According to the group, there were 32 entries for the competition.
The first-ever Members Choice award went to a metal 3D printed bathroom faucet developed by Jung Kyu Im and Daniel Goncalves of Customer Prototypes, while winning first place in the Advanced Concepts category went to a project entitled “metal 3d printing raises the bar for the army’s jointless hull program” led by Nanci Hardwick of MELD Manufacturing. In the Advanced Finishing category, the judges selected “Mars Attacks,” submitted by Bill Braune of Dinsmore Inc as the first-place entry.
Other winners include:
Advanced finishing
2nd: “Adding a Colorful 3rd Dimension” from Mark Abshire
3rd: “Curiosity Revealing and Animating Gears” from Brent Wright of LifeNabled
Advanced concepts
2nd: “Avionics Heat Exchanger”, Andreas Vlahinos (Advanced Engineering Solutions)
3rd: “Using PBF to Enable DED in a CNC”, Jason Jones (Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies)
