Disrupting Manufacturing One Layer At A Time | Tim Simpson | TEDxPSU

From airplanes and satellites to implants and consumer goods, additive manufacturing is disrupting manufacturing as we know it.  The capability to 3D print materials layer by layer to create complex parts and shapes is forcing us to rethink nearly every aspect of the process of production – the design tools we use, the materials we select, the supply chains we create, the business models we follow, even the way we protect our intellectual property and handle cyber-security.  The possibilities for additive manufacturing have driven the excitement to new heights, and entrepreneurs and companies of all shapes and sizes are transforming themselves –and their workforce – to unleash the innovative potential of additive manufacturing.

Dr. Tim Simpson has been using and teaching students about 3D printing for nearly 20 years, but his passion for the technology was reignited five years ago when he saw his kids’ excitement at printing pink tiaras, ninja stars, and even their own heads on plastic figurines at home. With the recent advancements in 3D metal printing, this Penn State professor of mechanical and industrial engineering feels like a child himself, questioning everything that he has seen and learned about manufacturing and design. Dr. Simpson’s enthusiasm is evident as he leads hundreds of visitors on tours each year through Penn State’s CIMP-3D (Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition). As Co-Director of the lab, Dr. Simpson enjoys blowing people’s minds with lab’s state-of-the-art metal 3D printing systems, which have fabricated everything from aircraft parts, to engine pistons, to knee implants, to watch cases.

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