This accommodation is just one way that PSU is helping to meet the growing demand for AM training within the existing workforce, as well as train the next generation of engineers, designers and manufacturers. There’s also a final project and paper-this document doesn’t need to be published, however, which means that students can focus on a topic or specific part relevant to their employer, even if the work is proprietary. Students also complete two electives, which might focus on a more specific topic such as CT scanning, postprocessing or even bioprinting. They cover AM processes, AM materials, design for AM, the science of AM and hands-on lab work. There are five core classes within the degree. Masters students in the program move between disciplines to complete their coursework, reflecting the varied areas of expertise within additive manufacturing. For a while we thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice if they were all in one department?’ but then realized no, that’s our strength to have depth in each of the key areas of additive.” “We found we were creating and co-teaching classes in various disciplines-design, materials, AM processes. “As interest in additive was growing we were starting to add more new courses that had an additive flavor to them,” Prof. While the course diversity is today an acknowledged strength of the program, it grew from something more organic. Whereas many colleges and universities now offer one or maybe several courses in additive manufacturing, PSU’s degree program covers everything from powder characterization to design for additive manufacturing (DFAM) to postprocessing and inspection. The program, which today spans two colleges and five departments, dives deep into many facets of additive manufacturing and offers two different enrollment options to support both traditional, on-campus students as well as those already in the workforce who want to expand their knowledge into additive. The specialized knowledge that additive represents makes such a degree program not only viable but desirable.Īwareness of both AM’s complexity and the demand for higher education surrounding it helped drive the creation of the engineering master’s degree in additive manufacturing and design now offered at Penn State. Manufacturers are seeing the promise of AM, and many are eager to implement it, but to do so requires expertise and skill that is in short supply. Simpson puts it, “When you look at the breadth of knowledge that you need now for additive, there is more than enough content there to create a degree.”īut secondly, a postgraduate program in additive manufacturing makes sense at this juncture because of demand.
The first is the technology’s growing maturity and complexity, spanning manufacturing, mechanical and materials engineering along with design, postprocessing and other disciplines.
Simpson, co-director of the Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition ( CIMP-3D) and professor at Penn State University (PSU), there are two reasons that the time is right for a master’s program in additive manufacturing (AM). Why Today’s ROI Is the Wrong Measure: Seeing Additive Manufacturing for the Transformation It BringsĪccording to Professor Timothy W.
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