Enhancements    

STTR II: MULTI-MATERIAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR ADVANCED SPACE SYSTEMS

STTR II: MULTI-MATERIAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR ADVANCED SPACE SYSTEMS
PI: Ryan Wicker
Co-PI: David Espalin
Sponsor: AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY THROUGH AURA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
W.M. Keck Center for 3-D Innovation
Amount awarded: $241,153

The purpose of this project is to develop a hybrid additive manufacturing method for fabricating CubeSat devices, a type of miniaturized satellite for space research. The effort will focus on further developing the capabilities of the existing Multi3D manufacturing system at UTEP to enable the fabrication of devices using ULTEM 9085 thermoplastic material.

Posting date: Wed, 10/31/2018

Award start date: Thu, 10/18/2018
Award end date: Sun, 05/31/2020