Setting Students Up for Success September 5, 2023 Jim Schlusemann's lifelong dedication to vocational training and manufacturing, showcased at SkillsUSA's National Leadership & Skills Conference, underscores the imperative of engaging and mentoring the next generation to shape the future of the industry.
Digitize Your Additive Manufacturing Facility: it’s Not Just About Shiny New Tech October 14, 2021 The most important step in digitizing any manufacturing or supply chain process is analysis of the ROI and business case and being able to demonstrate success to company leaders.
Collaboration is Key for the Next Big Additive Manufacturing Leap May 13, 2019 My first experience with additive manufacturing was 10 years ago when I managed a project to develop a 3D-printed, remotely piloted aircraft. Within this program, a 3D-printed parts producer, that mainly printed prototypes at the time, collaborated with a university and an aerospace systems manufacturer.
The Value of SME’s AeroDef Event April 10, 2019 My involvement in SME and its AeroDef event began in 2014, when I first presented an Adaptive Machining Overview at AeroDef 2014 in Long Beach, Calif. At the time, the conference was relatively small in terms of attendees and exhibitors in comparison to the explosion of other engineering conferences that began around that time.
Students Experience RAPID + TCT Show August 8, 2018 AS A TEAM OF FOUR MANUFACTURING engineering undergraduate students from Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA), we had our minds blown within seconds of walking onto the RAPID + TCT show floor when we attended the event, April 23-26, in Fort Worth, TX.
The Additive Manufacturing Industry Is Growing Up! April 4, 2018 The first time I saw the 3D printing technology working at McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft was in the early 1990s, and it forever changed the way I thought about manufacturing.
Workforce Engineering—How to Solve the Skills Gap March 8, 2022 The best way to solve the skills gap is to ignite the already existing and yet dormant fuel of curiosity inside of young minds.
It’s Time to Revisit Additive Manufacturing April 6, 2022 The dramatic growth in the number of universities with sustained AM research programs and associated curricula also means that many of these graduating students have even played a direct role in advancing the technology.
Drivers for Protein Diversity March 15, 2023 Ecological limits will prevent the production of enough meat to satisfy the impending demand. .
Rapid Deployment of Patient-Specific Prosthesis in Emergency Medicine Enabled by Additive Manufacturing December 1, 2021 The 2021 theme for SME’s Digital Manufacturing Challenge was “Digital Manufacturing for Rapid Medical Response.”