Collaborative Research: IRES Track I: Integrated experience of additive manufacturing from lab scale to industrial scale

增材制造（AM），被广泛称为3D打印，已经发展成为下一代制造技术。市场研究估计，到2023年，金属AM打印机的销量将增长48%，年收入将增长30%以上。制造业的全球性质和劳动力的分布性质要求接触与该部门合作的不同国家的工作环境、技术能力和文化。该项目通过让美国学生接触工业规模的3D打印操作和印度领先教育机构的AM研究，有助于培养能够应对全球AM供应链挑战的美国劳动力。纽约大学（NYU）正在与指定的少数族裔服务机构纽约城市理工学院（City Tech）合作开展这项工作。该项目将吸引和教育广泛的利益相关者，因为该项目在新兴的AM领域建立了美国劳动力的能力。这个IRES Track 1项目计划在美国和印度之间建立一个夏季研究体验项目。该项目的重点是开发新型聚合物和复合材料的长丝和3D打印参数。该项目的一个重要组成部分是介绍学生在大型打印床3D打印机的领先制造商公司的环境中进行工艺放大。每年来自美国的四名本科生和两名研究生将前往印度进行为期八周的研究体验。此外，来自印度的六名研究生将由印度资助，参与该项目。学生们将在印度呆上七周，在纽约大学呆上八周，展示他们的研究成果、反馈和评估课程，并跟进活动规划。City Teach的参与将确保代表性不足的少数族裔社区更广泛地参与该项目。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Additive manufacturing (AM), widely known as 3D printing, has evolved as the next generation manufacturing technology. Market studies estimate that the sale of metal AM printers will increase by 48% and the revenue will increase by over 30% annually by the year 2023. The global nature of the manufacturing industry and distributed nature of the workforce require exposure to the work environment, technical capabilities and culture of different countries that partner in this sector. This project contributes to preparing a U.S. workforce capable of addressing the challenges of the global AM supply chain by giving U.S. students exposure to industrial-scale 3D printing operations and the AM research in leading educational institutions in India. New York University (NYU) is partnering with New York City College of Technology (City Tech), a designated Minority Serving Institution, for this effort. The project will engage and educate a wide range of stakeholders as the project builds capacity in the US workforce in the emerging field of AM. This IRES Track 1 project plans to establish a summer research experience program between the USA and India. The focus of the project is on developing filaments and 3D printing parameters for new polymers and composite materials. An important component of the project is to introduce students to process scale up in the environment of a company that is a leading manufacturer of large print-bed 3D printers. Each year four undergraduate and two graduate students from the USA will travel to India for eight-week research experience. In addition, six graduate students from India, will be supported by India, will be involved in the program. The students will spend seven weeks in India and the eighth week at NYU in New York for presentation of their research, feedback and evaluation sessions and follow up activity planning. Participation of City Teach will ensure the broadening participation of underrepresented minority communities in the project.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.