🗓 May 25-28, 2026
🔎 HANDS ON! Theoretical and Practical Program
Receive hands-on training in diagnosing and solving your Additive Manufacturing issues!
Learn the fundamentals of Additive Manufacturing including design polymer structure that aligns with diverse printing platforms and correlation of structure-property processing relationships to accelerate innovation.
To ensure the best learning experience, maximum number of participants is 35 people. Hurry up to secure your spot!
TARGET AUDIENCE
This intensive workshop is perfect for all people who are seeking to deepen their expertise in additive manufacturing processes and structure–processing–property relationships to accelerate materials innovation!
You are all welcome!
- PhD candidates
- Postdoctoral researchers
- R&D scientists
- Materials scientists
AIN AND OBJECTIVES
- Understand practical uses of additive manufacturing methods and the predictive structure-property-processing relationships.
- Design novel polymeric materials with a balance of reactivity and rheology for diverse printing platforms.
- Work and consult with renowned authorities in the additive manufacturing field.
- Acquire hands-on experience by small group laboratory environment on relevant characterization and printing processes in POLYMAT laboratories.
- Gain comprehensive, cross-disciplinary knowledge of 3D printing, spanning from fundamental polymer characterization to advanced processing strategies.
- Solve your practical, work-related problems by discussing your work with additive manufacturing and polymer experts.
STRUCTURE AND PROFESSORS
This intensive 4-day course combines 6 focused theoretical sessions with 2 hands-on practical workshops at POLYMAT facilities, covering everything from key characterization techniques for 3D-printable polymeric materials to real-world additive manufacturing processes.
Four main researchers from Virginia Tech University, Arizona State University and Basque Country University (EHU) are leading the course, each of them focusing on one main topic of interest.
#RHEOLOGY / Polymer Rheology in AM Processes with Michael J. Bortner from Virginia Tech University
#REACTIVITY / Polymer Terminology and Classes with Timothy Long from Arizona State University
#RESOLUTION / Additive Manufacturing Processes with Christopher B. Williams from Virginia Tech University
#SUSTAINABILITY / Circularity in Additive Manufacturing with Xabi Lopez de Pariza from University of the Basque Country
Thank you for taking part in the event!
