Mechanical Engineering Grant to Allow Study of Transformative Additive Manufacturing Technique

Mechanical Engineering Grant for Additive Manufacturing Technique

Wan Shou, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, received a $246,000 grant to study semiconductor fabrication through a 3D printing process.

The grant, funded by the National Science Foundation's Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) program, will support Shou's project over two years.

Shou's project aims to develop a transformative additive manufacturing approach for high-quality semiconductor fabrication, focusing on the phase change and solidification of silicon.

As Shou explains,

laser-based manufacturing
will be studied with the help of graduate, undergraduate, and high school students in his lab.

The EAGER grants support exploratory work on untested but potentially transformative research ideas or approaches.

Author's summary: Grant awarded for 3D printing research.

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