation (CAMDI), which occupies more than 3,000 square feet and is equipped with AM equipment for polymers and metals, aims advance current additive manufacturing processes and foster innovation through AM research into new processes and design-for-AM best practices that enable widespread adoption of AM. One of the selective laser sintering process, Joseph Beaman, is a current professor at CAMDI.
Although there are not specific degree programs on additive manufacturing, the subject is woven throughout multiple engineering and design programs.
- Rapid High-Resolution Visible Light 3D Printing
- Selective Laser Flash Sintering of Ceramics
- Microscale Selective Laser Sintering
Printer Technologies & Printers:
- Metal 3D printing: EOS INT M280
- SLS: Sinterstation HiQ+HS
- Material Jetting: Stratasys J750 Digital Anatomy
- SLA: 3D Systems SLA 5000
Purdue University
Purdue University is another university with strong course offerings in additive manufacturing but no specific degree program.
The Adaptive Additive Technologies Lab at Purdue University is a collaborative research space in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, that focuses on production of adaptive structures. The lab uses additive manufacturing and novel manufacturing processes for production. The lab space includes multiple 3D printers including FDMs, SLAs, and general purpose tooling.
Also at Purdue University is the Bechtel Innovation Design Center, which is a makerspace for engineering students. This 3D printing center specializes in standard 3D FDM, composite 3D printing, metal 3D Printing, along with CAD/CAM manufacturing, laser cutting, welding and engraving.
- U.S. Air Force grant to fast-track development of a new metal additively manufactured runway mat for temporary or expeditionary flight operations.
- US Department of Energy grant to accelerate the development of a 3D printed nuclear reactor core
- A method of 3D printing concrete wind turbine parts for offshore use
Printer Technologies & Printers:
- FDM: LULZBOT 5 & 6, Makerbot Replicator
- Material Jetting: Stratasys Objet Eden 350
- SLA: Autodesk Ember, Formlabs 2 & 3D
Top 3D Printing Universities in Europe
University of Nottingham
Whether it is creating advanced engineering components, new kinds of prosthetic limbs, or complex pharmaceutical devices, the additive manufacturing program at the University of Nottingham in the UK gives future engineers the ability to build structures with unprecedented degrees of complexity.
The university offers a Master’s in Additive Manufacturing that covers all of today’s applications, technologies, and design principles. Led by the University of Nottingham and working with the universities of Loughborough, Newcastle and Liverpool, the four-year PhD program will produce research leaders in additive manufacturing and 3D printing.
The Additive Manufacturing laboratory within the Centre for Additive Manufacturing features a range of additive manufacturing machines and other technologies. More than 60 3D printers are available to undergraduate students while the graduate students work on more advanced equipment.
- Materials
- AM Management
- AM Processes
University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield in the UK houses the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) that focuses on more than additive manufacturing, but its AM wing is impressive on its own.
AMRC has a range of industrial partners including Boeing, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems and Airbus it works with for one-off projects or as a members for long-term collaboration. University of Sheffield offers a Masters in Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies focusing on state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies and materials that requires students to carry out an industry-focused research project on additive manufacturing. University of Sheffield is involved in a £33 million partnership with AM projects to revolutionize aerospace design with GKN Aerospace’s Developing Design for Additive Manufacturing (DAM) program and Additive Industrialization for Future Technology (AIRLIFT).
- Metal powder characterization
- Powder metallurgy processing technologies
- Design for additive manufacturing – maximizing the potential of AM via intelligent design and topology optimization.
Printer Technologies & Printers:
- Metal 3D printing: Desktop Metal Studio System, Renishaw’s AM250, Renishaw AM400, Renishaw AM500Q, Optomec LENS MR-7
- SLS: Stratasys F170, Stratasys Fortus 900mc
- FDM: Markforged MK2, Stratasys uPrint SE Plus, Stratsys Mojo
- Composite:
- Material Jetting: 3D Systems ProJet 6000SD
- SLA: Formlabs Form 2, Photocentric Liquid Precision i5
- Other: DMG Mori Lasertec Hybrid AM
Technical University of Munich
The Technical University of Munich in Germany boasts a huge innovative future laboratory for additive manufacturing as part of the University’s Institute of Machine Tools and Industrial Management. The AM department supports companies in Germany in coping with current and future challenges in 3D printing.
