Fab@Home
Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Major
Mechanical Engineering
Research Advisor
Leu, M. C. (Ming-Chuan)
Advisor's Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Funding Source
National Science Foundation
Abstract
The intended goal of the Fab@Home was to offer hobbyists with a way to make custom items that would satisfy their own personal interests through three dimensional printing. The three dimensional printing the Fab@Home is outputting is called Solid freeform fabrication (SFF). The Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) has the capability of transforming and modernizing manufacturing, because it allows individuals to invent and customize goods in their own homes. Even though commercial fabrication systems are successful, they are very costly. Our research goal is to use the Fab@Home machine to experiment with using two different materials to fabricate parts.
Biography
Tyler is a senior in Mechanical Engineering. He was a member of the Chancellor’s Leadership Academy and is currently a member of Pi Tau Sigma. Tyler was accepted on a co-op with The Boeing Company is St. Louis MO Spring Semester 2009, and has been on summer internships ever since. Tyler will be graduating next semester fall 2011.
Research Category
Engineering
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Location
Upper Atrium/Hallway
Presentation Date
06 Apr 2011, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Fab@Home
Upper Atrium/Hallway
The intended goal of the Fab@Home was to offer hobbyists with a way to make custom items that would satisfy their own personal interests through three dimensional printing. The three dimensional printing the Fab@Home is outputting is called Solid freeform fabrication (SFF). The Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) has the capability of transforming and modernizing manufacturing, because it allows individuals to invent and customize goods in their own homes. Even though commercial fabrication systems are successful, they are very costly. Our research goal is to use the Fab@Home machine to experiment with using two different materials to fabricate parts.
Comments
Joint project with Julie Ezzell