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    Lauralyn McDaniel

    Lauralyn McDaniel

    Lauralyn McDaniel leads our additive manufacturing/3D printing strategy and engagement. With over 20 years of experience in AM, micromanufacturing, and nanotechnology, McDaniel is active in the industry and serves as Vice Chair of the America Makes & ANSI Additive Manufacturing Standards Collaborative and as co-chair of the Medical Workgroup, DICOM WG-17 3D Manufacturing, RSNA 3D Printing SIG, and ASTM F42 Executive Committee. She received the America Makes Ambassador designation in 2018 and was named the 3D Printing Industry Community Advocate of the Year in 2019.

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    High-Performance Polymers Solving Critical Challenges

    Polymers were the first material group for additive manufacturing and remain the most often used material across all applications. The development and growth of metal AM systems has been a strong focus for the community over the last 10 years. Today, while still expanding use of metals, industries like aerospace, automotive, and energy are looking […]

    Additive Manufacturing: A Tale of Two Industries 

    AM’s journey in energy mirrors the aerospace industry.  In the additive manufacturing community, the aerospace sector has been an application leader for more than 30 years. Like the automotive industry, the ability to accelerate design and development was the first value of rapid prototyping. Assembly jigs soon followed, providing efficiencies for constructing aircraft fuselages and […]

    Using Standards and Design Guides for Additive Manufacturing

    Understanding additive manufacturing standards helps the AM community achieve reliable processes, including the critical design for AM. Several gaps between existing and needed standards for design were identified in the Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative (AMSC) Standardization Roadmap for AM. In 2021, America Makes and ANSI brought together subject matter experts from industry, government, and academia […]