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New Mexico universities unite in $7 million project to develop automated additive manufacturing

November 4, 2024 - Carly Bowling

A $7 million collaborative research grant will unite four universities in New Mexico to research and develop intelligent additive manufacturing in a project titled “Research Center for Distributed Resilient and Emergent-Intelligence-Based Additive Manufacturing (DREAM).”

The DREAM Center is funded by the National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and includes The University of New Mexico, Navajo Technical University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and will be led by New Mexico State University (NMSU). The universities will work to advance automated 3D printing technology and cyber security. UNM will receive $2 million for the project.

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