America Makes, Members Exhibit at National Science Festival
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, is among the sponsors and exhibitors at the third annual USA Science and Engineering Festival.
The event, which takes place this weekend at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., is a national effort to advance education in the STEM disciplines – science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. America Makes member Lockheed Martin is the founding and presenting host.
At the America Makes exhibit, attendees can participate in hands-on activities to experience how 3-D technologies are changing the way things are being made today. The exhibit will be outfitted with Cube and Mojo 3-D printers from 3D Systems Corp. and Stratasys Inc., respectively, and feature the InventorCloud program from Applied Systems and Technology Transfer, which is based in the Youngstown Business Incubator.
"On a national level, the USA Science and Engineering Festival is unrivaled in its scale and magnitude," said Mike Hripko, deputy director of workforce and educational outreach at America Makes. "Our participation in the festival enables us to expose 3-D printing to a large number of students across a broad age range -- from kindergarten through high school age. We have tailored our exhibit, titled 'Hands-on 3-D Printing Experiences,' accordingly to inspire students at every age with the unlimited possibilities of 3-D printing."
America Makes members among the 750 organizations exhibiting at the event include 3D Systems, 3M, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Northrop Grumman, Pennsylvania State University, Raytheon Company, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Stratasys, University of Maryland, University of Texas at El Paso, and West Virginia University.
More than 250,000 visitors are expected.
Source: America Makes
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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