Moody & Co-PIs Secure $1.15M for Advanced 3D Printing
QPL and UCSB co-PIs is grateful to the NSF for a $1.15 million grant to purchase the most cutting-edge 3D printing technology available for integrated photonics, quantum devices, microfluidics, and biology!
From UCSB College of Engineering: A new age of 3D printing is here, even though the initial technology for what is also known as additive manufacturing arrived less than twenty years ago. UC Santa Barbara is stepping into the era thanks to a $1.15 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to purchase the most cutting-edge 3D printing technology available: a 3D rapid nanoprinting system based on two-photon photolithography. The equipment will enhance the capabilities of the already widely recognized UCSB Nanofabrication Facility, (aka the “Nanofab” or “Nanotech”).
“The unique capabilities of this system open the door to new approaches to nano- and micro-manufacturing of complex structures and devices that are no longer constrained by geometry nor confined to two-dimensional planes,” the authors write.
By securing the grant, lead PI Galan Moody, UCSB professor of electrical and computer engineering, and four co-PIs — Marley Dewey (Bioengineering), Andrew Jayich (Physics), Sumita Pennathur (Mechanical Engineering), and Andrea Young (Physics) — are ensuring that UCSB can take a leadership role in pushing the boundaries of what the new technology can do. Says Moody: “There are just a few universities in the U.S. that have tools with these capabilities.”
