FAME Awards Recognize Outstanding Freeform/Additive Fabrication Researchers

By DE Editors

The Advanced Manufacturing Center of The University of Texas at Austin  (Austin, TX) recently announced its international Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Excellence (FAME) Awards. The 19th annual event was held August 4-6, 2008.

Both awards are sponsored by the International Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF)  Symposium, an event held each summer at the Austin campus. The FAME awards recognize two outstanding researchers in the field of freeform/additive fabrication, one of whom is a researcher younger than 35 years of age. Included in each award are a certificate, custom freeformed trophy, and a monetary gift. Recipients must attend the awards ceremony in Austin,Texas, on the opening night of the SFF Symposium, generally held the first or second Monday in August.

The awards program was initiated and spearheaded by Dr. Dave Bourell, professor of mechanical engineering at UT and director of the Laboratory for Freeform Fabrication, who also chairs the organizing committee for the SFF Symposium.

Recipients are chosen from academia, private industry, or government and from any location in the world. For details on the application process, visit http://utwired.engr.utexas.edu/lff/awards. The application deadline for the 2009 awards is March 1.

The International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium attracts researchers from the U.S., Europe, Asia, and other regions who are experts in the field of freeform/additive fabrication. The 20th annual event will be held August 3-5,  2009, in Austin, Texas.

For more information on the International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium,  visit the Advanced Manufacturing Center of The University of Texas at Austin.

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