Mines’ ADAPT program wins honorable mention in 3D Printing Industry Awards

Mines’ ADAPT program has won the second prize in an international competition focused on 3D printing. Mines was recognized in the “Academic, Research Team or Project” category of the 3D Printing Industry Awards.

“ADAPT is thrilled to receive honorable mention among a prestigious group of nominees,” said Joy Gockel, associate professor in Mechanical Engineering and executive director of ADAPT. “This recognition is a testament to the valuable interdisciplinary research that we do here in ADAPT and the support of our industry partners. All credit goes to the numerous Mines faculty, staff and students who lead our mission of advancing fundamental knowledge of additive manufacturing to support industrial implementation.”

The shortlist for the award were compiled from public nominations across the world and insight from a committee of 3D printing experts. The next phase of the competition included public voting, with the expert committee also weighing in on the final decision. First place in the competition went to Singapore Centre for 3D Printing.

ADAPT is a multi-disciplinary additive manufacturing research center and industry consortium, incorporating mechanical engineering, metallurgy and materials science, computer science, and physics. The research strengths of the ADAPT center include materials development and characterization, processing-structure-property relationships, additive manufacturing process control and part qualification, machine learning and big data mining, and data informatics.