New $500k Grant Awarded for Research Program Exploring 3-D Printing Technologies

A new research grant has been awarded to Grand Valley State University in Michigan that aims to fund the research efforts of both students and faculty as they explore 3-D printing techniques used in the manufacturing of medical device technologies. The research grant will pair university students and faculty with two community partners on a two-and-a-half year collaborative research program that will explore 3-D additive manufacturing for medical devices. More than a dozen graduate and undergraduate students from Grand Valley State University will be joining a team of researchers from the applied Medical Device Institute (aMDI) and MediSurge to collaborate on the project. A state-of-the-art Carbon 3-D printer has been installed in aMDI’s incubator space at the university’s Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences to help the team explore the process of 3-D additive manufacturing. “3-D Additive Manufacturing (3DAM) has matured since its early inception in the 20th century,” said Brent Nowak, executive director at aMDI. “Advances in microelectronics, polymer chemistry and materials, software tools and design, and system design have resulted in a range of 3DAM methods. Collectively, these advances enable a greater precision, higher production rates, and lower waste. We are seeing, we believe, the advent of a new manufacturing tool beyond what is known as a 3-D prototyping tool. Our focus in ap...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tags: 3-D Printing Source Type: news