Posts Tagged ‘Manufacturing’
New Big Ideas Lab episode explores how additive manufacturing is reshaping the future
Another groundbreaking innovation is Computed Axial Lithography (CAL), a Star Trek replicator-like process that builds objects using principles similar to a CT scan, but in reverse, and does so quickly and seemingly out of thin air. Hayden Taylor, associate professor of mechanical engineering at UC Berkeley, explained: “[CAL] allows us to print materials that are very low…
Read MoreBerkeley researchers send 3D printer into space
Imagine a crew of astronauts headed to Mars. About 140 million miles away from Earth, they discover their spacecraft has a cracked O-ring. But instead of relying on a dwindling cache of spare parts, what if they could simply fabricate any part they needed on demand? A team of Berkeley researchers, led by Ph.D. student Taylor…
Read MoreSpace Enterprise at Berkeley Sets Record with Flight of Fully 3D-Printed Rocket
Last month, ME Student Group Space Enterprise at Berkeley (SEB) conducted a successful flight and recovery of low-altitude demonstrator LAD-8, the world’s first fully 3D-printed rocket of its scale. The vehicle reached just over 8,000 feet above ground level and a top speed of 850 ft/s. In addition to proving a recovery system that supports…
Read MoreME Assistant Professor Grace Gu Named Sloan Research Fellow
Four UC Berkeley assistant professors have been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship, one of the most prestigious honors given to early-career scientific researchers. The four are among 118 new 2022 fellows announced this week by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowships recognize young scholars whose “achievements and potential place them among the next generation of scientific…
Read MoreBerkeley Researchers Use 3D Printer to Make Stronger, Greener Concrete
Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed a new way to reinforce concrete with a polymer lattice, an advance that could rival other polymer-based enhancements and improve concrete’s ductility while reducing the material’s carbon emissions. The Berkeley team used a 3D printer to build octet lattices out of polymer, and then filled them with ultra-high performance…
Read MoreUC Berkeley Team Partners in New $20M AI Food Systems Research Center
On August 26, 2020, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced it will be funding a new food systems research center in partnership with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The award of $20M over five years will aim to improve US food systems to address issues such as…
Read MoreUC Berkeley Team Advances Food Systems Research in New $20M NSF Center
A new research center funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will aim to improve U.S. food systems to address such issues as pandemic-driven food system security and safety; improving crop yield, quality and nutrition; decreasing energy…
Read MoreME Assistant Professor Grace X. Gu Selected as 2020 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer
SME, the professional association committed to advancing manufacturing professionals, academia and communities, today announces that 15 achievers have been selected to receive the 2020 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award. The 2020 awardees, from the U.S. and Canada, have centered their research and management efforts around manufacturing processes, environmental sustainability, additive manufacturing, smart manufacturing, medical…
Read MoreME Assistant Professor Grace X. Gu to Receive 2020 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award
SME, an association committed to advancing manufacturing and developing a skilled workforce, today announces that 15 achievers have been selected to receive the 2020 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award. The 2020 awardees, from the U.S. and Canada, have centered their research and management efforts around manufacturing processes, environmental sustainability, additive manufacturing, smart manufacturing, medical…
Read MoreCapstone Project Profile: Reducing Temperature Gradients to Minimize Defects in 3D Parts Using Genetic Algorithms
The market size of the 3D printing industry has increased to 7.4 billion dollars in 2018, and users rely on 3D printers to achieve their ideas. However, most of the users seldom know what is the proper printing parameters that will give them the best printing qualities. Our team has worked on giving 3D printers…
Read MoreDesign for Nanomanufacturing Research Group Reaches the Finals at the 2019 IET Innovation Awards
The Design for Nanomanufacturing research group, led by ME Assistant Professor Hayden Taylor, has made it to the finals of the 2019 Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Innovation Awards. Their invention, computed axial lithography, has been shortlisted in two categories: Manufacturing Technology and Emerging Technology Design. The winners will be announced in London on…
Read MoreME PhD Student Brian Salazar Receives Best Poster Presentation Award at ICPT 2019
ME PhD Student Brian Salazar received the Best Poster Presentation award at the 2019 International Conference on Planarization/CMP Technology in Hsinchu, Taiwan. This award was for his work entitled “Die-scale modeling of planarization efficiency using segmented CMP pads: analyzing the effects of asperity topography.” Salazar is currently a Ph.D. student in ME Professor Hayden Taylor’s…
Read MoreME Assistant Professor Grace Gu Receives 2019 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award
ME Assistant Professor Grace Gu is a recipient of the 2019 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (NTFA). This competitive award recognizes outstanding young faculty who were nominated by 3M researchers and selected based on their research, experience, and academic leadership. In addition, this award also provides financial support of $15,000 per year for up to three…
Read MoreInterview: Grace X. Gu, UC Berkeley, Developer of a Self-Correcting 3D Printer
The 2019 winner of the WiSTEM2D is Grace X. Gu. Part of the Mechanical Engineering faculty at UC Berkeley, Professor Gu has conducted pioneering work in the field of additive manufacturing, including recent work on a self-correcting 3D printer. 3D Printing Industry got in contact with Professor Gu to to learn more about this particular project,…
Read MoreThese 6 University Researchers Are Ready to Change the World With Their Inventions
They’re the winners of the second annual Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award, thanks to such amazing innovations as tattoos that can monitor changes in your metabolism. Meet them and their groundbreaking work.
Read MoreNew 3D printer uses rays of light to shape objects, transform product design
A new 3D printer uses light to transform gooey liquids into complex solid objects in only a matter of minutes.
Read MoreBerkeley Mechanical Engineers & LLNL Researchers Invent Real-Life “Replicator”
A new 3D printer uses light to transform gooey liquids into complex solid objects in only a matter of minutes.
Read MoreME PhD Student Hossein Heidari Wins Shark Tank Award at BASF Innovent 2018
Hossein Heidari, a PhD candidate in ME Professor Hayden Taylor’s lab, has won the $100,000 Shark Tank prize for “Best Innovative Technology” at BASF Innovent 2018. Heidari received the award for the Design for Nanomanufacturing lab’s work on “Computed Axial Lithography,” a volumetric 3D printing solution invented in the lab as a new paradigm in additive manufacturing. BASF is a leading chemical…
Read MoreDoD Announces Award of New Advanced Robotics Manufacturing ARM Innovation Hub
Today, the Department of Defense awarded the 14th Manufacturing USA NNMI-National Network of Manufacturing Innovation Program institute – the Advanced Robotics Manufacturing ARM Innovation Hub. It is the eighth DoD-led institute. The ARM Institute joins the Manufacturing USA network in its collective effort to help revitalize American manufacturing and incentivize companies to invest in new…
Read MorePresident Obama Announces Winner of New Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute Competition
President Barack Obama announced a $70M million federal award Monday to the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition SMLC, an industry-led national non-profit, to create a nationwide Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute. The Institute, which will include UC Berkeley’s involvement, will fuel industry growth and innovation across the state of California and nationwide with more than $140 million…
Read MoreME Professor David Dornfeld to be Honored at ASME’s 2015 IMECE
ME Professor David Dornfeld will be recognized by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME on Monday, November 16th during the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition IMECE in Houston, Texas. Professor Dornfeld will be receiving the M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal during the ceremony. The medal is “conferred upon an exceptional individual who…
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