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University Education in Additive Manufacturing and the Need to Boost Design Aspects

Part of: Design Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2019

Yuri Borgianni ,
Lorenzo Maccioni ,
Pasquale Russo Spena  and
Manikanda Kumar Shunmugavel
Yuri Borgianni*
Affiliation:
Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bolzano, Italy;
Lorenzo Maccioni
Affiliation:
Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bolzano, Italy;
Pasquale Russo Spena
Affiliation:
Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bolzano, Italy;
Manikanda Kumar Shunmugavel
Affiliation:
Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bolzano, Italy; School of Engineering, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
*
Contact: Borgianni, Yuri, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Faculty of Science and Technology, Italy, yuri.borgianni@unibz.it

Abstract

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Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a potentially revolutionary technique in industry with claims of high skills shortage in the recent days. It is assumed that full exploitation of AM capabilities can be made possible by a paradigm shift steered by engineering design. Future generations of engineers might benefit from Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM), which targets AM potential and enables design freedoms. In this context, the paper investigates AM education for a better understanding of the main AM-related subjects taught in universities. To this scope, the authors gathered 52 syllabi of courses taught in highly-ranked technical universities worldwide that relate to AM. From the investigation, it emerges that AM is the core discipline of the course in 42 out of 52 cases and considered widely as an independent domain to date. As for taught subjects, it was found that design aspects in AM and DfAM are poorly focused on, while manufacturing and process areas are the most popular. This poses a challenge especially to the design community, as the current situation might limit the exploitation of AM capabilities.

Keywords

Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM)Design educationComputer Aided Design (CAD)Additive Manufacturing
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Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , July 2019 , pp. 629 - 638
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