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3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #153 Aaron Chow - VixivAaron Chow | AI, Lattices & the Future of 3D Printing Design | 3Degrees Discussions Podcast
In this episode, Mike Vasquez sits down with Aaron Chow, co-founder and CEO of Vixiv, a Cincinnati-based startup revolutionizing the way engineers design and test 3D-printed parts. With deep experience in electrical engineering and additive manufacturing, Aaron shares how his team is using AI and real-world failure data to optimize complex lattice structures for strength, weight, and performance.
We talk about the evolution of Vixiv (formerly Voxel), the challenges of turning physical testing into usable digital insights, and how his work could reshape design-to-manufacture workflows across industries.
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3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #151-Michael Molitch-Hou -ASTM AM COE🎙️ Welcome to 3Degrees Discussions, a podcast from South Bend, Indiana, hosted by Mike Vasquez.
In this episode, we’re joined by Michael Molitch-Hou, Content Strategy and Marketing Manager for Global Advanced Manufacturing Programs at ASTM International. Michael leads communications for the Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) and brings over a decade of 3D printing experience to his role, helping shape the global conversation around advanced manufacturing standards, outreach, and innovation.
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2025-05-2240 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #149-Laurie Krupa - Clearlake InsightsFrom South Bend, Indiana — welcome to 3Degrees Discussions! I’m your host, Mike Vasquez. This podcast dives into the stories behind the innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders shaping the future of the 3D Printing industry.
In this episode, we sit down with Laurie Krupa, a seasoned sales leader who has made a major impact in the world of additive manufacturing. Laurie brings years of experience in driving growth and community engagement across the AM sector. She’s also an active force in Women in 3D Printing, organizing events to connect and empower others in the space.
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3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #97 - Craig Beaumier - Accurate BrazingThat was Craig Beaumier. Craig is the Director of Business Development at Accurate Brazing. Craig’s career spans all forms and facets of business development and sales. And, he has worked in companies of all sizes – from mom & pop operations to Fortune 10 companies. He is a military veteran and joins the show today to talk about the importance of thermal post processing in metal Additive Manufacturing.
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2022-07-2041 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #96 - Ajay Krishnan - EWIAjay Krishnan is the Research Leader of EWI’s Additive Manufacturing Group, and Product owner of EWI's laser powder bed fusion practice.
His responsibilities as Research Leader span Business Development, R&D management, and Technology Strategy of EWI’s AM portfolio.
His technical role is that of a systems engineer in Additive Manufacturing - working across Materials, Processes, Monitoring & Control, and Data Science.
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2022-07-1439 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #95 - Sarah Jordan - SkuldSarah Jordan is a metallurgical engineer and materials scientist who is passionate about solving problems, process improvement, and process efficiency.
She has worked in metal additive manufacturing (3D printing) since 2015. Sarah is currently focused on developing a new hybrid process called additive manufacturing evaporative casting (AMEC) at her company Skuld
The goal is a toolingless process that gives large precision complex shapes, known properties, 100X faster speeds, and system that is 90% cheaper. They also have a couple other materials technologies we are working to commercialize including lightweighting and surface hardening.
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3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #94 - Ed Herderick - Ohio State University CDMEDr. Ed Herderick is the Director of Additive at The Ohio State University Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence. He previously worked for GE as Global Sales Leader for Portables NDT at GE Inspection Technologies and was the Additive Technologies Leader for GE Corporate Supply Chain and Operations. He has also served as Director of R&D at additive startup rp+m and was Director of the Additive Manufacturing Consortium operated by EWI. He served as an AAAS Congressional Fellow in the office of Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown. He received his PhD in MSE from The Ohio State University.
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2022-06-3053 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #93 - Don Godfrey - SLM SolutionsDon Godfrey is a Sr. Fellow of Aerospace and Department of Defense Additive Strategy at SLM Solutions. He is a globally recognized authority on additive manufacturing. Donald spent 14 years at Honeywell Aerospace and is recognized as the person that led the incorporation of metal printing within that company. He incorporated additive manufacturing technology for Honeywell locations in China, Czech Republic, India, Mexico and three printing facilities in Phoenix, Arizona with one being a reactive metals production facility and another being a nickel alloy production facility.
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2022-06-2350 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #92 - Tyler Lebrun - Sandia National LabsTyler Lebrun is a Principal Member of Technical Staff and Additive Manufacturing Lead at Sandia National Labs where he is focused on all aspects of AM technology and research. He has an extensive background in aerospace having spent time at Aerojet Rocketdyne as well as Blue Origin. Tyler is also heavily involved in the development of standards for the 3D Printing industry and shares some of the behind the scenes work that goes on to help industrialize the technology.
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2022-06-1536 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #91 - Lester Hitch - DyemansionLester has been in the additive manufacturing space for nearly 20 years, much of that time spent working for the US Army. He joins the show today to share his experiences working hands on with the technology and developing new products, materials, and approaches to improve 3D Printing. Lester is currently an application consultant at Dymansion where he supports customers working to improve the surface finish and appearance of their 3D Printed part.
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2022-06-0946 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #90 - Mike Smith - Big Ass FansMike Smith is a Prototype/Design engineer at Big Ass Fans in Kentucky. He joins the show today to talk about his career in Additive Manufacturing. He shares some insight and great advice on how to search for and implement 3D Printing applications within an organization that may not be accustomed to the technology.
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2022-06-0242 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #89 - Ankush Venkatesh - Glidewell Dental LabsAnkush Venkatesh is the Intrapreneur for Additive Manufacturing at Glidewell Dental Laboratories. In addition to writing for Harvard Business Review and Forbes, Ankush has also been speaker at 3D printing events like Formnext and AM Strategies. Prior to his role at Glidewell, he was a Strategy Fellow at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. In that time, he specialized in digital strategy and Industry 4.0 technologies like additive manufacturing (3D printing), IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), artificial intelligence/machine learning and digital twins.
He has a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, and a Master's Degree in Engineering Management with...
2022-05-2639 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #88 - Haleyanne Freedman - M.HollandHaleyanne Freedman is a Business Development and Engineering Professional with a demonstrated history of working in a variety of industries and specializing in Additive Manufacturing. She has accumulated skills in application development, material specification and design for additive manufacturing. She currently is the Global Engineering Business Manager for 3D Printing at M. Holland Company.
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2022-05-1237 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #87 - Nick Pearce - Alexander Daniels GlobalNick Pearce is a Recruitment Entrepreneur, Founder and Director of Alexander Daniels Global and a Co-Founder of the broader Alexander Daniels Recruitment Group.
