As a follow up to the Rapid Prototyping course, the 3D printing and Materials class will cover more advanced forms of additive manufacturing, including Selective Laser Sintering and Stereolithography (SLA). These industrial techniques are revolutionizing aerospace, automotive and medical industries.
The lecture material is still being developed for this class, but the learning objectives are:
- Understand the fundamental concepts of commercial AM technologies.
- Explain the strengths and weaknesses of AM compared to traditional fabrication techniques.
- Select materials for AM technologies based on prototype specifications.
- Understand how layer-by-layer manufacturing impacts the design process.
- Characterize material properties for designing AM processes.
- Describe how raw materials for AM (e.g., filament, powder, and resin) are produced.
- Scale up prototypes created by AM with injection molding.
