APRIL 14 2026 Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport Boston, MA
AM ACHIEVEMENT Celebrating
An SME AM Awards and TCT Awards Gala Program
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Welcome
An SME AM Awards and TCT Awards Gala
An unforgettable evening awaits as the additive manufacturing community comes together to celebrate the people, ideas, and breakthroughs shaping the future of the industry.
We are proud to welcome you to this special gathering, where peers and leaders from across the global AM landscape unite for an evening of connection, inspiration, and recognition. The program begins with a lively reception and continues with a seated dinner and the presentation of the industry’s most prestigious awards.
This year’s celebration is especially meaningful as we bring together the SME AM Awards and TCT Awards on one stage, creating a unified platform to recognize excellence and elevate the impact of innovation across our industry.
Thank you for being part of this remarkable evening and for your continued contributions to advancing additive manufacturing.
Sincerely,
Jeannine Kunz SME Executive Director and CEO
Duncan Wood CEO, TCT Group Chairman, Globus Rapid News Co. Ltd
EVENING PROGRAM
OPENING REMARKS
Jeannine Kunz
SME Executive Director and CEO
Duncan Wood CEO, TCT Group Chairman, Globus Rapid News Co. Ltd
ADVISORS & COMMITTEES
Additive Manufacturing Technical Community Advisors
RAPID + TCT Event Advisors
AM Emerging Professional Committee
Healthcare Additive Manufacturing Advisory Team
DDM Community Advisors
TCT Awards Judging Panel
AWARDS PRESENTATION
AM Start-Up Award
TCT Women in 3D Printing Innovator Award
DINNER SERVICE
GUEST SPEAKER
AWARDS PRESENTATION
Digital Manufacturing Challenge – High School
Digital Manufacturing Challenge – Undergrad
Digital Manufacturing Challenge – Graduate Aubin AM Aubin Case Study Award
TCT Aerospace and Defense Application
TCT Automotive and Rail Application Awards
TCT Consumer Product and Creative Application
TCT Industrial Product Application Award
TCT Healthcare Application Award
TCT Materials Award 2026
TCT Software Award 2026
TCT Hardware Award – Polymer Systems
TCT Hardware Award – Non-Polymer Systems
TCT Hall of Fame Award
AM Industry Achievement Award
CLOSING REMARKS
Jeannine Kunz
SME Executive Director and CEO
Duncan Wood
CEO, TCT Group Chairman, Globus Rapid News Co. Ltd
SME AM Technical Community Advisors
Chair
Jennifer Coyne, MS
Director of Programs
The Barnes Global Advisors
Vice Chair
Ahmed El Desouky, PhD
Director of Additive Manufacturing Veeco
Cody Cochran
General Manager and Co-Founder Azoth
William Cuervo
Vice President
3YOURMIND North America
Amy Elliott, PhD
Group Leader - Systems Automation and Monitoring Research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sheku Kamara, MS
Dean of Applied Research Milwaukee School of Engineering
Christina Kurth
Director of Business Development
The Barnes Global Addvisors
Melanie Lang Co-Founder and CEO FormAlloy
Ellen Lee, PhD
Technical Leader of Advanced Polymer Technologies, Research & Advanced Engineering Ford Motor Company
Travis Mayberry, PhD
Technical Portfolio Manager Divergent
Chinedum (“Chi”) Okwudire, PhD
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Miller Faculty Scholar University of Michigan
Pedrum Sodouri
Vice President, Business Development Nikon AM Synergy
Annie Wang President Senvol
Carolyn Conner Seepersad, PhD
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ted Anderson
GE Aerospace
RAPID + TCT Event Advisors
Services Tech Leader AM
Kevin Ayers AM Consultant
3D Metal Konsulting
Yash Bandari
Director of Business Development
FasTech LLC
Eric Barnes, FSME
Senior Fellow
Northrop Grumman
Lisa D. Block
CRO
Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies
Dan Braley, FSME, CAM-T
Associate Technical Fellow
Boeing Global Services
Rex Brown
Principal Mechanical Engineer
Honeywell (retired)
April Cooke, PhD
Principal Process Engineer
Seurat Technologiess
Professor
Vesna Cota
MET-L-FLO Inc.