The mission of Alexander Daniels Global is to enable the industrial revolution in additive and advanced manufacturing through talent. They work with the innovators and developers of additive manufacturing technology, materials and software to identify, engage, attract and recruit the professionals they need to achieve their strategic objectives.
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2022-05-0548 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #86 - Melanie Lang - FormAlloyThat was Melanie Lang. Melanie is the co-founder and CEO of FormAlloy. Prior to FormAlloy, Melanie had over 15 years’ experience as an engineer and program manager with Lockheed Martin and Boeing. She holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois and M.S. in Systems Architecture & Engineering from the University of Southern California. In addition to her role at FormAlloy, Melanie as a Women in 3D Printing Ambassador and is an active America Makes Executive Committee member.
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2022-04-2833 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #85 - Kirk Rogers - Barnes Global AdvisorsKirk Rogers is a Technical Excellence Leader at the Barnes Global Advisors. For the last ten years, Kirk has used additive technologies to solve manufacturing, repair, and supply chain problems. He recently was the technical leader on the startup of a $40M Additive Manufacturing R&D center, culminating a nearly 20-year career at GE. Most of Kirk’s career has been in the medical device manufacturing realm, where he built manufacturing lines for and qualified numerous products. Kirk has 25 years of experience in materials processing and business strategy. Kirk obtained his B.S. Materials Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, an...
2022-04-2049 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #84 - Jason Reason - AirduscoJason Reason is a widely recognized expert in safety and health with a special emphasis on combustible dust and industrial hygiene. Jason has performed hundreds of Dust Hazard Analysis for all types of combustible dust s in a myriad of industries. Her serves on a total of six technical committees and actively coordinates efforts to reshape combustible dust, safety, and health standards. While serving on these committees Jason has written several new requirements to address serious combustible dust hazards including developing new requirements for DHA’s in NFPA 652 and Additive Manufacturing in NFPA 484 and the International Fire Code.
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2022-04-0854 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #83 - James Hedrick - AzulJames Hedrick is currently the Chief Product Officer and co-founder of Azul 3D, which is commercializing the first 3D printing technology capable of competing with the speed, strength, and economy of scale of injection molding.
James started his first company at the age of 16. The profits paid for his college tuition at MIT, where he was also a NCAA student athlete. He went on to receive his PhD at Northwestern University with Professor Mirkin, during which he developed seminal technology at the core of Azul 3D. He was both a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate and Ryan Fellow. Dr...
2022-03-2539 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #82 - Gregor ReischleThat was Gregor Reischle. After extensive experience in the AM industry Gregor recently started his own consulting company called AM-Entrepreneur. Gregor started his career in the manufacturing space in the dental industry. He spent a number of years at EOS working as an application engineer and AM consultant. From there he moved on to TUV SUD to be the Global Head of Industrial Additive Manufacturing.
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2022-03-1349 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #81 - Justin Michaud - REM Surface EngineeringJustin Michaud is the CEO and President of REM Surface Engineering. They specialize in finishing manufactured parts and joins the show today to talk about the history of the company as well as their work in 3D Printing.
Justin has worked in all business segments of the REM organization and has specific domain expertise in the metal AM industry, the wind turbine gearbox OEM and repair industries, and the general gear industry. Justin serves on the American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) Emerging Technology Committee. Justin is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
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2022-03-0344 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #80 - Craig Brice - Colorado School of MinesCraig Brice is a Professor of Practice in Mechanical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines. He is currently the director of the Advanced Manufacturing Program, which focuses on undergraduate and graduate education in additive manufacturing and other advanced manufacturing techniques. He is also involved in additive manufacturing research with the Alliance for the Development of Additive Processing Technologies (ADAPT) at Mines and serves as the director for the ADAPT consortium. Dr. Brice has been working in additive manufacturing for over 20 years, beginning with the first commercially available AM system sold by Optomec in 1998. He has spent his entire professional career...
2022-02-2448 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #79 - Ryan Kircher - RMSRyan Kircher is Senior Additive Manufacturing Engineer at RMS. Ryan is an experienced metallurgist with a demonstrated history of working in the Additive Manufacturing industry. He has had extensive career working in the 3D Printing sector with stints at Lockheed Martin, Medical Modeling, 3D Systems, his own consulting company, and now RMS. Ryan has a ton of shop floor experience developing medical device solutions and is certainly one of the most knowledgeable experts out there on building and qualifying medical devices using metal additive Manufacturing.
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2022-02-1841 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #78 - Paul Bates - ASTMPaul Bates is an Additive Manufacturing Lead Project Engineer at ASTM. He is an experienced practitioner of the safe use of additive manufacturing in both a commercial space and training space. Paul has used most every form of 3D printing in the last 20 years, to develop both prototype and finished goods. He has developed business justifications for the use of these technologies as well as designed and built the facilities to house them through his work at Reebok, UL, and now ASTM.
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2022-02-1042 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #77 - Juan Vega - University of Technology and Engineering PeruJuan Vega is an Undergraduate Engineering Lecturer at University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) in Lima, Peru. Juan has had a passion for Additive Manufacturing for a number of years and is in the process of looking for PhD opportunities in the space. I thought it would be insightful to have him on the show today to hear his perspectives on getting traction within the AM space coming from South America.
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2022-02-0447 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #76 - Andrew Roderick - ExtolAndrew Roderick is a Senior Applications Engineer at Extol. Extol is a manufacturing technology company that improves the way plastic products are made. They provide plastic assembly technology, custom automation, and engineering services. From humble beginnings in 1985, Extol has become a recognized supplier of high quality, standard and custom plastics-joining equipment. Approximately 90 employees work in their 53,400 square foot facility located in Zeeland, Michigan. Andrew joins the show to talk about their use of MJF technology and gives me a lesson on the variety of ways that plastic parts can be joined together to make seamless assemblies.
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2022-01-2039 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #75 - Ben DiMarco - CDME at Ohio St. UniversityBen DiMarco is a research specialist at The Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence at the Ohio State University. Before OSU Ben spent eight years at the Honda R&D Americas as an Additive Manufacturing Process Engineering and Project leader. He joins the show today to discuss his approach to AM education and the cutting edge research going on at the CDME.
