The web-based presentations are shared via the free Zoom platform. On the dates listed, simply visit this Zoom URL ( here it is in plain text should the link not work correctly: tntech.zoom.us/j/432789883 ) at 11am Central Standard Time and you can listen in to the 30-minute lecture/discussion. Mark your calendars for one or all of these excellent presentations.
Thursday, February 18
3D Printing Product Development Decisions
Presented by Jennifer Loy, Ph.D., Professor of Additive Manufacturing, School of Engineering Deakin University, Australia
Thursday, March 11
The Current State of Design for AM Education
Presented by Patrick Pradel, Ph.D., Lecturer in Product Industrial User-Centerd Design Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Thursday, April 1
The Challenges of Additive Manufacturing in Medical Devices
Presented by Gaffar Gailani, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Center of Medical Devices and Additive Manufacturing, New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York
Thursday, April 22
Fatigue Behavior of Additively Manufactured Steel
Presented by Antti Jarvenpaa, Ph.D., Research Director of Future Manufacturing Technologies University of Oulu, Finland
The Golden Eagle Additively Innovative Virtual Lecture Series is partially funded by the NSF Award 1601587, “AM-WATCH: Additive Manufacturing-Workforce Advancement Training Coalition and Hub.
Tennessee Tech University YouTube Channel Featuring the Golden Eagle Additively Innovative Lecture Series since 2016.
The College of Engineering at Tennessee Tech recently completed its well-known Golden Eagle Additively Innovative Lecture Series for Fall 2020. Under Dr. Ismail Fidan and his team, four experts — from nearby Somerset Community College in Kentucky to institutions spanning the globe in New Zealand, Norway, and the Netherlands — presented this semester on advanced Additive Manufacturing topics.
With 45 lectures recorded since the Spring semester of 2016, there is a range and depth available for just about anyone interested in learning about Additive Manufacturing. We wrote about the Tennessee Tech Announces Fall 2020 Additive Manufacturing Lecture Series as the school year got started. Despite COVID-19 shifting the world into online classrooms, Dr. Fidan has been using this virtual method, via Zoom, since the start of the program. One could definitely say he is an early adopter and visionary for making learning accessible and increasing TTU’s Engineering student access to world-renowned experts.
Early in 2020, the team decided to launch a YouTube channel as a way to share all of these lectures to an even wider audience. You can access the full Additively Innovative Lecture Series Archive, but we list out the titles below so that you can get an idea of the topic and niche diversity. On the archive page, each title takes you directly to the YouTube video. Perusing the list on the YouTube channel is not as straightforward, in this editor’s opinion, and so your time may be better spent picking from the list of video links from the archive directly.
Again, Bravo to the TTU team and Dr. Fidan for a semester filled with knowledge sharing and deeper insights into what makes Additive Manufacturing (aka 3D Printing) useful, valuable, and world changing.
**Oh, and don’t forget to subscribe to their new YouTube channel.
To the Archives!:
Fall 2020 Lectures (Please note these lectures may not all be uploaded to YouTube yet)
Mass Production and Decision Making with Low Cost Additive Manufacturing for Institutions and Small Businesses
Design for AM: The Key to the Industrialization of AM
New Product Development for AM: Methods and Tools
Machine Learning in AM
Spring 2020 Lectures
New Functionalities for Metal AM by Embedded Intelligence, Puukko Pasi, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Ltd.
A Holistic Approach to Achieving the Best Possible Component Quality for AM Architectures for Vat Photopolymer and Laser Powder Bed Fusion Systems, David Bue Pedersen, Technical University of Denmark
Additive Manufacturing with High Temperature Polymers, Oana Ghita, University of Exeter
From 3D Printing to Digital Manufacturing, Wenchao Zhou, University of Arkansas
Fall 2019 Lectures
Generative Design Will Change the Future of Manufacturing, Shashi Jain, Intel Corporation
Sustaining Accessibility for Kids’ Creativity with Additive Manufacturing, Pisut Koomsap, Asian Institute of Technology
Design and Additive Manufacturing of Porous Titanium Scaffolds for Optimum Cell Viability in Bone Tissue Engineering, Bingbing Li, California State University
FDM-based Metal Additive Manufacturing, Haijun Gong, Georgia Southern University
Spring 2019 Lectures
The Phantom Hole Technique, Improving Structural Performance in FFF/FDM 3D Printed Products, Eric Wooldridge, Somerset Community College
Understanding Powder Bed Additive Manufacturing, Josh Dennis, EOS North America
Preparing Your Model for 3D Printing, Adam Wills, Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville
Project iGen: Using Additive Manufacturing for Service Learning, Amy Fricks, DeKalb County High School
Fall 2018 Lectures
Functionally Graded Additive Manufacturing, Eujin Pei, Brunel University
Design for Additive Manufacturing: The Key to the Industrial Adoption of Additive Manufacturing, Olaf Diegel, Lund University
Where’s my Spare Part? Changing Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul through Additive Manufacturing, Brett Conner, Youngstown State University
