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

这项主要研究仪器(MRI)奖支持北达科他州州立大学(NDSU)收购基于添加剂制造的多材料3D打印机。该仪器能够创造可添加制造的电子产品，为电子行业带来无数创新的解决方案，并在应用方面创造几乎无穷无尽的机会。3D打印走在了新产品设计和技术创新的前沿。它可以产生复杂的、高度集成的几何图形，以及执行材料和设计优化，这为高性能产品打开了新的机会。该打印机的附加制造能力将使NDSU和北达科他州在研究和教育方面取得重大进展。这包括一系列研究和教育项目，以及对研究生和本科生一级未来科学家和工程师的培训。通过现有的方案和合作，将进一步扩大对代表性不足群体的培训机会，例如培育美国部落本科生研究和教育夏令营，以及由南加州大学工程学院和女工程师协会为高中生组织的工程暑期方案。收购打印机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。梅维尔州立大学是一所以本科为主的合作机构。蜻蜓IV 3D打印机通过使用介电和导电油墨的同时沉积来提供混合打印系统，从而能够生产用于各种应用的附加制造的电子电路，例如多层印刷电路板、射频天线、嵌入式半导体、传感器和其他组件。收购这款打印机将影响一系列重大项目，包括1)用于物联网的射频传感器和天线，2)超材料天线和可重构智能表面等多因素任意形状的电磁设备设计，3)用于生物仪器设计的组件原型，4)用于工程生命系统的细胞质量传感平台开发，5)肿瘤穿透性聚合物纳米颗粒设计和测试，6)使用3D打印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，以及7)控制环境农业中的作物生产优化。这些项目的多样性表明了蜻蜓IV在南大校园内外实现跨学科协作研究的能力。该项目由重大仪器研究计划(MRI)和土木、机械和制造创新部门(CMMI)联合资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.