Axial3d
Boris Fritz
Abbey Delaney
Giles Gaskell
Denis Cormier, PhD
Gilman Analytics
Todd Grimm
Carl Dekker, Fellow CEO
Rochester Institute of Technology
Charles Gilman
Mechanical Engineer
Senior Director of Marketing
Adjunct Associate Professor
University of Southern California
Additive Industry Specialist
Pinnacle X-Ray Solutions LLC
President T. A. Grimm & Associates
Founder and Principal Consultant VMMI
RAPID + TCT Event Advisors
James Harrison
Additive Manufacturing Sales Engineer
B4 Technologies
LJ Holmes
Executive Director, Research and Engineering
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
Olga “Dr. O” Ivanova, PhD
Director of Applications & Technology
Mechnano
SJ Jones
Principal Manufacturing Engineer
Northrop Grumman
Sheku Kamara
Dean of Applied Research
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Humna Khan CEO/Founder
ASTRO Mechanical Testing Laboratory
Giuseppe Lacaria
Research Engineer
Ford Motor Company
David Leigh, PhD
Director for the Center for Additive
Manufacturing and Design Innovation
The University of Texas at Austin
Brian Levy
Aerodynamics Engineer
Andretti Global
Sofia Lopez
Regional Head of Projects, and Implementation Americas
COBOD North America
William (Dallas) Martin
Additive Engineer
Toyota
Michael Nikodinovski
Manufacturing Engineer
U.S. Arm
Brandon Ribic, PhD
Technology Director
NCDMM
Thomas Sorovetz
Owner
T.A. Sorovetz, LLC Engineering Consulting
Mihaela Vlasea, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Waterloo
Brennon White
Technical Specialist - Advance Mfg
General Motors
Chair
Matt Kelly, PhD
Precision Additive
VP of Additive Material Processes and Certification
Vice Chair
Justin Rivera
Sr. Technical Service Engineer
Airtech International
Secretary Amanda Taylor, MS
Founder Lynnovative Consulting, LLC
Jared Beck
Senior Additive Manufacturing Specialist
Rivian
Megan Bynoe, MS
Additive Manufacturing Engineer
Veeco
Ben Graybill, MS
Additive Manufacturing Operations Lead
Agile Space Industries
R&D Staff
Oerlikon AM
Siemens Healthineers
Alex Roschli, PhD
Trane Technologies
SME AM Emerging Professionals Committee
Benjamin Obeng, MS
Justin Wenning
Assistant Professor
Sarah Wolff, PhD
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Rashmi Vadlakonda, MS
The Ohio State University
SMART Transformation Engineer
Lead Additive Manufacturing Engineer
Program Manager & Sr. Application Engineer
SME Healthcare AM Advisors
Amy Alexander, MS, CMfgE
Unit Head, Biomechanical Development and Applied Computational Engineering Mayo Clinic
Andy Christensen, FSME
President
Fingerprint Additive LLC
James Coburn, MS
Senior Advisor for Emerging Tech US Food and Drug Administration
David Dean, PhD
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison
Matthew Di Prima, PhD
Materials Scientist US Food and Drug Administration
Maddy Duensing
Senior Medical Segment Application Engineer Stratasys
Jonathan Ford, PhD
Associate Director of Vista University of Southern California
Parham Gholami
Research Engineer Rady Children’s Hospital
Adam Jakus, PhD CEO & Founder BioThera3 Advising & Consulting, LLC
Maggie Lashutka
Biomedical Engineer, Additive Manufacturing Ricoh 3D for Healthcare
Mariah Latshaw, MS, CAM-F Manager of Trainer Design and XR Boston Children’s Hospital
Peter Liacouras, PhD
Director of Services, 3D Medical Applications Center Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Chair
Sarah Rimini
Sr Manager, AM Center of Excellence for Healthcare
RICOH 3D for Healthcare
Vice Chair
Justin Ryan, PhD
Research Scientist
Rady Children’s Hopsital - San Diego
Megan Malara, PhD
Innovation Hub Director
National Center for Defense Manufacturing & Machining (NCDMM)
Jonathan Morris, MD
Director, 3D Printing Anatomic Modeling Lab
Mayo Clinic
Todd Pietila, MBA
Director of Hospital Sales - Americas & EMEA Materialise
Anne-Marie Therrian
Community Engagement Manager
ARMI | BioFabUSA
Trish Weber
Victoria Sears, MS
Rami Shorti, PhD
Nicole Wake, PhD
Senior Medical Segment Applications Engineer Stratasys
Assistant Director 3D Printing and Training Center Clarkson College
Brent Wright, CP, BOCO Vice President
Lead R&D Scientist and Emerging Technology Consultant Intermountain Health
EastPoint Prosthetics & Orthotics, Inc
Director, Research and Scientific Affairs GE Healthcare
SME DDM Community Advisory Team
Chair
Carl Dekker
Met-l-Flo
President
Secretary
Peter P. Ried Jr, LSME, CAM-F
Chief Engineer
Ried & Associates LLC
Robbie Adams, PhD
Consultant
RJA Consulting and Development
Kevin Ayers
AM Consultant
3D Metal Konsulting
Mel Cossette, MEd
Executive Director & PI
Edmonds College
Vesna Cota
Founder and Principal Consultant
VMMI
Derek Ellis
Application Engineer/Sales
Authentise (retired)
Mihaela Vlasea, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Waterloo
Robin Zwick
Manufacturing Engineer
The Boeing Co.