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2022-01-1339 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #74 - Joy Gockel - Colorado School of MinesJoy Gockel is an associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines and her research spans several aspects of additive manufacturing (AM). She joined Mines from Wright State University where she was an assistant professor in Mechanical and Materials Engineering. Prior to her faculty position, she was a Lead Engineer at GE Aviation’s Additive Technology Center. She earned her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and received her BS and MS degrees from Wright State University. She has been awarded the 2020 ASTM International Additive Manufacturing Young Professional Award, and the 2021 TMS Young Leader Professional De...
2022-01-0639 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #73 - Callie Higgins - NIST & Colorado School of MinesCallie Higgins is a scientist at the National Institute of Science and Technology where she focuses on photopolymer additive manufacturing. Her work focuses on using atomic force microscopy to detect and remedy flaws in additive manufactured parts. This research was highlighted earlier in the year when Callie was awarded the Service to America Medal for an Emerging Leader.
Callie has a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) focused in Optics/Optical Sciences and Material Science from University of Colorado Boulder and recently took a position as an adjunct professor at Colorado School of Mines.
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2021-12-3034 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #72 - Bill Bihlman - AerolyticsBill Bihlman is the Founder of Aerolytics. The company’s focus is to improve market share and revenue for aerospace suppliers, from mill/forgers, to fabricators, assemblers and distributors. Bill started his career in 1995 as an engineer with Raytheon Aircraft.
More recently, Bill was Senior Consultant with AeroStrategy. He spent four years working in the US office and was actively involved in over 30 projects. He led multiple engagements and was responsible for two major intellectual property initiatives, including the Aerospace Raw Materials (ARM) model.
Bill is a regular conference speaker, and has spoken throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and the Mi...
2021-12-2230 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #71 - Marcus Pont - DominThat was Marcus Pont. Marucs is the CEO and founder of Domin. Domin Fluid Power is a product development company specialising in the development of fluid power subsystems and systems manufacturing through the utilisation of both subtractive and additive manufacturing, specifically DMLS (Metal 3D Printing). Within Domin, Marcus manages key aspects of the product development process from fundamental knowledge of the technology through to financing the R&D of new products and technology and managing the strategy of Domin Fluid Power.
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2021-12-1643 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #70 - Mark Norfolk - FabrisonicThat was Mark Norfolk. Mark has over a decade of experience in manufacturing, R&D, and shop floor management. He leads Fabrisonic in the commercialization of Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM) Technology. Mark led EWI’s development and research into UAM for four years leading up to the inception of Fabrisionic and has been with the company ever since. Prior to joining EWI, he held numerous manufacturing and management positions at Deere & Company in Moline, Il. Mark holds an MBA from The University of Iowa and a Bachelors of Science in Welding Engineering from The Ohio State University.
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2021-12-0937 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #69 - Brad Rothenberg - nTopologyBrad Rothenberg is the CEO & founder of nTopology, a startup developing Generative-Functional CAD software based in New York City. Prior to founding nTopology, Bradley graduated with honors studying Architecture at Pratt University in Brooklyn, New York. Brad has been developing computational design tools for advanced manufacturing for 10+ years.
https://ntopology.com/
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2021-11-2737 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussion #68 - Enrico Gallino, PhD - RicohDr. Enrico Gallino is an Additive manufacturing materials specialist at Ricoh UK. He has a background in material science and polymers with experience in R&D, product development and technical support across different sectors (academia, energy, cosmetics, steel industry, additive manufacturing). He joins the show today to talk about his career and the variety of printer modalities and materials that he’s working on at Ricoh.
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2021-11-1836 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #67 - Brent Stucker - Chief Scientist - 3D SystemsBrent Stucker, PhD is the Senior Vice President & Chief Scientist at 3D Systems.
Prior to joining 3D Systems, Brent was a Distinguished Engineer and Director of Additive Manufacturing at Ansys. 3DSIM, the company Brent Co-Founded & led as CEO, was acquired by ANSYS in November 2017.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brent-stucker/
Brent led the establishment of ASTM Int'l Committee F42 on Additive Manufacturing Technologies (and its partnership with ISO TC261), was the first Chair from 2009-2014, and was elected to the ASTM Int'l Board of Directors from 2015-2017. Brent has been a leading researcher in AM for more than 25 years, with...
2021-11-1147 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #66 - Jason Lopes - CarbonJason Lopes is currently a Global Market Development Engineer at Carbon. He specializes in custom workflows for integrating with 3D Printing technologies.
Having worked as a systems engineer for over 10 years automating and processing massive amounts of 2D & 3D data for Visual Effects and Animation he has bridged these skill sets with designing for Additive Manufacturing since 2007 with Carbon, Legacy Effects and Stan Winston studios.
He’s also been recognized as an AMUG Distinguished Innovator (DINO).
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2021-11-0543 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #65 - Mark Barfoot - EWIMark Barfoot has deep roots in the AM community. He spearheaded the use of AM at Christie Digital Systems where, in addition to growing the AM engineering team, he developed the company’s Hyphen business which provides additive manufacturing and testing services to local companies. He is extensively involved with the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) and is a former president of the group.
Currently, Mark oversees EWI’s growing additive manufacturing (AM) initiatives and helps EWI develop new AM technology opportunities. He directs the Additive Manufacturing Consortium (AMC), a national consortium of industry, government, academic and non-profit research organizations oper...
2021-10-2842 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #64 - 3Degrees AMx - Advanced Manufacturing ExperienceToday we have a special episode featuring students from the inaugural 3Degrees AMx – Advanced Manufacturing Experience.
Working with local community group West Side Forward, this course
aimed to bring the excitement and opportunity of jobs in the advanced manufacturing sector to underserved communities. The 3D Printing industry has grown up to 30% over the past five years, adding thousands of new-collar jobs to the American workforce. Yet just because the additive manufacturing industry has jobs, it doesn’t mean there isn’t difficulty filling them. New collar positions, like the ones created by industrial 3D Printing, value technical skills over college degree...
2021-10-2112 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #63 - Daniel Harrington - Voxel InnovationsDaniel Herrington is the founder & CEO of Voxel Innovations, a manufacturing company based out of Raleigh, NC. Voxel is a pioneer in pulsed electrochemical machining (PECM), an efficient, accurate and specialized approach to machining high-quality metal components for medical, aerospace, energy and other industries. Before starting his own company, Daniel worked as a professional racecar driver in both the Indy Pro and Grand Am series. He also spent several years with the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) in Washington, D.C. and worked as an independent advanced manufacturing consultant.