Integrating Additive Manufacturing into CAD Courses, Tom Singer, Sinclair Community College
Spring 2018 Lectures
Dental 3-D Printing Overview, Frank Alifui-Segbaya, Griffith University
AM Research and Applications for Real World Production and Impact, Eric Wooldridge, Somerset Community College
Free and Easy Software for Designing for 3-D Printing, Tim Gornet, Rapid Prototyping Center, University of Louisville
Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturing: Enabling 10-Meter Parts, Filomeno Martina, Welding Engineering and Laser Processing Center, Cranfield University
Fall 2017 Lectures
Next Generation Manufacturing: Professional and Technical Skills for the 21st Century Workforce, Karen Wosczyna-Birch, Center for Next Generation Manufacturing
Using 3-D Printed Parts to Couple Festo Didatic’s MecLab Stations in an Assembly Process, Khalid Tantawi, Department of Career Readiness-Mechatronics, Motlow State Community College
3-D Printing, Design Thinking, and the Entrepreneurial Mindset, Phan Tran, Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering, Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Workflow of the Additive Manufacturing Process, Kyle Bates-Green, National Resource Center for Materials Technology Education
Spring 2017 Lectures
Bioprinting and Tissue Engineering, Yunzhi Peter Yang, Medical Scholar Program in Bioengineering Scholarly Concentration, Stanford University
Making It Work, Marilyn Barger, NSF Florida Advanced Technological Education Center, Hillsborough Community College
Additive Manufacturing: Instrumental Systems in Research, Education, and Service, Bahram Asiabanpour, Ingram School of Engineering at Texas State University
A Technique for Quick Introduction of 3-D Design and Prototyping, Hugh Jack, School of Engineering and Technology, Western Carolina University
Fall 2016 Lectures
Marketing Your Maker Business, TJ McCue
Content and Curriculum Development Efforts in 3-D Printing, Jesse Roitenbert, Stratasys
The Development of a Framework for 3-D Printing, Casting, & Entrepreneurship, Jay Watson, Cookeville High School
3-D Printed Joints and Connectors for Assemblies, Nick Russell and Jacob Floyd, Tennessee Tech University
Spring 2016 Lectures
Mel Cossette and Robin Ballard, National Resource Center for Materials Technology Education
3-D Printing – Future of Manufacturing: The 4th Wave of Human Civilization, Wenchao Zhou, University of Arkansas
Additive Manufacturing at the University of Waterloo, Ehsan Toyserkani, University of Waterloo
Opportunities in Additive Manufacturing, Amy Elliott, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
AM/3DP Point-Counterpoint: A Look at AM’s Place Among the Headlines, Business, and Industry, Peter Yang, Stanford University
Additive Manufacturing as a Force for Innovation, Ian Campbell, Loughborough University
Perspectives on Additive Manufacturing, Tim Caffrey, Wohlers Associates
History of Additive Manufacturing, David Bourell, University of Texas at Austin
Additive Manufacturing Today and in the Future, Terry Wohlers, Wohlers Associates
Fall 2020 Golden Eagle Additively Innovative Lecture Series
The College of Engineering at Tennessee Tech is organizing its tenth Golden Eagle Additively Innovative Lecture Series for Fall 2020.
Thanks to Dr. Ismail Fidan and his team — they have again arranged an amazing group of expert speakers from around the world.
The web-based presentations are shared via the free Zoom platform. On the dates listed, simply visit this Zoom URL ( here it is in plain text should the link not work correctly: tntech.zoom.us/j/432789883 ) at 11am Central Standard Time and you can listen in to the 30-minute lecture/discussion. Mark your calendars for one or all of these excellent presentations.
Thursday, Sept. 17
Mass Production and Decision Making with Low Cost Additive Manufacturing for Institutions and Small Businesses
Presented by Eric N. Wooldridge, PE, RA, Professor, Somerset Community College, Kentucky
Thursday, Oct. 8
Design for AM: The Key to the Industrialization of AM
Presented by Olaf Diegel, Professor, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Thursday, Oct. 29
New Product Development for AM: Methods and Tools
Presented by Steinar Killi, Professor, Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway
Thursday, Nov. 19
Machine Learning in AM
Presented by Ian Gibson, Professor, University of Twente, Netherlands
Dr. Fidan has been using the Zoom platform for years and leads out in online learning methods. You can read more about his complete shift, thanks to COVID-19, to innovative, distance learning approaches:
The Golden Eagle Additively Innovative Virtual Lecture Series is partially funded by the NSF Award 1601587, “AM-WATCH: Additive Manufacturing-Workforce Advancement Training Coalition and Hub.”
By now, it is fairly clear that the delivery of education has changed. With no in-person, on-campus classes and nearly everything online, we have moved into a new era, whether we like it or not. COVID-19 may soon be stopped by way of a vaccine, but its impact is undeniable.
Thanks to Dr. Ismail Fidan, Professor of the Department of Manufacturing and Engineering Technology at Tennessee Tech University, AM News started exploring what online learning looks like, on the ground, for the Spring semester and future ones. Since most of you were thrown into the virtual learning, distance learning, remote learning world (pick your term), we uncovered many great resources ideas we hope will help you plan and build your courses and teaching methods.
