Government Resources
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Department of EnergyAdvanced Manufacturing resources include AMO Peer Reviews, Various Publications, and Webinars.
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National Institute of Standards and TechnologyAdditive Manufacturing Resources include the NIST AM Materials Database and NIST AM Test Artifact.
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Office of Scientific and Technical InformationThis database includes technical reports, journal articles, data, and patents. Refine by Full Text/Resource Available for full access to resources.
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Science.govScience.gov searches over 36 databases and 1,850 selected websites, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information, including research and development results.
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World Wide ScienceWorld Wide Science is a global science gateway comprised of United States and international scientific databases and portals. Results include all resources from Science.gov
Government Publications
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3D Printing in Space by Additive manufacturing has the potential to positively affect human spaceflight operations by enabling the in-orbit manufacture of replacement parts and tools, which could reduce existing logistics requirements for the International Space Station and future long-duration human space missions. The benefits of in-space additive manufacturing for robotic spacecraft are far less clear, although this rapidly advancing technology can also potentially enable space-based construction of large structures and, perhaps someday, substantially in the future, entire spacecraft. Additive manufacturing can also help to reimagine a new space architecture that is not constrained by the design and manufacturing confines of gravity, current manufacturing processes, and launch-related structural stresses. The specific benefits and potential scope of additive manufacturing remain undetermined. The realities of what can be accomplished today, using this technology on the ground, demonstrate the substantial gaps between the vision for additive manufacturing in space and the limitations of the technology and the progress that has to be made to develop it for space use. "3D Printing in Space" evaluates the prospects of in-space additive manufacturing. This report examines the various technologies available and currently in development, and considers the possible impacts for crewed space operations and robotic spacecraft operations. Ground-based additive manufacturing is being rapidly developed by industry, and "3D Printing in Space" discusses government-industry investments in technology development. According to this report, the International Space Station provides an excellent opportunity for both civilian and military research on additive manufacturing technology. Additive manufacturing presents potential opportunities, both as a tool in a broad toolkit of options for space-based activities and as a potential paradigm-changing approach to designing hardware for in-space activities. This report makes recommendations for future research, suggests objectives for an additive manufacturing roadmap, and envisions opportunities for cooperation and joint development.ISBN: 9780309310093Publication Date: 2014-09-29 -
High temperature thermoplastic additive manufacturing using low-cost, open-source hardware byPublication Date: October 2016
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Nondestructive evaluation of additive manufacturing : state-of-the-discipline report byPublication Date: November 2014
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Novel Processes for Advanced Manufacturing by The Standing Committee on Defense Materials Manufacturing and Infrastructure (the DMMI standing committee) of the National Materials and Manufacturing Board of the National Research Council (NRC) held a workshop on December 5 and 6, 2012, to discuss new and novel processes in industrial modernization. The participants of the workshop provided their individual opinions but no recommendations were developed as a result of the workshop. The workshop focused on Additive manufacturing, electromagnetic field manipulation of materials, and design of materials. Additive manufacturing is the process of making three-dimensional objects from a digital description or file. The workshop addresses different aspects of additive manufacturing including surface finish and access to manufacturing capabilities and resources. Electromagnetic field manipulation of materials is the use of electric and/or magnetic fields to change the mechanical or functional properties of a material or for the purposes of sintering. The workshop examined research prioritization in this area as well as other objectives. "Design of materials" refers to the application of computational and analytic methods to materials to obtain a desired material characteristic; the workshop features a discussion on materials genomics in this area and more. Novel Processes for Advanced Manufacture: Summary of a Workshop presents a summarization of the key points of this workshop and includes outlines of the open discussions on each area.ISBN: 9780309285926Publication Date: 2013-11-25 -
Predictive Theoretical and Computational Approaches for Additive Manufacturing by Additive manufacturing (AM) methods have great potential for promoting transformative research in many fields across the vast spectrum of engineering and materials science. AM is one of the leading forms of advanced manufacturing which enables direct computer-aided design (CAD) to part production without part-specific tooling. In October 2015 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop of experts from diverse communities to examine predictive theoretical and computational approaches for various AM technologies. While experimental workshops in AM have been held in the past, this workshop uniquely focused on theoretical and computational approaches and involved areas such as simulation-based engineering and science, integrated computational materials engineering, mechanics, materials science, manufacturing processes, and other specialized areas. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.ISBN: 9780309449762Publication Date: 2016-11-21
Proceedings of the Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium
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Link to Proceedings Archive"This archive contains searchable and downloadable pdfs of all articles in the entire SFF Symposium Proceedings."
National Science Foundation
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NSF Award SearchSearch for active and expired NSF awards using title, names, institutions, programs and other information associated with an award.
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