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2021-10-0837 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #62 - Casey Melvin - The Future of JewelryCasey Melvin and her sister Janine are two dynamic, entrepreneurial sisters who co-founded THEFUTUREOFJEWELRY. The “Warby Parker of Jewelry” is a full-service digital jewelry design house and manufacturer. TFOJ specializes in creating the digital software infrastructure and physical supply chain for designing, creating, and finishing custom jewelry pieces in a wide variety of materials. The company, established by the sisters in early 2017, was founded to make jewelry customization easier, more affordable, and accessible for all.
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2021-09-3034 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #61 - ChrisYakacki - Impressio - UCDChris Yakacki is an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Denver in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He also serves as the President and CTO of Impressio Inc., a start-up company focused on commercializing liquid-crystal elastomer technology, which was spun-out of and licensed from the university.
From an academic standpoint, his goal is to develop a world-class research group as part of the Smart Materials and Biomechanics (SMAB) Lab. One theme of the SMAB Lab is to focus on the development and application of multi-functional smart materials with an emphasis on biomedical devices.
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2021-09-2442 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #60 - Kareem Aggour - GE ResearchKareem Aggour is a Principal Scientist in the AI technology discipline at GE Research. He joined GE in 1998 and transferred to GE Research in 2000.
Kareem develops Big Data and knowledge discovery solutions to solve a wide range of digital industrial challenges. For example, he led the development of a scalable Big Data infrastructure accelerating Aviation Digital Twin analytic executions by 100-2,000x. In addition, Kareem led the development of a Big Data platform reducing the runtime of next-generation DNA sequencing data analysis pipelines from weeks to hours. Currently, he is working with GE Additive leading the development of a knowledge-driven...
2021-09-1742 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #59 - Michael Cao - IC3DMichael Cao founded IC3D in 2012 as a 3D printer design and manufacturing company. IC3D is one of the first 3D printer companies to manufacture their own line of 3D printing filament in-house. For 13 years Michael was a senior mechanical engineer at Honda R&D where he has earned several automotive patents and designs interiors for future products. Michael started his Honda career in 2003 after completing a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Oklahoma. While at OU, Michael led the Formula SAE team to design and build race cars for the annual collegiate level competition. Mi...
2021-09-0946 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #58 - Yannick Willemin - 9T LabsYannick Willemin is into innovation and technology topics with deep experience in the composite and advanced materials field. He has both an engineering degree in mechanics and an MBA in entrepreneurship. During his 13 years at SGL Carbon, he acquired both composites and managerial experience through his roles in R&D, Sales, Procurement, and Innovation Strategy. In January 2020, he joined 9T Labs as Head of Marketing & Business Development.
He joins the show today to talk about composite manufacturing and 3D Printing
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2021-09-0241 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #57 - Andy Gleadall - Loughborough UniversityAndy Gleadall is a Senior Lecturer in Additive Manufacturing at Loughborough University. Since joining Loughborough University in 2017, his research has focused on material extrusion additive manufacturing in several areas, all enabled by microscale control of the print path.
He developed and wrote open-source piece of software called, FullControl GCode Designer, to allow precise design for additive manufacturing - www.fullcontrolgcode.com. FullControl was originally created for in-house research activities but is now freely available to progress research into material extrusion additive manufacturing. It’s been used for a wide range of applications including process calibration, material characterization, tissue engineering, 3D pr...
2021-08-2643 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #56 - Paul Wilson - BoeingPaul Wilson is part of the Boeing Research and Technology Metallic Materials and Processes Team in St. Louis, Missouri. The focus of his work is finding, developing, and implementing novel alloys and processes for aircraft programs. Currently he is working on creating additive manufacturing processes and novel additive alloys for enterprise deployment
Paul joins the show today to talk metal materials in AM as well as the process of qualifying these materials for aerospace applications.
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2021-08-1936 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #55 - John Sorvillo - Westwood Preparatory AcademyJohn Sorvillo is a licensed elementary school teacher who has been in educational administration for nearly a decade. At the Westwood Preparatory Academy, the students are in residential care, most under court custody with no familial provisions. As a director at the academy, Sorvillo builds programs, teaches, and counsels with the goal of inspiring hope through education. Initially, the academy had one 3D printer, but it struggled to incorporate it into instructional lessons. With John’s efforts, it now has four printers that function as conduits for experiencing life skills, such as teamwork; acquiring technology skills, such as CAD design; an...
2021-08-1128 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #54 - Chris Kaminsky - Lakeshore Fab LabChris Kaminsky is the lab manager at the Lakeshore Fab Lab at Muskegon Community College The facility, based in Muskegon, Michigan is an entrepreneurially focused makerspace working to give people access to technology and software that is typically out of reach for the general public. By night, Chris is an additive manufacturing evangelist working towards demystifying the complexities of 3D printing and design by making it accessible to everyone. To help do so, he co-founded the MI3D organization, which supports over 500 3D enthusiasts with local events. He is also involved in online communities, such as the 3D Printing Club...
2021-07-2840 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #53 - Sam Ruben - Mighty BuildingsSam Ruben is the Chief Sustainability Officer and a Co-Founder of Oakland based Mighty Buildings. Mighty Buildings is on a quest to build homes using 3D printing, robotics and automation. Their system is able to build homes “two times as quickly with 95% less labor hours and 10-times less waste” than conventional construction. In fact, they can 3D print a 350-square-foot studio apartment in just 24 hours.
He joins the show today to talk about the company and the journey to bring 3D Printing to construction.
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2021-07-2137 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #52 - Jacob Rindler - Ohio State UniversityJacob Rindler is the lead additive manufacturing engineer at The Ohio State University’s Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence (CDME). Before joining the Ohio State team, Jacob developed AM and advanced metals technologies at both Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems and Boeing Research and Technology.
Jacob attended The Ohio State University, where he holds a bachelor’s degree in welding engineering.
Ohio State Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence - https://cdme.osu.edu/equipment/additive-manufacturing
Jacob Rindler - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobrindler/
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2021-07-1441 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #51 - Frank Medina - UTEPFrank Medina is an Associate Professor/ Director of Technology and Engagement at UTEP / W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation. Frank is a world-renowned expert in the area of AM and Electron Beam Melting. He has over eighteen years of experience in AM and has educated over one thousand scientists and engineers in the areas of meals AM technology, processes, and advanced applications. He has published and contributed to over 120 peer-reviewed journal and conference proceedings. Additionally, he has been awarded nine additive manufacturing patents, with several other patents pending. Throughout his career, his research interests has centered around additive manufacturing...