Dr. Fidan faces some of the same challenges that many professors face — how to teach an in-person lab when you cannot meet in person. He shared that he was able to build his own virtual lab, and help his colleagues with theirs, to develop materials for ZOOM and TTU’s use of Desire2Learn’s BrightSpace learning management system platform.
In the Plant Layout and Materials Handling course, students do their design work by accessing the virtual laboratory of Tennessee Tech, quickly developed by the Information Technology Services team. Using the commercial VMware Horizon application, students join the laboratory and complete their assignments remotely using AutoCAD 2020.
In the CNC Machining Practices course, students use the Autodesk Fusion 360 software tool (again via remote access). This is a cutting-edge simulation tool for CNC machining operations. Anything they program also functions the same as in real cutting operations.
Although the MatEdU free resources were not built for remote learning specifically, you can find a wide range of materials science curricula that may guide your next steps to planning online courses. Visit the MatEdU Modules page or the Instructional Resources page. Here are five additional sites packed with even more ideas.
Regardless of which technology platform your school uses, here are several other resources that may provide useful tips and techniques:
The Caplenor Faculty Research Award Committee at Tennessee Tech recently awarded Dr. Ismail Fidan the 2019-20 Caplenor Faculty Research Award which is the highest faculty honor of the university. As an important and valued member of our TEAMM Network as well as a regular content provider here on AM News, we wish him a hearty kudos for work well done.
Dr Ismail Fidan at Tennessee Tech
According to university history, “Dr. Caplenor’s efforts led to the creation of an award in his honor in 1984. The Caplenor Faculty Research Award is given to faculty who are engaged in outstanding research while employed at the University, and the winner receives a monetary award and a listing on a permanent plaque displayed in Derryberry Hall. As of 2016, 37 faculty have received the award, which has become the premiere recognition of faculty scholarship and creativity at TTU.”
Selection for the Caplenor Faculty Research Award is a lengthy, rigorous, peer-reviewed process that evaluates a faculty member’s performance as measured by contributions to scholarship and/or creativity that received wide recognition far beyond the University. There are numerous areas for potential contribution, and eight major criteria for nomination, including, to name just a few:
Significant recognized peer-reviewed publications, including work with her/his students and collaborators in the field of scholarship or creativity.
Presentations such as seminars, lectures, performances, galleries, etc. related to her/his field of scholarship or creativity, including those made by invitation as keynote and/or plenary lectures.
Contributions to the profession such as membership on editorial boards, editing journals, special issues, books, etc. and the organization of professional meetings (technical, educational, art exhibitions, etc.)
As just one example of Dr. Ismail Fidan’s dedication to research and creativity at TTU: Over many years his efforts to understand and push the boundaries of what is possible with additive manufacturing is paying dividends now in this moment of crisis. He and his engineering students turned the university makerspace, STEM Center, and department labs into 24/7 3D print shops for COVID-19 protective face shield parts serving state and national needs.
Under his guidance, the university was also awarded an NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) project grant to establish the Additive Manufacturing Coalition and Hub (AM-WATCH). That network is also supporting the university’s efforts around COVID-19. As we shared in the AM News post, the 3D printing COVID-19 effort has produced thousands of face shields (personal protective equipment or PPE) for area first responders and other healthcare professionals.
It is said that Dr. Caplenor symbolized the essence of teaching and research. He was “trained to be a scientist, and he practiced his science with all the intellectual rigor attendant to his profession. But he also had the feeling of a poet and artist,” said former TTU President Arliss Roaden. According to others, “teaching for [Dr. Caplenor] was as natural as his breathing.”
For those of us who know Dr. Fidan, and for those yet to meet him, we at AM News believe the Caplenor award also recognizes these amazing traits and steadfast dedication in our colleague and friend. Congratulations on your achievement, Dr. Ismail Fidan.
Here are a few of his other achievements that may inspire your additive manufacturing ambitions:
Due to his innovation-mindedness, he has received the TTU’s Sissom Innovation and Creativity Award three times and the TBR (Tennessee Board of Regents) Lana Doncaster Innovation Award twice. His team is tasked to “innovate in and for additive manufacturing.” Here are a few of his active research projects in Additive Manufacturing:
1) They are working to develop lightweight low-cost sustainable composite printed parts for the automotive and dental industries.
2) They are developing low-cost metal 3D Printed parts for the industry overall.
3) They invented a 3D Printer that can dispense any paste type materials (shown in video above).
4) He and his team developed remote access features and apps to help additive manufacturing labs around the nation.
5) In coordination with Somerset Community College, they created a mobile learning AM platform.
Finally, if you have been seeking to learn more about the cutting edge of additive manufacturing, the TTU Golden Eagle Additively Innovative Lecture Series brings experts in from around the world for a virtual lecture. Dr. Fidan and team have been doing it for the last nine semesters (4.5 years).
Thursday, Sept. 17
Thursday, Oct. 29
Thursday, Nov. 19
