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Digital Engineering April 2026
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America Makes has named the recipients of its 2024 Ambassador Awards and Distinguished Collaborator Award at the annual Members Meeting and Exchange (MMX) event held August 6-7 in Youngstown, OH.
The Ambassador Award Program, launched in 2017, recognizes individuals who have continually demonstrated dedication to advancing America Makes and its mission. The 2024 class represents a cross-section of the industry whose work helped advance additive technology and demonstrated resilience of the additive manufacturing community. These champions represent the progress made in AM technology, ecosystem expansion and workforce development.
America Makes congratulates the following Ambassadors:
Also during the event, Mark D. Benedict, Ph.D., senior scientist, Convergent Manufacturing, Air Force Research Laboratory, was presented with the 2024 Distinguished Collaborator Award. Established in 2014, recipients of this award are celebrated for cultivating collaborative relationships with academia, government, and industry. Serving as the chief technology advisor at America Makes for nearly 6 years, Benedict has played a pivotal role in the Institute's strategic planning, defining project requirements, and the selection and execution of its technical portfolio. He is recognized for his leadership and dedication to advancing technologies, practices, and innovation in the AM industry and his contributions to the Institute.
“The Institute has been pivotal in forming a Joint Services community focused on additive manufacturing and connecting that community with the companies and universities looking for problems to solve,” says Benedict. “There has always been such positive energy in this ecosystem. I am fortunate to have played a small part in connecting Department of Defense stakeholders with enthusiastic technical teams working to mature this technology. It is an honor to be recognized by the Institute for helping to make progress in this important technology.”
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