The Department of Additive Manufacturing concentrates on the processing of metallic materials. The process portfolio includes selective laser beam melting (LBM), wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), binder jetting and ink jet printing. Various systems for processing polymers, which are primarily used for teaching or for the production of prototypes, complete the equipment.
TUM is a partner in TUM.Additive, the Additive Manufacturing Institute, an industry-facing consortium, focusing on interdisciplinary research in raw material powders, optimized AM production, and end-to-end process integration, including automation and AM digitalization. TUM and its partners, Swiss technology group Oerlikon and the industrial gas manufacturer Linde, aim to develop new high-strength, lightweight aluminum-based alloys that can serve the safety and weight reduction needs of the aerospace and automotive industries.
- Alloy Development for the Laser Beam Melting Process,
- Additive Manufacturing for Plugin Hybrid Electrical Aircraft,
- Development of a methodology for the evaluation of the feasibility and economic efficiency of Additive Manufacturing (AM) of components with focus on the requirements of car body parts
Printer Technologies & Printers:
- Metal 3D printing: EOS M400-1, EOSint M280, Trumpf TruPrint 2000, Realizer SLM 250 HL, Fronius CMT-Advanced 4000, Fronius TPS 400i
- SLS: EOS FORMIGA P 100,
- FDM: Prusa, UltiMaker
- Material Jetting: Testachse Voxeljet AG VTS 128, 3D Systems ProJet 3000
- Robotic: CEAD’s Flexbot, Kuka KR15/6, Yaskawa Motoman MH24
University of Bayreuth
The University of Bayreuth in Germany houses the Campus Additive Innovations (CA.I), founded in April 2020. It is home to scientists from five faculties and more than 20 research groups working together on innovative solutions in AM. They also are cooperating with companies in the region to promote and adopt additive manufacturing.
The University of Bayreuth offers nearly 50 printers on campus, from conventional material to biomaterial, metal and ceramic printers.
University West Sweden
University West is Sweden’s leading university when it comes to work-integrated learning (WIL). The university was tasked with the development of WIL by the Swedish government 15+ years ago and continues to lead the field today. WIL allows you to put your knowledge and skills into practice within real-world contexts.
The university offers a Research Environment in Production Technology, for PhD students focusing additive manufacturing in metals. Professor Shrikant Joshi heads up a team of leading engineers, researchers and students in collaboration with such pioneering companies as GKN Aerospace.
The universities’ Production Technology Centre (PTC) is one of the largest and most updated manufacturing laboratories in Sweden featuring a wide range of manufacturing technology including additive manufacturing. The AM-specific technologies are powder bed fusion techniques with electron beam, directed-energy deposition techniques, such as laser metal deposition with wire and powder as well as wire-arc.
Top 3D Printing Universities in Asia Pacific
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Established in 2017, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Research Facility in 3D Printing (U3DP) provides all-round support for staff, researchers, and students in applying various types of 3D printing technologies to design, engineering, and medicine. Lead by director Prof. HC Man, the center also boasts research initiatives and industrial collaborations with companies in aviation, medical implants, medical rehabilitation, architecture, toys & games, fashion, apparel and jewelry.
Printer Technologies & Printers:
- Metal 3D printing: SLM 280HL, SLM 125HL
- FDM: Fortus FDM 900MCTM, Fortus FDM 450MC, MakerBot Replicator 5th Gen, MakerBot Replicator Z-18
- Composite: Optomec AJ300
- Material Jetting: Stratasys J750 Color, Stratasys Objet30 Prime, Stratasys Objet30 Pro
- SLA: EnvisionTEC Perfactory 4, Formlabs Form 3
- Bio: EnvisionTEC 3D Bioplotter, Optomec AJ300
- Scanners: RangeVision Smart, Carl Zeiss Comet L3D 5M, Thor3D
Deakin University
Australia’s Deakin University Additive Manufacturing Lab offers commercial and desktop printers for undergraduate and doctoral students. Deakin University’s industry affiliations include xLam technology for design of sustainable building materials and Orca Civil Products for recycling glass within the construction market.
Students of Deakin’s additive manufacturing courses benefit from a strong partnership with industry to help gain practical work experience, the capacity to apply skills to real-world problems and the opportunity to form or expand professional networks prior to graduation.
