The Additive Manufacturing Customers Group (AMUG) has introduced the recipients of its scholarships, to be recognised on the 2024 convention in Chicago.
Alex Campbell, a fourth-year aerospace engineering pupil at Ohio State College, has been awarded the Man E. Bourdeau Scholarship for college students in additive manufacturing. Phil Rufe, an Assistant Professor within the College of Engineering at Japanese Michigan College, has been chosen for the Randy Stevens Scholarship for educators in additive manufacturing.
As scholarship recipients, Campbell and Rufe will attend the AMUG Convention, the place they are going to have interaction with additive manufacturing customers. They are going to take the stage to current their work on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, on day three of the occasion.
The scholarships recognise college students and educators who exhibit a ardour and imaginative and prescient for additive manufacturing to advance schooling and trade.
Rajeev Kulkarni, Chair of the AMUG Scholarship Committee mentioned: “The recipients of the scholarships embody a deep-seated enthusiasm for additive manufacturing that originated a few years in the past and has endured over time. Moreover, the committee acknowledges their aspirations to problem and enhance established practices, accompanied by proactive efforts to rework these into actuality. Via their mentorship initiatives, they encourage others to contribute to international change.”
Kulkarni added: “The heightened calibre of the submissions additionally left a powerful impression on the scholarship committee. As every year passes, deciding on probably the most excellent scholarship recipients turns into progressively difficult, reflecting the exceptional developments throughout the additive manufacturing trade.”
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Alex Campbell’s 3D printing journey started in center college with a MakerBot 3D printer, which started his fascination and is central to his educational {and professional} pursuits. Campbell mentioned: “What started as a passion has advanced right into a cornerstone of my talent set, making additive manufacturing an integral side of my skilled id.”
Campbell is pursuing an aerospace engineering diploma at Ohio State College (OSU) with the aim of getting into the aerospace trade to make vital contributions, both by manufacturing rocket engines or making use of clever design to next-gen propulsion methods.
Campbell spoke about utilizing 3D printing for combustion chambers and injectors: “I discover this attention-grabbing as a result of it not solely permits for more and more complicated regenerative cooling setups but additionally permits for the usage of distinctive, usually hard-to-machine supplies, corresponding to niobium C-103.”
Professor Phil Rufe teaches within the College of Engineering at Japanese Michigan College (EMU) utilizing his background in engineering. He’s a Licensed Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE) with levels in mechanical engineering, manufacturing, and schooling.
At EMU, his programs are in manufacturing processes, industrial operations, CAD, mechanics, GD&T, lean manufacturing, mental property, design for manufacturing and meeting (DFMA), and additive manufacturing. Rufe additionally manages EMU’s 3D printing/AM Lab.
Dr. Vijay Mannari, Interim Director of the College of Engineering at Japanese Michigan College mentioned: “Professor Rufe has supplied sturdy management in selling and integrating 3D printing/additive manufacturing throughout the College of Engineering at EMU. Professor Rufe has been instrumental in implementing 3D printing/additive manufacturing.”
Within the programs that Rufe teaches, and in addition for those who he doesn’t, he makes 3D printing accessible whereas offering steering on the method, benefits, disadvantages, and concerns. The insights he provides vary from making ready information for 3D printing to understanding the associated fee, time, and high quality concerns when evaluating additive manufacturing as a substitute for different manufacturing processes.
Rufe mentioned: “Primarily based on my analysis, AM is a software with all kinds of purposes and a various viewers. Whereas a devoted 3D printing class is nice, it alone doesn’t meet the wants of a various set of purposes or audiences. Shifting paradigms and offering AM schooling to college students outdoors of the normal dedicated-course mannequin is a problem.”
The Man E. Bourdeau Scholarship, based by Man’s spouse, Renee Bourdeau, and financially supported by Cimquest, Inc. since 2019, is awarded yearly to at least one school pupil. The Randy Stevens Scholarship, based and financially supported by Randy’s former employer, In’Tech Industries, is awarded yearly to at least one educator specializing in additive manufacturing.
The 2024 AMUG Convention takes place March 10-14 in Chicago, Illinois.