Additive Manufacturing Users Group Announces Scholarship Winners

The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) has awarded it two annual scholarships to Dr. Nathan Patterson and Jennifer Bennett. Patterson is an assistant professor a the Milwaukee School of Engineering and Bennett is a Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern University.  Both recipients will attend the AMUG Conference in St. Louis next month.

The AMUG Board selected Patterson for the integration of his additive manufacturing (AM) experience and research in his engineering curricula, a press release states. He has been using, designing, building, inventing and teaching about AM technology for about 12 years.

Bennett's research is focusing on improving the controllability of AM. “Many challenges still persist before this technology can reach its full potential. The major deficiencies are a lack of process repeatability, dimensional integrity, and material quality,” she says. Her research seeks to address these challenges by establishing a physics-based model to inversely determine the melt pool size and cooling rate needed to achieve ideal material quality and to develop a control system to meet these conditions.

“Nathan and Jennifer will be welcome additions to this year’s conference. What they are doing in the additive manufacturing world will make a difference, and we believe that attending the conference will have a big impact on them,” says Mark Barfoot, president of AMUG. “These two individuals certainly deserve the scholarships, but it was a difficult endeavor to select from so many qualified candidates.”

For more information, visit the Additive Manufacturing Users Group.

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