NSF Workshop on Additive Manufacturing for Health

March 17 - 18, 2016, Holiday Inn Grand Ballroom, Arlington, VA

Report as Journal Paper and NSF Workshop Report

Other sister workshops: 2013 NSF Workshop on Frontiers of Additive Manufacturing Research and Education

2014 NSF Workshop on Environmental Implications of Additive Manufacturing

2017 NSF workshop on Additive Manufacturing for Civil Infrastructure Design and Construction

Workshop Objectives

The objectives of this NSF workshop include:

• Review of the state-of-the-art in basic research on additive manufacturing (AM/3D printing) for health;

• Examination of future prospects of AM for health and sharing of perspectives on AM for health from funding agencies such as DoD, NIH, NIST, FDA, and NSF;

• Identification of needs, gaps and challenges facing AM for health; and

• Formulation of recommendations for basic research initiatives.

Intended Workshop Attendees

• Researchers who are interested in engaging in AM for health research; and

• Administrators and decision makers who support and facilitate AM for health research.

Workshop Updates

• (02/05/16) Due to overwhelming participation responses, we have moved our workshop venue from the NSF Headquarters to Holiday Inn Arlington (4610 N. Fairfax Dr.), which is a few blocks away from the NSF Headquarters; and

• (02/05/16) Registration is re-opened to accommodate more attendees.

• (03/10/16) Updated workshop agenda is posted.

• (07/15/17) Workshop report is posted.