Question: Which universities are using or teach 3D printers most effectively?

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Question: Which universities are using or teach 3D printers most effectively?

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Pcc has integrated 3d printing and cnc pcb manufacturing into they’re EET course. Although not a uni.

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Since @Bits_From_Bytes sells to UK Universities since long before Makerbot has gone closed source, I assume they have the most experience. (Right after MIT, where the RepRap project started of cause)

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@Marcus_Wolschon At MIT? I thought it was University of Bath by Adrian Bowyer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RepRap_Project

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@Marcus_Wolschon go read up on self replicating machines I think you will find you are well out of touch.

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@Tim_Rastall sounds right. Sorry.

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Good comments, but other than the historical development of 3D printers which universities are using 3D printers? I’ve read about 3D printers used in research, who really stands out? Are any universities using 3D printers campus wide?

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@Christopher_Dreyer yes but do your research and you will find. But as for what level who knows as they tend to be research projects not actual courses.

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@Christopher_Dreyer , I was one of the Undergraduate Lab Instructors at the Georgia Tech Invention Studio and also managed its 3D Printing resources. All of their consumer printers are free to use for current students and faculty (professional printers are not free if you’re part of a research group or the print is unrelated to coursework), and I think all told they have around 20 printers now. All a user needs to do is walk in with a file, and an Undergraduate Lab Instructor will train them on the spot to use the printers, up to whatever level of detail the user desires. The Studio is also alpha-testing a purpose-made print serving program called Fabserv to automate incoming print requests, not unlike central printing available at many university libraries; getting that entire project moving was my pet project before I graduated.