Current Research:
- Recycled 3D plastic on the Solomon Islands reused to 3D print useful parts
Printer Technologies & Printers:
- Metal 3D printing: SLM
- FDM: Stratasys Fortus 450
- Material Jetting: Stratasys Objet 500 & Connex3, HP 580 MultiJet Fusion, 3D Systems Projet 660
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Australia’s RMIT University Centre for Additive Manufacturing focuses on industrial AM technology across a range of industries, including aerospace, biomedical, automotive, mining and energy. Their AM courses are offered with specialties that include metal and polymer additive manufacturing systems, protection materials for defense, and industrial automation.
The university also offers the Advanced Manufacturing Precinct (AMP), which is a $30 million research and teaching facility that includes metal and polymer manufacturing, high end CNC machines, 3D scanning, and testing. Their onsite technologies include Laser powder bed fusion, directed energy deposition, industrial polymer printers, and both additive and subtractive manufacturing. RMIT University has partnered with Siemens and Festo Diadactics on the Industrial Digital Innovation Hub at AMP.
Current Research:
- Automotive seat optimization for Futuris Automotive
- Additively manufactured lightweight hybrid ballistic protection
- Just-in-time 3D printed patient-specific bone tumor implants
- Sustainment of high value aircraft components through laser metal deposition
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP) in Singapore at the Nanyang Technological University serves to drive research development and industry adoption of additive manufacturing technology through collaborative projects with leading industry partners, and with schools and research centers within and beyond the university. SC3DP, which offers a PhD and Master’s programs in additive manufacturing is funded by government, university, and external industry partners. The lab was founded in collaboration with printer manufacturer SLM Solutions.
Current Research:
- Highly printable hydrogel for bioprinting
- Shape memory polymer for SLA process
- Geopolymer concrete printing
- Method of embedding carbon nanomaterial onto polymeric powders for additive manufacturing
Printer Technologies & Printers:
- Metal: SLM250HL & 280HL & 500HL, DMG MORI LaserTec 65, Arcam EBM A2XX Machine, BeAM MAGICS 800, TRUMPF TruLaser Cell 3000
- SLS: Binhu SLS1400
- Binder Jetting:
- Material Jetting: Stratasys Connex500, Optomec Aerosol Jet
- FDM: Stratasys Fortus 450mc Machine, Ultimaker 2+, Teirtime UpBox, Choc Creator chocolate printer
- Bioprinting: RegenHU
Emerging University Programs
These universities have more recent or narrowly focused additive manufacturing programs and have established 3D printing facilities for students, staff, and researchers.
- University of Sydney (Australia) Sydney Manufacturing Hub
- University of Maine (US) Center for Additive Manufacturing of Metals The University of Maine has plans in the works to expand its Advanced Structures and Composites Center in Orono, with an eye toward advancing research into large-scale, bio-based additive manufacturing that uses artificial intelligence and arrays of huge 3D printers. The university calls the new facility the “factory of the future.” The goal is to have the facility up and running in 2024. Already, the school has won headlines for 3D printing 3Dirigo the Guinness World Record holder for the largest 3D printed boat and, more recently, BioHome3D, a polymer 3D printed house.
- Saint Louis University (US) Center for Additive Manufacturing
- Colorado School of Mines (US) offers a non-thesis Master’s Degree in Additive Manufacturing and a Graduate Certificate in Additive Manufacturing. The school’s mission is to offer education and research in engineering, science and business “to solve the world’s most pressing challenges, particularly those related to the earth, energy, and the environment.” Additive manufacturing is an essential part of this mission.
- Manchester Metropolitan University offers a Master’s Degree in Digital Design and Manufacturing that’s heavily focused on additive manufacturing and Industry 4.0 topics. Students will study in the state-of-the-art PrintCity facility, the University’s digital manufacturing hub equipped with more than 60 3D printers.
- Auburn University (US) National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence
- University of Memphis (US) Metal AM Lab
- Advanced Additive Manufacturing Research Center Kindai University (Japan)
- University of Central Lancaster offers an MSc program in Additive Manufacturing suitable for recent graduates in engineering, as well as those who have work experience. Their emphasis is on “the design, analysis and implementation of Additive Manufacturing (AM) projects” to solve real world problems. Students learn using state-of-the-art scanning equipment and editing software as well as the latest CAD software to design AM parts.
- Cranfield University offers a Master’s Degree program for both full-time and part-time students in the field of Metal Additive Manufacturing. Students work in close collaboration with leading industry partners, using modern facilities and equipment – including “one of the world’s largest metal 3D printers.”
- University of Turku
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