AMPrint Center at Rochester Institute of Technology

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In 2017, SUNY and the State of New York made a significant investment at Alfred University in the form of a $7.75M award to create the Ceramic Research, Education and Technology Enterprise (CREATE). CREATE focuses on three key areas, supporting the development of the technical ceramics and glass fields, including Additive Manufacturing, Ceramic Machining, and High Temperature Characterization.

In support of the development of new techniques for additively manufacturing with ceramic materials, CACT has partnered with Rochester Institute of Technology’s CAT – the Center for Additive Manufacturing and Multifunctional Printing, or AMPrint Center.

AMPRINT is focused on a number of key technical challenges including:

  • Synthesizing new functional materials that are optimized for 3D printing
  • Developing multi-material 3D printing technologies that can print polymeric, metallic, and even ceramic materials within the same part
  • Developing novel applications that take advantage of these new multi-functional 3D printing capabilities.

This important partnership brings a full suite of capabilities to industrial partners looking to develop new technologies and materials used in the field of additive manufacturing.