Carolyn Conner Seepersad, PhD
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
TCT Awards Judging Panel
We are incredibly proud that the judging process for the TCT Awards is credible, knowledgeable, and completely impartial.
Our judging panel is composed of members of the TCT Advisory Board—an independent group of global experts, analysts, journalists, and academics. With more than 25 carefully selected members, the board provides an exceptional breadth of insight and experience, ensuring a well-rounded, fair, and thoroughly objective evaluation process.
Angela Szerlong Group Director – AM Series SME
Candice Majewaki
Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering University of Sheffield
Carl Dekker
President Met-L-Flo Inc
Chris Sutcliffe
Founder Meta Consulting LDA
Claire Scott
Technology Adoption Specialist Made Smarter
Daniel Johns
CEO & Board Member
3T-AM Ltd and Beamit
Filip Geerts
CEO European Association of Manufacturing Technologies
Hoda Amel
Technology Manager Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC)
Jennifer Johns Director of Research University of Bristol
Jeremy Pullin Head of Additive Manufacturing Sartorius
Jonathan Rowley
DfAM Consultant and Educator Advanced SLS
Kat Ermant
Lead Prototype Technician Peloton
TCT Awards Judging Panel
Kristian Arntz
Professor for manufacturing technologies and machine tools FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences
Kristin Mulherin Director, Additive Manufacturing Hubbell
Melissa Orme
Vice president, Additive Manufacturing
The Boeing Company
Mohsen Siefi
Vice President, New Global Advanced Manufacturing Programs
ASTM International
Peter Rogers
CEO & Lead Consultant Layered Ltd
Phil Reeves
Managing Director Reeves Insight
Phill Dickens Founder Added Scientific
Robin Dallen
Additive Manufacturing Consultant Freelance
Sarah Goehrke Owner/Principal
Additive Integrity
Sheku Kamara Dean of Applied Research Milwaukee School of Engineering
Tali Rosman
Business and M&A Advisor
RHH Advisory
Terry Wohlers
Head of Advisory Services and Market Intelligence Wohlers Associates
Todd Grimm President
T. A. Grimm & Associates, Inc.
Innovator Award
TCT is proud to partner once again with Women in 3D Printing to present the sixth annual TCT Women in 3D Printing Innovator Award. This award celebrates the trailblazing women driving breakthroughs in 3D printing and additive manufacturing. After an outstanding response from the community and an inspiring list of nominees, WI3DP and TCT selected five exceptional finalists. The winner—chosen by public vote—will be revealed tonight, and we can’t wait to celebrate this remarkable innovator.
Andrea Irigoyen
Mechanical Design Engineer at Honeywell Aerospace
Andrea Irigoyen is a Honeywell Aerospace engineer advancing high performance additive manufacturing by designing innovative components and mentoring teams to expand AM capability across complex aerospace programmes.
Angeline Goh
Additive Manufacturing Technology Leader (Former) at Shell
Angeline Goh is a leading AM specialist in the energy sector, championing digital supply networks and global industry standards to drive safe, sustainable adoption of additive technologies.
Jill Urbanic
Professor at University of Windsor
Professor Jill Urbanic is a recognised expert in additive and hybrid manufacturing, shaping next generation digital production systems through influential research, software innovation, and strong academic industry collaboration.
Johanna Schwartz
Staff Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dr. Johanna Schwartz is a pioneering LLNL scientist developing advanced printable materials and high throughput AM methods that accelerate innovation in polymers for next generation sustainable products.
