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Aug
29
2022
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Strong Finish for MEMS at Additive Manufacturing Benchmarks 2022

 Honors & Awards, MEMS, MOST-AM

Alaa Olleak,  a postdoctoral associate of MEMS Professor Albert To, took home three first-place finishes at the recent National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Additive Manufacturing Benchmarks 2022.  The awards were recently announ ...
Aug
09
2022
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Going Heavy Metal

 Research, MOST-AM, MEMS, Banner

Tucked away in the sub-basement of Pitt’s Benedum Hall, past the racecar parts spilling into hallways, you’ll find a giant machine that looks like a cross between a car garage and the entry port of a sci-fi spaceship. It’s a state-of-the-art 3D ...
Feb
18
2022
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Upcoming MOST-AM Meeting - May 5, 2022

 UPCAM, MOST-AM

Save the Date! The MOST-AM Consortium has scheduled our next, in-person meeting at the University of Pittsburgh for May 5, 2022.MOST-AM Consortium MeetingPre-Meeting DinnerLocation: TBD Wednesday, May 4, 2022 (6-9pm)(For Members and Presenters O ...
Nov
16
2021
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Three Swanson School faculty earn 2021 NSF CAREER Awards

 Research, MEMS, Electrical & Computer, Civil & Environmental, Sustainability, UPCAM, MOST-AM, SPOTLIGHT

Marking another successful year of grant support, three rising stars among the faculty in the Swanson School of Engineering have received CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation. Leanne Gilbertson, Wei Xiong, and Liang Zhan were notif ...
Sep
21
2021
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Lightening the Load of Multi-Material Manufacturing with 3D Printing

 Grants, MEMS, Chemical & Petroleum, Banner, UPCAM, Spotlight, MOST-AM

The rise of 3D printing has transformed the manufacturing industry, enabling manufacturers to quickly and precisely create specialized parts for any application. Soft robotics, flow actuators, electrical circuits and sensors all make use of thes ...
Apr
28
2021
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Designing New Alloys for Additive Manufacturing

 MEMS, Banner, Research, UPCAM, Spotlight, MOST-AM

Additive manufacturing (AM), a burgeoning technology for alloy fabrication, allows engineers to specifically manufacture a complex component in any shape. However, due to the unique processing involved, the alloy behaves differently during fabri ...
Jul
11
2019
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Pitt Engineers Receive $1 Million to Develop Better Quality Control for 3D Printing Turbine Components

 MEMS, MOST-AM

PITTSBURGH (July 11, 2019) — The U.S. Department of Energy, through its University Turbine Systems Research program, has awarded researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering $802,400 to find an effective quality as ...