2021-07-0642 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #50 - Mike Vasquez, PhD - 3Degrees and TraceAMDr. Mike Vasquez usually the host of this podcast and is the founder of two 3D Printing companies. He started his first company, 3 Degrees, in 2013 and since then has helped both global companies and family-run businesses navigate the challenges and opportunities of 3D Printing. In talking with hundreds of companies, he kept seeing a need for a tracking software customized to this space. He couldn't find a solution that did what he thought was necessary, so instead, he built one and started his second company, TraceAM. In celebration of the 50th episode of this podcast, he agreed to let me...
2021-06-2346 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussion #49 - Melissa Orme, PhD - BoeingMelissa Orme, PhD belongs to that small group of engineers who have participated ‘hands-on’ in the field of Additive Manufacturing before the term or even the industry of “Additive Manufacturing” existed. Her career has been divided between academia and small business. On the academic front, she worked as a Professor at UCI for twelve years, After rising to full Professor, Melissa relinquished her tenure at UCI in favor of joining her family in Athens, Greece, where they lived for six years.
After returning to the United States, Melissa joined Morf3D as Chief Technology Officer. Morf3D is a company that is...
2021-06-1442 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #48 - Valeria Tirelli - AIDRO HydraulicsValeria Tirelli is the President and CEO of her family’s manufacturing company Aidro Hydraulics. Aidro's main activities are design, production, and testing of hydraulic components produced in conventional manufacturing and in 3D printing. Aidro is a pioneer in the use of Metal Additive Manufacturing in Fluid Power, Oil & Gas, Mobile Machinery, Aerospace and Industrial applications. She joins the show today to talk about the adoption of AM within her business and the ways that it’s opened new markets.
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2021-06-0741 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #47 - Stefanie Brickwede - Mobility Goes AdditiveStephanie Brickwede is the Managing Director of Mobility goes Additive and Head of Additive Manufacturing at Deutche Bahn. She has overseen the adoption of 3D Printing throughout a number of applications and technologies within the transportation system. We have a great conversation about the best practices in identifying use cases for AM within a large organization and the bumps that inevitably occur along the way.
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https://mga-net...
2021-05-2638 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #46 - Ashley Totin - America Makes and NCDMMAshley Totin is a Senior Project Engineer for America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute. Ashley received her BE and MSE in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Youngstown State University. Previously as a Engineering Project Manager at the Youngstown Business Incubator, her work focused on analyzing business models for the use of additive manufacturing for aerospace maintenance and sustainment. Through her career she has developed 3D Printing curriculum for students and teachers and hosted camps and after school programs that deal with the new technology. She joins the show today to talk about what she’s seeing in the Ad...
2021-05-2349 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #45 - Bob Markley - Addman EngineeringBob is the Executive Vice President at Addman Engineering but as a testament to the speed at which things change in the Additive Manufacturing industry, at the time of this recording that news was not public so he was speaking on behalf of 3rd Dimension Industrial 3D Printing. Bob has an amazing story of perseverance, hard work, and dedication building his own 3D Printing shop in the Indianapolis area. He shares that jourey with me on the show today and the lessons he’s learned through the adoption of multiple production AM machines.
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2021-05-1833 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #44 - Live at AMUG 2021This episode of the 3Degrees Discussions Podcast was recorded live at the 2021 Additive Manufacturing Users Group in Orlando, FL.
Guests include:
Len Wagner -- Impossible Objects
Adam Penna -- All Digital Additive Manufacturing
Theodore Lee -- Made in Space
Bob Diaz -- College of Southern Nevada
Greg Dudder - Hummingbird Additive
Dan Brunermer - ExOne
Maddie Frank - 3Degrees
Melanie Lang - Formalloy
Vito Gervasi - 4D-Vast
Andrew Sink - Trimech
Alex Pestrana -Trimech
David Rittmeyer - Hoosier Pattern
Kevin Brigden - Renishaw
Greg Nemecek - Action Mold and Machining
Danny Levy -
Jonathan Hans Hollahan - Arkema
Maciej Jakuki...
2021-05-0936 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #43 - Maciej Jakucki - Element Materials TechnologyThat was Maciej Jakucki. Maciej is the medical device testing manager for Element Materials. Element is one of the world leaders in material qualification and product testing. He joins the show today to talk about the ways the Element and their customers are approaching validation of 3D Printing processes, especially in the medical space.
Head over to www.3degreescompany.com and subscribe to the podcast. Remember you can listen to the show anywhere you download your podcasts including Spotify, Apple, Amazon, or Stitcher.
https://www.element.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maciejjakucki/
2021-05-0438 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #42 - Pete Zelinski & Stephanie Hendrixson - Additive Manufacturing MediaPete Zelinski and Stefanie Hendrixson are responsible for some of the most in depth and nuanced coverage of the Additive Manufacturing industry through their Cool Parts Show and Additive Manufacturing Media. They join the show today to talk about the evolution of the 3D Printing industry and some of the trends they are seeing in the space.
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www.3degreescompany.com
https://www.additivemanufacturing.media/
https://www.additivemanufacturing...
2021-04-2845 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #41 - Brandon Lamoncha - Humtown ProductsBrandon Lamoncha is the head of Additive Manufacturing at Humtown Products in Columbiana, Ohio. Humtown is a multigenerational family owned business that started as a pattern shop in 1959. They have a history of making patterns from CNC as well as sand cores and molds for the foundry industry. Over the past several years Humtown has adopted and grown their Additive Manufacturing capabilities and extend those capabilities into the metal casting supply chain. Brandon joins the show to talk about the history of the company and we dive into the fascinating journey of a small company taking a leap into 3D...
2021-04-1833 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #40 - Paul Gradl NASAPaul Gradl is a senior propulsion engineer in the Combustion Devices Design and Development Branch at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. He leads the manufacturing, design, development, and testing of nozzles and nozzle extensions. For over a decade, he has supported a variety of nozzle development and flight programs, and has been involved in technology development supporting the manufacturing and measurement techniques for nozzles.
Paul joins the show today to discuss his work to develop Additive Manufacturing for combustion devices for rockets. He also shared some sweet videos that you can check out in the about section of the podcast...
2021-04-1536 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #39 - Yash Bandari - MeltioYash Bandari is an Additive Manufacturing Product Manager at Meltio. Yash has over 10 years of experience with directed energy deposition 3D Printing processes having had the opportunity to work with all three heat sources including arc, laser, and electron beam. Meltio is an AM machine manufacturer focused on DED offering a solution that can use either or both wire and powder feedstock.
