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3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Specialization

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Specialization

Turn Your Ideas into Objects with 3D Printing. Obtain a rich understanding of what 3D printing is and how 3D printers work and develop skills in 3D Modeling. Consider how this new technology is being used by both firms and individuals with revolutionary potential; acquire a set of tangible skills that will allow you to design, prototype, manufacture, and share (or sell) physical objects.

Vishal Sachdev
Jeffrey Smith
Matthew Griffin

Instructors: Vishal Sachdev

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Specialization - 5 course series

The 3D Printing Revolution

Course 19 hours4.7 (1,634 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Have a solid understanding of 3D printing and its revolutionary potential

  • Be able to print and customize 3D designs.

Skills you'll gain

Category: 3D Production
Category: Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)

3D Printing Applications

Course 220 hours4.6 (669 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Describe the ways in which 3D printing enables a new way of making things

  • Describe trends in the 3D printing industry

  • Explain the various applications of 3D printing

  • Understand the basics of the design thinking approach

Skills you'll gain

Category: Materials
Category: New Product Development
Category: Human–Computer Interaction
Category: Product Development

3D Printing Software

Course 315 hours4.6 (537 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Sketch out idea that can be turned into 3D designs

  • Model ideas in 3D and convert to 3D printable designs

  • Scan people and objects for 3D printing

Skills you'll gain

Category: 3D Production
Category: 3D Modeling
Category: Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)
Category: 3D Scanning

3D Printing Hardware

Course 431 hours4.1 (107 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Understand the history and development of desktop 3D printers

  • Describe the different types of desktop 3D printers, how they work, what they are used for, and objects they can create

  • Set-up and prepare a 3D desktop printer for printing a test object

  • Identify 3D printable objects and prepare them for 3D desktop printing

Skills you'll gain

Category: Design Thinking
Category: 3D Production
Category: Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)

3D Printing Capstone

Course 55 hours4.4 (31 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Obtain a functional understanding of the process of developing a 3D printed solution to a problem

  • Effectively design for production of the part(s) in a 3D printed solution

  • Apply foundational concepts in 3D printing to solve a real world problem

Skills you'll gain

Category: 3D Production
Category: Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)

Instructors

Vishal Sachdev
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2 Courses51,412 learners
Jeffrey Smith
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 Course44,828 learners

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