Michigan Tech Open Sustainability Technology (MOST) Lab
Educators Could Save $450,000 Yearly with Open-Source 3D Printing
There remains little doubt that 3D printing enhances the quality and effectiveness of education, whether at the kindergarten or university level. The cost of printers and materials for filament-based 3D…
Pearce’s Latest Open Source 3D Printer Handles PEKK, PEI for Less than $1,000
In an effort to address, among other things, the need to sterilize 3D-printed personal protection equipment made to fight COVID-19, the lab of Michigan Technological University’s Professor Joshua Pearce has…
Michigan Tech Develops Open Source Smart Vision for 3D Printing Quality Control
Monitoring and quality control systems are becoming more widespread in additive manufacturing as a means of ensuring repeatability and aiming for first-time-right parts. A greater need for quality control are…
3D Printing: A Technology of Degrowth? Part 1
Even if you’re an optimist, Earth is currently on track for an uncertain fate. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that global greenhouse gasses (GHG) need…
17,000% Cost Reduction with Open Source 3D Printing: Michigan Tech Study Showcases Parametric 3D Printed Slot Die System
We often cover the work of prolific Dr. Joshua Pearce, an Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech); he also runs the university’s Open…
3D Printing Educator Spotlight On: Joshua Pearce, PhD, Associate Professor, Michigan Tech
As the global population continues to expand massively, with an estimated 7.5 billion people alive today, sustainability is becoming an ever-more-pressing concern. It takes a lot of energy to support…
Aluminum Alloys: Researchers Explore the Microstructure-Property Relationship in Metal 3D Printing
I’m always befuddled today by those on the periphery of the 3D printing industry who cry that the sky has fallen, and the technology is over and dead. We see…
