Associate dean awarded $4M National Science Foundation grant to research quality assurance of 3D-printed products
By Southern University Patrick Mensah, associate dean for research and graduate programs in the College of Sciences and Engineering at Southern University, was recently awarded a $4M grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a qualification process for 3D-printed metal parts. The goal is to provide both manufacturers and consumers confidence and assured safety of products made with 3D-printed parts, which are used regularly by various industries such as automotive, healthcare and aerospace. Mensah, who will serve as the principal investigator for the Consortium for Additive Manufacturing Qualification (CAM-Q), will provide scientific and technical leadership, as well as overall program coordination. In this