Researchers’ partnership with nScrypt advances 3-D printing at college

3-D printing may still seem to be a truly futuristic technology, but how it will ultimately change product design, manufacturing and delivery remains an exciting horizon we are only starting to fully imagine.

“If you look at the evolution of the smartphone, you can see where 3-D manufacturing is going,” Ken Church, CEO of nScrypt, a high-tech 3-D equipment company, said. “Phones at first were used just for talking, now the smartphone technology has replaced everything from a GPS to a digital camera.” 

Researcher finds external magnetic field makes stronger alloys

New research shows critical changes to the microstructure of iron-based alloys, materials that are important for manufacturing permanent magnets for use in electrical appliances and cars.

Magnetic materials play a crucial role in the progress of industrial growth and societal advancement. They are used in everything from electric motors and generators to actuators and are important in energy conversion.