MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of Multi-Material 3D Printer for Additively Manufactured Electronics to Enable Interdisciplinary Research and Education

该主要研究仪器（MRI）奖项支持北达科他州立大学（NDSU）购买基于增材制造的多材料3D打印机。该仪器能够创建增材制造电子产品，可以为电子行业带来众多创新解决方案，并在应用方面创造几乎无限的机会。3D打印处于新产品设计和技术创新的最前沿。它可以生产复杂的，高度集成的几何形状，以及执行材料和设计优化，这为高性能产品开辟了新的机会。该打印机的增材制造能力将使NDSU和北达科他州的研究和教育取得重大进展。这包括一系列的研究和教育项目，以及在研究生和本科阶段培训未来的科学家和工程师。通过现有的项目和合作，培训机会将进一步扩大到代表性不足的群体，如培育美国部落本科生研究和教育夏令营，以及由NDSU工程学院和女性工程师协会为高中生组织的工程暑期项目。该打印机的收购还将为梅维尔州立大学（Mayville State University）的学生提供研究和培训机会。DragonFly IV 3D打印机提供了一种混合打印系统，通过同时沉积介电和导电油墨，可以生产增材制造的电子电路，如多层pcb、射频天线、嵌入式半导体、传感器和其他各种应用的组件。该打印机的收购将影响一系列重大项目，包括1)基于射频的物联网传感器和天线，2)多因子任意形状电磁器件设计，如超材料天线和可重构智能表面，3)生物仪器设计的组件原型，4)工程生命系统的细胞质量传感平台开发，5)穿透肿瘤的聚合物纳米颗粒设计和测试。6)利用3D打印电子电路和刺激响应聚合物支架集成的现场可部署聚合物传感器；7)受控环境农业作物生产优化。这些项目的多样性表明了DragonFly IV在NDSU校园内外开展跨学科合作研究的能力。本项目由仪器仪表重大研究计划（MRI）和民用、机械和制造创新部（CMMI）联合资助。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。

This Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award supports the acquisition of an additive manufacturing based multi-material, 3D printer at North Dakota State University (NDSU). This instrument enables the creation of additively manufactured electronics that can bring numerous innovative solutions to the electronics industry and create virtually endless opportunities in terms of applications. 3D printing is at the forefront of new product design and technical innovation. It can produce complex, highly integrated geometries as well as perform material and design optimization, which opens new opportunities for high performance products. The printer’s additive manufacturing capability will enable significant advancements in research and educational at NDSU and the state of North Dakota. This includes a range of research and educational projects as well as training of future scientists and engineers at the graduate and undergraduate levels. The training opportunities will further be extended for underrepresented groups through the existing programs and collaborations, such as the Nurturing American Tribal Undergraduate Research and Education summer camp and engineering summer programs organized by NDSU College of Engineering and Society of Women Engineers for high school students. The acquisition of the printer will also enable research and training opportunities for students at a collaborative primarily undergraduate institution, Mayville State University. The DragonFly IV, 3D printer provides a hybrid printing system by using simultaneous deposition of dielectric and conductive inks to enable the production of additively manufactured electronic circuits such as multi-layer PCBs, radio frequency antennas, embedded semiconductors, sensors, and other components for various applications. Acquisition of this printer will impact a range of major projects including 1) radio frequency based sensors and antennas for Internet of Things, 2) multi-factorial arbitrarily shaped electromagnetic device design such as metamaterial antennas and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, 3) component prototyping for bioinstrumentation design, 4) cell quality sensing platform development for engineered living systems, 5) tumor penetrating polymer nanoparticles design and testing, 6) field-deployable polymer based sensors using the integration of 3D printed electronic circuits and stimuli responsive polymer scaffolds, and 7) crop production optimization in controlled environment agriculture. The wide variety of these projects indicate the ability of DragonFly IV in enabling interdisciplinary collaborative research across the NDSU campus and beyond.This project is jointly funded by the Major Instrumentation Research Program (MRI) and the division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI).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.