Veterinarians and gorilla keepers at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden outfitted Gladys, an 11-year old gorilla, with the world’s first 3D-printed titanium cast, made by GE Additive.

Gladys was pretty hard on her traditional cast, resulting in a more robust solution. “We’re hoping that this one will be more gorilla proof.” said Dr. Mike Wenninger, Cincinnati Zoo’s director of animal health. It should be as it is made of the same titanium material that was used for the screws and plates that repaired her fractured arm.

A team of Rice University students has developed a cold spray metal additive manufacturing device that relies on pressure and velocity rather than temperature to create a metal part. The project won an Excellence in Capstone Engineering Award and first place in the Willy Revolution Award for Outstanding Innovation at the annual Huff OEDK Engineering Design Showcase

Dr. Enrique J. Lavernia, M. Katherine Banks Chair and Dr. Julie M. Schoenung, Wofford Cain Chair III, both of whom are professors in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, and in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, have joined forces to write “Metallic Powders for Additive Manufacturing: Science and Applications,” published by Wiley, Inc. 

Talk 'N Technology presentations are provided by student grant recipients at the annual PowderMet and AMPM conferences. To further advance the excellent research & development by the grant recipients and their universities, APMI will provide the students’ presentations and posters to its members as a benefit. 

Date: Thursday, May 9th, 2024
Time: Social Hour: 5:30–6:30 p.m. • Dinner: 6:30 p.m.
Place: Wildwoods Bar & Grill
Meeting Sponsor: Osterwalder
Speaker: Bob Orsulak
Topic: Electric Press Technology for PM Part Production

BONUS: Any individual that attends 5 of the 7 West Penn technical sessions during the 2023–2024 season will be entered to win a complementary full conference registration to attend PowderMet2024 / AMPM2024, June 16–19, in Pittsburgh!

RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE NO LATER THAN NOON ON FRIDAY, MAY 3