Additive Manufacturing

3 Credits.

The emergence of additive manufacturing (AM) as a viable technology for depositing materials with intricate shapes and architectures enables personal fabrication and threatens to transform global supply chains. This course will give a comprehensive introduction to AM of polymers, metals and ceramics, including: processing fundamentals, processing-structure-property relations and applications. Implications for the design, qualification and introduction of AM products will be addressed, and a variety of applications will be reviewed and used as case studies.Recommended knowledge of Materials Science equivalent to 530.352 Materials Selection. Concurrent enrollment in 530.352 Materials Selection is welcome.