As you could probably guess from the introduction, we’re going to dive headfirst into a discussion about DED processes and their evolution in the 3D Printing sector.
https://meltio3d.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-yash-bandari/
2021-04-0440 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #38 - Javier Ramos - InkbitJavier Ramos is a Co-Founder and the Director of Hardware at Inkbit. He leads systems and technology development activities and previously worked at Rethink Robotics and Leaf. Inkbit was spun out of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT in 2017. They have built the first 3D printer driven by
vision-based feedback control and earlier this year announced their first machine called the Vista.
He joins the show today to talk about the journey to commercialize the Vista and how AI and Vision systems can be used to improve the end to end 3D Printing process.
Inkbit...
2021-03-2930 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #37 - Ellen Lee - Ford Motor CompanyEllen Lee is the Technical Leader for Additive Manufacturing Research at the Ford Motor Company where she focuses on polymer applications. She is responsible for developing AM strategy and technical roadmaps for materials and processes to enable automotive uses cases of Additive Manufacturing. She joins the show today to talk about the process of evaluating emerging technology and the end to end process of moving an application through the 3D Printing ecosystem.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-lee-334a9b54/
https://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20190128/NEWS/190129888/ford-carbon-collaboration-widens-3d-printing-possibilities
https://www.machinedesign.com/3d-printing-cad/article/21158698/no-straight-line-on-prototyping
2021-03-2334 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #36 - Greg Nemecek and Matt Duffey - Action Mold and MachiningGreg Nemecek is the Additive Manufacturing Manager at Action Mold and Machine. He joins the show today with his colleague Matt Duffey. Action Mold and Machining specializes in quick turn repair and engineering changes for molds. They are veteran owned business based in Grand Rapids since 1997 and have been on the forefront of adopting metal additive manufacturing in recent years. Greg and Matt discuss the evolution of AM technology within the company and how they are expanding its use to their customer base.
https://www.actionmold.net/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emsu8rEaTJY
https://www.linkedin.com/in...
2021-03-1451 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussion #35 - 3DPod Crossover with Joris Peels and Maxwell BogueThis was a podcast crossover with the team from 3DPod and 3dprint.com - Maxwell Bogue and Joris Peels. Previously published on March 1st, 2021
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After studying at Loughborough and MIT he worked on making snowboard components for Burton, Mike Vasquez started 3Degrees. There, he’s not only a 3D printing consultant but also has his own podcast. So, as a first for us, we’re doing a collab where you and the 3Degrees audience will be able to listen to our joint show. Ignore the MIT degrees and the vast knowledge, as well as Mike’s silky smooth voice, please, and st...
2021-03-1200 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #34 - Zac Holcomb - Additive AmericaZac Holcomb is the CEO and Co-Founder of Additive America based in North Carolina. Additive America offers a number of 3D Printing services including Multi-jet Fusion and design expertise. Zac spent a number of years in the AM industry building his skillset around machine operation and DfAM before starting up his own venture in 2019.
He joins the show today to talk about that journey and we spend a lot of time discussing one of Additive America’s core competencies – medical prosthetics.
https://www.additiveamerica.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacholcomb/
2021-03-0740 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #33 - Luis Folgar - AMT Post ProLuis Folgar is the Executive VP of Technology at AMT Post Pro. AMT is one of the industry leaders for automating 3D Printing post processing. Luis has a wealth of experience in the Additive Manufacturing sector working previously at Nike and Paramount Industries where he applied his materials science expertise to the world of 3D Printing.
He joins the show today to talk about one of the most underrated parts of the 3D Printing industry – post processing and how AMT is working to automate this part of the 3D Printing workflow.
https://amtechnologies.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-folgar/
2021-02-2839 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #32 - Annie Wang - SenvolAnnie Wang is the President of Senvol, a global leader in data for additive manufacturing. At Senvol, Annie has overseen the creation of Senvol ML, which is data-driven machine learning software for additive manufacturing. Annie’s area of focus is on analyzing the correlation among material properties, process parameters and feedstock properties. Annie is actively involved in activities across the additive manufacturing industry. She is Vice Chair for the SAE Data Management Committee, serves on the Data Integrity Advisory Group and Commercialization Advisory Group for America Makes, and is a member of the ASTM F42 Committee for Additive Manufacturing Technologies.
Sh...
2021-02-2038 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #31 - SK - AddiguruSK is the founder of Adiguru. Adiguru is an artificial intelligence based real-time monitoring solution that aims to significantly improve the defect detection rate for additive manufacturing parts. He has significant experience in product management, strategic planning, product launches and working with cross-functional teams.
He joins the show today to speak about in-situ monitoring for 3D Printing both the challenges and the opportunities. SK also brings his perspective on starting a business just before the pandemic.
https://www.addiguru.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shuchikhurana/
2021-02-1529 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #30 -Joel Neidig - Simba ChainJoel Neidig is a serial entrepreneur with 15 years of experience integrating manufacturing technology and developing software. He cofounded Atlas 3D which was a later acquired by Siemens after licensing technology developed in collaboration with America Makes, Johnson and Johnson, the University of Notre Dame, and ITAMCO. His most recent startup, Simba chain is brining blockchain technology to the manufacturing floor.
Joel joins the show to talk about the data challenges around 3D Printing and advanced manufacturing and how his companies are pushing the boundaries of new technologies like block chain to improve the US supply chain.
https://simbachain.com/
https...
2021-02-0731 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #29 - Paul DeWys - Forerunner 3D PrintingPaul DeWys is a self-described sales guy trapped in the body of an engineer who ended up in marketing, hence, his role as a Sales Engineer. He works with companies and customers to help educate them about what is possible when you combine 3D laser scanning to capture a part, apply mechanical engineering expertise to modify it, and use additive manufacturing equipment to help prototype or produce end use parts. He does this through his companies DeWys Engineering and Forerunner 3D Printing.
For today’s show he shares his experience building a 3D Printing company from scratch and his advice fo...
2021-01-3154 min
3Degrees Discussions3DegreesDiscussions #28 - Tim Simpson - Penn St UniversityTim Simpson is the Paul Morrow Professor of Engineering Design & Manufacturing, Director of the world’s first Additive Manufacturing & Design Graduate Program, and Co-Director of the Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D) at Penn State. He specializes in Design for Additive Manufacturing, and he has helped educate and train nearly 800 industry practitioners to use and design for metal additive manufacturing. He contributes a monthly column on Additive Insights to Modern Machine Shop, and he is an Educational ADDVisor for The Barnes Group Advisors, a team of experts helping industrialize additive manufacturing.
We talk today about th...
