D Printing Meets Tradition at the historic Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany. Learn more about their unique take here!
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3D-printed bridges withstand 9.0 quakes

It’s an exciting time in the world of civil engineering and construction. The advent of 3D printing technology has now made it possible to construct bridges that can withstand earthquakes as powerful ...
With the support of the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, has established a large scale 3D printing facility capable of the ...
Funded by a $500,000 grant, the research works to restore oyster habitats and prevent natural disasters with 3D printed coral ...
With an eye toward developing more stable structures capable of withstanding harsh environmental conditions—including those that future astronauts will find on Mars—researchers in Northwestern ...
Although 3D printing technology has opened countless possibilities, there is one large drawback to the conventional indoor 3D systems: they can only produce items smaller than the printers. To address ...
Engineers developed a new kind of reconfigurable masonry made from 3D-printed, recycled glass. The bricks could be reused many times over in building facades and internal walls. What if construction ...
Engineers have developed a new design strategy and 3D printing technique to build robots in one single step. The breakthrough enabled the entire mechanical and electronic systems needed to operate a ...
A team of UCLA engineers and their colleagues have developed a new design strategy and 3D printing technique to build robots in one single step. A study that outlined the advance, along with the ...
Fiber-reinforced polymer composites have many useful properties, but their big drawback is they are typically complex and expensive to manufacture. In recent years, three-dimensional (3D) printing of ...
3D printing technology is rapidly evolving and has shown promise in applications spanning from the fabrication of biological tissues to the development of ceramics capable of removing persistent ...