America Makes is proud to announce that Boeing Research and Technology has been selected as the awardee of a Directed Project Opportunity on the generation of additive material allowables for Ti-6AI-4V (GAMAT) funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Manufacturing and Industrial Base Technology Division. Driven by the National Center […]
America Makes announces Fall TRX Event
America Makes, in partnership with the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation and Integration Center (AMIIC), will host the Fall 2022 Technical Review & Exchange (TRX) on October 18-19 at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. TRX is a technically focused event that offers content sharing at an in-depth level. It offers attendees dynamic access to updates, results, […]
America Makes qnnounces the 2022 Class of America Makes Ambassadors
America Makes, the Department of Defense’s manufacturing innovation institute for additive manufacturing, proudly announced the 2022 class of America Makes Ambassadors at the 2022 Members Meeting and Exchange (MMX). The Ambassador Program, launched in 2017, recognizes individuals who have continually demonstrated outstanding dedication to advancing America Makes and its mission. With the additive manufacturing industry’s thrust into the […]
New partnership between America Makes and member Ultimaker
Ultimaker will donate more than 20 of its 3D printers through its newly created partnership with America Makes, the country’s leading organization for additive manufacturing and 3D printing technology research, discovery, creation, and innovation. The printers will be used in middle and high schools, as well as community organizations and non-profits across the country. Our […]
Additive Manufacturing included on the updated list of technologies identified as significant to U.S. national security
America Makes issued the below statement regarding last week’s release of the updated White House Critical and Emerging Technologies List. “As the nation’s leading public-private partnership for additive manufacturing (AM) technology and education, America Makes and its over 230 members are pushing additive technology to new levels every day. As such, we applaud the White […]
America Makes announces $500,000 supply chain related project call
America Makes announced a new project call with a total of $500,000 available in project funding today. The Leveraging Additive for High Velocity Applications (LAVA) project will seek to mitigate variances in additive manufacturing (AM) high velocity product development to help advance these capabilities within the domestic supply chain. While progress has been made to demonstrate the role that […]
America Makes announces winners of Rapid Innovation Call
America Makes announced the winners of the recent Rapid Innovation Call (RIC) for projects worth $500K in total funding from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Manufacturing and Industrial Base Technology Division, to further advance the maturation of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. The topics for the RIC were announced in August […]
America Makes announces new directed project call worth $1M in total funding
America Makes announces a new Directed Project Call worth $1M in total funding from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Manufacturing and Industrial Base Technology Division to advance domestic ability to use additive manufacturing for the creation of components for aerospace and defense high Mach applications. The Maturation of Additive Geometric […]
America Makes announces OASIS Challenge winners
America Makes, with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and GE Global Research (GEGR), announced the awardees of the Open-source Additive Scanning Implementation Strategy (OASIS) Challenge last week at its annual Technical Review & Exchange (TRX) event. The awards are worth $68K in total funding from AFRL. The goal of the OASIS Challenge was to […]
America Makes announces the Ohio Secondary Education Additive Manufacturing Training Network
America Makes continues to fulfill its mission of building an additive manufacturing (AM) talent pipeline across the state of Ohio with the announcement of the Ohio Secondary Education Additive Manufacturing Training Network. Created in collaboration with and support from the Ohio Development Services Agency (OSDA), this network will provide formal education and training of AM […]
America Makes and the Girl Scouts of North East Ohio partner to promote STEM education through additive
Today, on the 109th birthday of the Girl Scouts of America (GSUSA) organization, America Makes and the Girl Scouts of North East Ohio (GSNEO) proudly announce their partnership to promote STEM education through additive manufacturing (AM) techniques to the more than 25K GSNEO members with plans to launch the program to the 2.5M Girl Scouts […]
Ultimaker expands its commitment to equip young women pursuing careers in STEM
Ultimaker, a global leader in professional 3D printing, today on International Women’s Day announced a donation of more than twenty of its 3D printers through its newly created partnership with America Makes, the country’s leading organization for additive manufacturing and 3D printing technology research, discovery, creation and innovation. The printers will be used in high…
America Makes announces new rapid innovation call totaling $185K in funding
America Makes announces a new Rapid Innovation Call (RIC) worth $185K in total funding from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Manufacturing and Industrial Base Technology Division, to advance qualification and certification (Q&C) of additive manufacturing (AM) materials, processes, and products throughout the supply chain. “We have been encouraging our membership […]