2021-01-2545 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #27 - SJ Jones Siemens EnergySJ Jones is an Additive Manufacturing Application Engineer at Siemens Energy where she focuses on helping to bring metal additive manufacturing solutions the problem of climate change. SJ has a wide array of experience working in the metal 3D Printing first at a small company supporting the aerospace sector and she continued on there as the company was acquired by Aerojet Rocketdyne
We talk today about her career in the AM industry and her approaches to evaluating technology that is changing at a breakneck pace. She also gives her perspective on the ‘Laser Wars’ impacting all facets of the metal spac...
2021-01-1333 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #26 - Adam Penna - All Digital Additive ManufacturingSince 2015 Adam Penna from All Digital Additive Manufacturing has been focused on Additive Manufacturing consulting sales, marketing strategy, customer experience, and exploring technologies like Laser Powder Bed Fusion. He spent a number of years at EOS helping them build a regional brand, managing channel partners, and developing an inside sales team
Adam now has a video podcast where he connects with people that pique his interest in and around 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing --- Continuing the conversation by promoting positive people and applications behind AM events while sharing educational knowledge together, layer by layer.
He joins the show today...
2020-12-3035 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #25 - Greg Paulsen - XometryGreg Paulsen leads Xometry’s application engineering team. Xometry is an AI driven manufacturing as a service marketplace platform. Greg started his career running polymer laser sintering systems and now is responsible for a number of different printing technologies within Xometry’s portfolio. He joins the show to talk more about the company and his experiences being both a user and customer of 3D Printing along with being a supplier.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/manypartsmade/
https://www.xometry.com/
2020-12-2940 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #24 - Juan Mario Gomez - CEO XactMetalJuan Mario Gomez is the CEO of Xact Metal. Xact Metal is a startup out of Penn State University developing a lower cost direct metal additive manufacturing system. As opposed to traditional direct metal systems that can cost upwards of a million dollars, the Xact platform is a fraction of that cost with the aim to lower both the financial and risk burden typically required to invest in these types of technologies.
Prior to running Xact Metal, Juan Mario was at GE for 15 years.
He joins the show today to talk about the need for lower cost metal systems in...
2020-12-1437 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #23 - Simon Pun - Materials Leader Divergent3DSimon Pun is a Materials Engineering leader at Divergent 3D. Divergent replaces conventional vehicle architecture, tooling and related factory assets with a proprietary, patented, end-to-end system for vehicle design and volume manufacturing. Their mission, enabled by additive manufacturing aims to produce significantly lighter, higher performance, safer, and lower cost vehicle structures. Simon joins the show to discuss how 3D Printing can revolutionize the automotive industry.
https://www.divergent3d.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonpun/
2020-12-1029 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #22 - Alex Kingsbury - Additive Manufacturing Industry Fellow at RMITAlex Kingsbury's career in additive manufacturing (AM) spans both industry and R&D specializing in bringing new technologies to market. She has successfully co-created solutions and partnerships in the sectors of: aerospace, defense, biomedical, and resources. Alex is currently an Additive Manufacturing Industry Fellow at RMIT University working to enhance links between industry and the university. These links extend across research, and teaching and learning functions at the university. Prior to this role she worked as a consultant to industry, specializing in metal AM. Alex holds a Bachelor of Engineering with a major in metals processing, and is currently a...
2020-12-0237 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #21 - StephenAnderson - VP of Business Development DyndriteStephen Anderson is the Vice President of Business Development at the Dyndrite Corporation. Dyndrite has built the world’s first GPU powered hybrid AM kernel, capable of reading native CAD. Previous to his role at Dyndrite, Stephen was the Additive Manufacturing Business Development Manager at Renishaw leading the 3D Metal printing business for the company in the USA.
He joins the show today to talk about the evolution of software in the 3D Printing space and the growing need to have evolved solutions keep pace with the increasing printing speed, capacity, and throughput of 3D Printing machinery.
https://www.dyndrite.co...
2020-11-1636 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #20 - Maddie Frank - University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMaddie Frank is about to complete her undergraduate degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has been heavily involved in the 3D Printing industry during her time in school having spent time working at Carbon, Divergent 3D, GSC, and Women in 3D Printing. She joins the show to talk about her path to the Additive Manufacturing industry and chronicle her experience entering the sector as a soon to be college graduate.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maddie-frank-586505a8/
2020-11-1232 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #19 - Michelle Bockman - 3DPrinterOSMichelle Bockman is the CEO of 3D Printer OS. Previous to her current role, she was the General Manager and Global Head of 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing at HP. She has also worked at GE and has a background in mechanical engineering from University of Missouri-Rolla.
She joins the show to compare and contrast her experience working in a large organization entering the 3D printing market versus a startup trying to build something from the ground up.
https://www.3dprinteros.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellebockman/
2020-11-0128 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #18 - Al McGovern - Shure Inc.Al McGovern has engineered products and built strong mechanical engineering teams in 6 different industries at 7 different companies in 6 states over the past 40 years. During that time, he’s used many subtractive and, since 1991, additive prototyping methods in both Research and in Development efforts. In additive, he’s used equipment from 3D Systems, Stratasys, EOS (metal), DTM, Z-Corp, Carbon, Markforged, Desktop Metal, Formlabs and HP. He is an advocate for early and frequent use of 3DP in product development from ideation to field trials, and is still seeking his first production 3DP use in high quality consumer audio products. He is the...
2020-10-2534 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #17 - Byron Kennedy - CEO/Co-Founder SPEE3DByron Kennedy is the cofounder and CEO of SPEE3D, a high-speed, metal 3D printing company. He is a serial entrepreneur, having cofounded the first spin-off company from Charles Darwin University before exiting to NYSE listed company Regal Beloit (Fasco). His current company, SPEE3D has developed a new 3D printing process for metals - supersonic 3D deposition (SP3D). Targeting commercial and industrial applications, the technology is suitable for a vast array of materials including copper, aluminum and other metals.
He joins the show to talk about the Speed3D technology and approaches to increase the throughput of 3D...
2020-10-1835 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #16 - Tyler LeBrun, PhD - ProtingentTyler LeBrun is an independent Additive Manufacturing consultant at Protingent. Prior to his current role, he spent several years in the aerospace sector at both Blue Origin and Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Tyler is actively engaged in industry volunteerism with the drafting and review of standards pertaining to all aspects of additive manufacturing. He’s a committee member of ASTM and ISO. He’s also a Regular contributor to SAE Aerospace Materials Specifications including authoring and leading working groups on draft specifications ahead of general committee review and ballot.
