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February 22, 2018 | Categories: Member News
Texas A&M Engineering is poised to become a national leader in advanced manufacturing. Helping cement that growing reputation, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) has joined America Makes, the country’s leading collaborative partner in additive manufacturing and 3-D printing technology research, commercialization and education.
The two will collaborate on ways to advance the additive manufacturing and 3-D printing industries across the country, while also sharing their knowledge with Texas A&M University students interested in manufacturing.
“Additive manufacturing and 3-D printing will transform the manufacturing industry,” said Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering and director of TEES. “We look forward to partnering with America Makes to strengthen our position in this important area.”
Texas A&M has one of the largest concentrations of core manufacturing subject matter experts in the country. The knowledge base is multidisciplinary, with approximately 10 percent coming from the College of Engineering, and the other 90 percent comprised of representatives from various colleges within the university and The Texas A&M University System.
“As a public-private partnership, the brand equity that Texas A&M brings to America Makes is world class,” said Rob Gorham, America Makes executive director. “What we’ve decided to do with Texas A&M is really leverage world-class researchers and big initiatives that (Texas) A&M can bring to the table to bring 3-D printing and additive manufacturing in to the state of Texas in a very focused and deliberate way.”
TEES currently has significant involvement in several national Manufacturing USA institutes, including: