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Manufacturing

Quality assurance

News and Updates

MBE & QIF Summit at MxD 2024

MBE & QIF Summit 2024

The MBE Summit has brought academia, government, and industry experts together for over 10 years to share the challenges, implementation issues, and lessons

Projects and Programs

Digital Thread for Manufacturing

Ongoing
The Digital Thread for Manufacturing project will deliver methods, protocols, and tools for developing, conformance testing, increasing user-awareness, and

Additive Manufacturing Part Qualification

Completed
Critical parts for defense, aerospace, and medical applications must be formally qualified prior to use. Currently, extensive empirical testing consisting of

Publications