We take a deep dive today on standards in AM.
https://www.linkedin.com...
2020-10-1547 min
3Degrees Discussions3DegreesDiscussions #15 - Laura Ely - Barnes Global AdivsorsLaura Ely is the leader of ADDvisor Services for the Barnes Global Advisors.
Prior to this, she was responsible for the build out of a new team focused on the maturation of laser/wire deposition for Titanium aerostructures at GKN Aerospace.
She joins the show to talk about her journey in the Additive Manufacturing industry and we focus on how to build diverse and highly functional teams within the space.
https://www.barnesglobaladvisors.com/
2020-10-0431 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #14 - Nora Toure Fast Radius/Women in 3D PrintingNora is the Director of Sales and Service Factory Operations at Fast Radius. She also founded the non-profit Women in 3D Printing in 2014 to promote women leaders in the additive manufacturing industry. In addition to managing the organization, which involves community engagement, partners & sponsors recruitment and overall technology watching, Nora leads a global team of over 80 volunteers, acting as local representatives of the organization’s brand.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/noratoure/
https://womenin3dprinting.com/
2020-09-2737 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #13 - Dr. Candice Majewski - University of SheffieldDr. Candice Majewski is a senior lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Sheffield, with a teaching and research focus on Additive Manufacturing.
Much of her work centers around understanding and optimizing the interactions between materials and processes in AM involving powdered plastics.
She joins the show today to talk about developments in powder-based polymer printing processes and the work her team does in developing new materials for industry.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mecheng/people/academic/candice-majewski
2020-09-2041 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #12 - Tuan Tranpham - ArevoTuan Tranpham is the Chief Revenue officer at Arevo. Arevo is enabling manufacturing-as-a-service for delivering composite manufacturing today via through breakthroughs in software, robotics, and materials science. With on-demand manufacturing of large thermoplastic composite parts and structures from bikes to flying cars, Arevo is revolutionizing mainstream manufacturing and the global supply chain. Tuan has spent last 17 years working for seven 3D printing companies such as Z Corporation, 3D Systems, Objet, Stratasys, Arcam (GE Additive), Desktop Metal and now Arevo.
Tuan joins the show to talk about his experience selling multiple 3D Printing platforms and how the customer of the technology...
2020-09-1337 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #11 - John Hart - MITJohn Hart is Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Center for Additive and Digital Advanced Production Technologies (APT), and Director of the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity at MIT. John’s research aims to accelerate the science and technology of production via advancements in additive manufacturing, nanostructured materials, and precision machine design. John created the world’s first massive open online course on manufacturing processes (MIT 2.008x on edX), and leads MIT’s online additive manufacturing certificate program, which has educated thousands of professionals since its launch in 2018. He is also a co-founder of startup companies Desktop Metal and Vulcan...
2020-09-0830 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #10 - Todd Grimm - T.A. Grimm and AssociatesTodd Grimm is 29-year veteran of the additive manufacturing industry. Todd is president of T. A. Grimm & Associates, an additive manufacturing consulting and communications company. From his work as a consultant, writer, author, speaker, editor and advisor, he was named as one of The TCT Magazine’s 20 most influential in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry and has been twice nominated for the TCT Hall of Fame.
Todd joins the show to talk about how he got his start in 3D Printing and the evolution of the technology over the past 30 years.
https://www.tagrimm.com/
2020-08-3048 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #9 - Greg Hayes - EOS Additive MindsGreg Hayes is the Senior Vice President of Applications at EOS. Greg joins the show to discuss the world of production additive manufacturing from the perspective of an equipment manufacturer. We talk about his career in research and how he joined EOS to help build their consulting group Additive Minds.
EOS - https://www.eos.info/en
2020-08-2243 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #8 - Shannon VanDeren - Layered Manufacturing and ConusltingShannon VanDeren is the owner and President of Layered Manufacturing and Consulting, a company she founded to serve as a technology and material agnostic voice in the 3D Printing industry. She joins the show today to discuss her entrepreneurial journey and the importance of listening to customers in the AM industry. For the past several years, Shannon has also run the Medical track for the Additive Manufacturing Users Group conference and she shares her thoughts on the influences of the technology in the medical space.
Learn more about her company here:
https://www.layeredmanufacturingandconsulting.com/
2020-08-1238 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #7 - Carl Dekker - Met-l-FlowCarl Dekker is the President of Met-l-flo, a 3D Printing service bureau in Illinois. In addition to his day job, Carl is the President of the Additive Manufacturing Users Group. As one of the distinguished innovators in the industry, he shares his perspectives on the evolution of the technology and how standardization is playing a key role the progress of 3D Printing.
Met-l-flo: https://www.metlflo.com/
AMUG - https://www.amug.com/
2020-08-0743 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #6 - Danny LevyDanny Levy is an Advanced Manufacturing Technologist for a Stealth Startup. He has great insights on Design for Additive Manufacturing and we discuss some of his approaches to designing for the technology. He also shares his perspectives from inside the trenches of 3D Printing machine operation.
You can follow his work on Instagram @technologically_woke
2020-07-3033 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #5 - John Barnes - Barnes Global AdvisorsJohn Barnes is the Founder and Managing Director of the Barnes Group Advisors, a global Additive Manufacturing consultancy based in Pittsburgh.
You can learn more about The Barnes Group Advisors here:
https://www.thebarnes.group/
2020 Summer Webinar Series
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3715942119827/WN_a8pS4130SO-Po9SV8fQdOw
2020-07-2647 min
3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #4 - Addy Olubamiji - CumminsDr. Addy Olubamiji is an Advanced Manufacturing Technical Advisor at Cummins. She is also the founder of the STEMHub Foundation which is an organization she founded to help underrepresented youth pursue opportunities in STEM.
Addy's TedTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXAoRkteSBg
Cummins Additive Manufacturing
https://www.cummins.com/news/2019/03/07/cummins-takes-next-step-3d-printing-and-future-manufacturing
STEMHub Foundation
https://stemhubfoundation.com/
2020-07-2242 min3Degrees Discussions3Degrees Discussions #3 - Bill Heise - 3DegreesBill Heise a professor at East Tennessee St University as well as Business and Marketing Consultant for 3Degrees. He joins the podcast to talk about building an Additive Manufacturing materials strategy within a large organization.
https://www.etsu.edu/cbat/mgmtmkt/facstaff/heise.php
http://www.3degreescompany.com/
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https://www.renishaw.com/en/additive-manufacturing-solutions-centres--37039
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