America Makes extends OASIS submission deadline to March 1, 2021
America Makes, with Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and GE Research (GE), announce a three-month extension of the submission deadline for the Open Source-Additive Scanning Implementation Strategy (OASIS) Challenge, worth $68K in total funding. Submissions are now due on March 1, 2021. “The decision to grant a three-month extension was an easy one given the […]
America Makes launches a challenge with the Air Force Research Laboratory and GE Research
America Makes has launched a new challenge with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and GE Research. The Open Source-Additive Scanning Implementation Strategy (OASIS) Challenge seeks the submission of open-source computer codes and algorithms to help advance laser-based powder bed additive manufacturing (AM). “While tremendous progress has been made in this space there are still […]
America Makes announces four new Project Calls totaling $2.1 million in awards
America Makes announces four new project calls today which will accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) and offer a new way for the supply chain to engage in the Institute. Several actionable focus areas are aligned to each project call including materials data, process monitoring, data management, education and workforce development, and AM for […]
America Makes and Air Force Research Laboratory announce awardees of the Additive Manufacturing Modeling Challenge Series
America Makes and Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials & Manufacturing Directorate Structural Materials, Metals Branch (AFRL/RXCM), proudly announce the awardees of the additive manufacturing (AM) Modeling Challenge Series with $235K to be divided among the awardees. Launched in November 2019 and comprised of four individual challenges, the AFRL AM Modeling Challenge Series represented another innovative […]
Strategic guide identifies challenges and solutions for additive manufacturing data
ASTM International’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE), in collaboration with America Makes, debuted a strategic guide that identifies gaps, challenges, solutions and action plans for additive manufacturing (AM) data. The strategic guide comes as a result of a December 2019 workshop on additive manufacturing data management and schema that was jointly organized by […]
America Makes announces 2nd virtual game day event with Wohlers Associates
Coming off the heels of a successful series launch, America Makes is pleased to announce the second Virtual Game Day Event in partnership with Wohlers Associates and sponsored by Link3D. The event will be held on Thursday, June 18th and focus on the role additive manufacturing (AM) plays in addressing supply chain gaps and distributed manufacturing. “We’ve seen over the last several months the enormous impact AM […]
America Makes announces top designs of Fit to Face—Mask Design Challenge
America Makes, in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), announced the top designs of the Fit to Face—Mask Design Challenge, a rapid response challenge to support the ongoing shortage of safe and effective personal protective equipment (PPE) for COVID-19 frontline workers. “Through our ongoing collaborations with VA, FDA, and NIH, America Makes facilitated […]
America Makes partners with Wohlers Associates to launch new Virtual Game Day Series
America Makes is pleased to announce the Virtual Game Day Series – a new series of virtual panels and networking events that will cover the most important and trending topics facing the AM community. The fully interactive series will also allow participants to network directly with panelists, peers, and industry leaders to create a “virtual […]
America Makes announces new project call to innovate high-precision optical components
As the nation’s leading collaborative partner in additive and 3D printing technology research, discovery, and innovation, America Makes proudly announces its next Project Call to support the continued technological advantage of the U.S. Air Force (USAF). The Additive for eXtreme Improvement in Optical Mounts (AXIOM) Project Call seeks innovative solutions to enhance readiness of high-precision […]
America Makes announces two challenges for 3D printing users to help frontline workers
Want to use your 3D printing talents to help frontline workers across the country? You can. America Makes announced two challenges – the Fit to Face – Mask Design Challenge in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs; and the COVID-19 Maker Challenge, a joint event by Challenge America and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Innovation Ecosystem. “Both of these opportunities seek to […]
America Makes launches next phase in response to COVID-19
In collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), America Makes launched the next phase of the COVID-19 Health Care Needs and Additive Manufacturing (AM) Capabilities Repository, where additive manufacturers can upload 3D print designs to be reviewed and placed on the […]
Update on COVID-19 Response from America Makes
America Makes is partnering with its member, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to help ensure the additive manufacturing industry can effectively and safely meet the needs of America’s health care workers on the front lines of the Coronavirus crisis. This effort will connect the capabilities of the additive manufacturing industry with specific needs of […]