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3DPOD 266: Composite AM and Convergent Manufacturing with Habib Dagher, University of Maine

Dr. Habib Dagher founded the University of Maine‘s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, which, with 400 researchers, is one of the leading composites research centers in the world. In 3D…

3DPOD 265: Beam Shaping and Plenty More with Alex Kingsbury, nLIGHT

Alex Kingsbury worked at the Australian research institute CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) on Additive before working for The Barnes Global Advisors, RMIT University, and now nLight. Alex…

3DPOD 264: 3D Printing in US Marine Corps with Matt Pine, Innovation Officer

Matt Pine is training Marines to use 3D printing in the field and helping deploy the technology globally for the United States Marine Corps. Working primarily with desktop machines, he…

3DPOD 263: Metal AM Powders with Continuum CEO Rob Higby

Continuum was previously known as Molyworks, and we loved their crazy startup story with founder Chris Eonta. Now Rob Higby is the firm’s CEO. With him, we discuss a more…

Novenda Secures $6.1 Million in Series A Funding for Dental 3D Printing

There once was a company called Lake3D which made and sold continuous DLP systems. They even sold a system to DuPont, and the material jetting printer had a lot of…

3DPOD 262: Bio-inspired Design for AM with Dhruv Bhate, Arizona State University

Dhruv Bhate is an associate professor at Arizona State University. There, he looks at structures, materials, and design. Previously, he worked at PADT as well as in the semiconductor and…

3DPOD 261: Tooling and Cooling for AM with Jason Murphy, NXC MFG

Jason Murphy´s NXC MFG (Next Chapter Manufacturing) is not a generalist service; instead, the company specializes in making tooling. Using LPBF and binder jet, the company produces some of the…

3DPOD 260: John Hart on VulcanForms, MIT, Desktop Metal and More

John Hart is a Professor at MIT; he´s also the director of the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity as well as the director of the Center for Advanced Production Technologies….

3DPOD 259: AM at Stratasys with Rich Garrity, Chief Business Unit Officer

Rich Garrity is the Chief Business Officer of Stratasys. Rich shares Stratasys´ vision and future with us. We talk about machines, applications, clients, and the market in general. What technologies…

3DPOD 258: Shapeways, Now and Then, with CEO Marleen Vogelaar

Marleen Vogelaar was Shapeways‘ first CFO and, along with a new management team, rescued Shapeways out of bankruptcy proceedings. She takes us through the drama and effort to rebound the…

3DPOD 256: DLP AM at Visitech with Øyvind Tafjord, CEO

Øyvind Tafjord runs Visitech, a firm that makes the light engines that power a lot of the DLP machines we use in Additive. We talk to Øyvind about light engines,…

3DPOD 255: Process Streamlining with Ruben Meuth, 3D Spark

Ruben Meuth worked at Fraunhofer before helping to start 3D Spark, a German startup that helps companies identify, cost, quote, and screen 3D printed parts. There’s a lot going on…

3DPOD 254: Jay Dinsmore, ADDMAN Group

Jay Dinsmore founded the eponymous company Dinsmore years ago. Since then, he’s had many an adventure in hiring people, managing them, training them, keeping them, and getting the best out…

3DPOD 253: Jacob Nuechterlein, Part 2: Fortius Metals, and a Metal AM Materials Masterclass

Jacob Nuechterlein is back with us. Initially we go into Fortius Metals discussing the special materials that firm has for DED. But, the meat and bones of this episode is…

3DPOD 252: What’s Really Happening in Bioprinting, with Mark Skylar-Scott, Stanford University

Mark Skylar-Scott is an experienced bioprinting researcher now working at one of the foremost bioprinting labs in the world at Stanford University. We talk about inexpensive desktop bioprinters and their…

3DPOD 251: 3D Printing for Football Helmets with Kodiak Brush, LIGHT Helmets

Kodiak Brush grew up playing football before working on crash testing. Sometimes someone’s career can seem like it is inexorably building up to one goal. And with Kodiak now making…

3DPOD 250: Dieter Schwarze, Nikon SLM Solutions

Dieter Schwarze is a true 3D printing icon. Here we get the twisting, arduous tale of Dieter’s journey into additive. Starting with inkjet, SLA and lots of other technologies, Dieter´s…

3DPOD 249: One Million Part 3D Printing Orders and More with Spencer Loveless, Merit3D

Spencer Loveless’ story is a compelling one. It’s a tale of a family business starting from nowhere and becoming successful. Then subsequently, it is a tale of manufacturing in the…

3DPOD 248: AM in the Marines and Advanced Technologies with Howie Marotto, EWI

I really loved this episode of the 3DPOD with Howie Marotto, Additive Manufacturing Business Director at EWI. A Marine with deep logistics experience gets to tell us how viable 3D…

3DPOD 247: LJ Holmes, Executive Director for the Center of Advanced Manufacturing and Materials at Harrisburg University

Executive Director for the Center of Advanced Manufacturing and Materials at Harrisburg University, Larry “LJ” Holmes is a pioneer in applying additive manufacturing to defense and other critical sectors. Part…

3DPOD 246: 3D Printing at Oechsler, with Andreas Knoechel

Andreas Knoechel, Head of Program Management for Additive Manufacturing at Oechsler, is doing some real heavy lifting in production. German plastics manufacturer Oechsler was the pioneer behind 3D-printed shoes at…

3DPOD 245: Advanced Metal 3D Printing Powders with Jacob Nuechterlein, Elementum 3D CEO

Metallurgist and materials scientist Jacob Nuechterlein founded Elementum 3D in 2014 based on a proprietary process for making powders that enhances both the powder and the final parts’ properties. Elementum…

3DPOD 244: 3D Printing Elastomers with Cora Leibig, Chromatic 3D Materials CEO

Chromatic 3D Materials CEO Cora Leibig has extensive experience in the plastics industry. We discuss the volumes of polymers and other materials, as well as what is needed to transform…

3DPOD 243: Volumetric 3D Printing with Xolo CCO, Stephan Kuehr

Stephan Kuehr began his career at 3YOURMIND before joining the volumetric 3D printing firm Xolo. In this episode of the 3DPOD, we discuss Xolo, its technology, volumetric 3D printing, bioprinting,…