Sharon Nai
Senior Principal Scientist & Director at A*STAR Additive Innovation Centre
Dr. Sharon Nai is an award winning A*STAR leader driving additive manufacturing industrialisation, advancing cutting edge R&D, and establishing key partnerships that strengthen global AM capability and innovation.
Harsh Baid, PhD Chief Scientist
AlphaSTAR Technology Solutions
Christina Kurth
SME AM Start-Up Technology Award Jury
Director of Business Development The Barnes Global Addvisors
Jennifer Coyne, MS Director of Programs The Barnes Global Advisors
Andrew Graves Business Development Manager Stratasys
Ellen Lee, PhD Technical Leader of Advanced Polymer Technologies, Research & Advanced Engineering Ford Motor Company
Carolyn Conner Seepersad, PhD Professor of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Gabriel Suppes Vice President of Business Develeopment Onulis
Amanda Taylor, MS Founder Lynnovative Consulting, LLC
Annie Wang President Senvol
SME AM Start-Up Technology Award
Spotlighting emerging innovation in additive manufacturing, this award recognizes promising start-up technologies and applications with strong technical potential, market relevance, and industry impact.
RUNNER-UP
Dawn Industries
Virtual Intelligent Mentor (VIM)
Providing real-time vision-based guidance at the point of work - overlaying stepby-step checks and golden references through our AR glasses and AI system.
Winner
MatterWave
Improving Durability and Consistency in Metal Additive Manufacturing
Enhancing metal AM performance by applying in-process phonon excitation to control microstructure during printing and reduce reliance on post-processing.
Rebekah Gregory Speaker. Survivor. Storyteller. Still Figuring it Out
Twelve years ago, I was standing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon with my 5-year-old son when a bomb exploded just feet behind us. In an instant, I became a human shield, my body absorbing the blast that could have taken both of our lives.
What followed was more than a headline. It was months in the hospital, 76 surgeries, and eventually the amputation of my left leg. I’ve had to relearn how to walk, how to parent through pain, and how to live in a body I didn’t recognize. And I’m still undergoing procedures to this day.
But I wasn’t supposed to survive — and I didn’t go through all of this to stay silent.
Over the last decade, I’ve shared my journey with audiences around the world. From Fortune 500 companies and hospital systems to women’s retreats and trauma summits, I speak about what it means to rebuild your life when everything has fallen apart — and how resilience isn’t just something we’re born with. It’s something we choose, over and over again.
Today, I’m not just a survivor. I’m a speaker, a mom, a wife, and the founder of Rebekah’s Angels Foundation, which provides mental health support for children and families navigating their own hard chapters. Because I know firsthand that trauma doesn’t end when the headlines do and healing doesn’t happen alone.
My story is messy, unfinished, and still being written, but it’s real.
And if I’ve learned anything, it’s this: you don’t have to be blown up to know what it feels like for life to explode. But you can still come back stronger than ever, even on your last leg.
Thank you for being here.
My story isn’t just about what tried to take me out. It’s about what couldn’t.”
Awards SME AWARDS
SME Awards Jury Digital Manufacturing Challenge Award
Kevin Ayers
AM Consultant
3D Metal Konsulting
Bill Bihlman, PhD Program Director, Composites Fraunhofer USA Inc.
Ryan Blake Key Account Manager Stratasys
Rex Brown Principal Engineer (retired) Honeywell
April Cooke, PhD Principal Process Engineer Seurat Technologies
Carl Dekker
Met-l-Flo President
Brent Griffith, D.Eng
Additive Manufacturing Engineering Manager Labconco
Peter P. Ried Jr., LSME, CAM-F Chief Engineer Ried & Associates LLC
Shahed Saleh Senior Product Manager - Applied AI CoLab Software
Digital Manufacturing Challenge High School
Showcasing student innovation in digital and additive manufacturing, this challenge recognizes forward-thinking engineering solutions that address real-world design, production, and sustainability challenges.
RUNNER-UP
College Station High School
3D Printing Paper Electronics
Author: Justin Wang
Advisor: Jenny Qiu, PhD
Replacing conventional FR-4 and plastic circuit boards with 3D-printed, recyclable paper electronics for low-cost devices such as RFID tags, toys, and sensors.
Winner
duPont Manual High School
Cicada-Inspired Novel 3D-Printed Micropillar Patch Design for Thermo-Responsive Smart Gel Based Drug Delivery Systems
Author: Vallabh Ramesh
Advisor: Kunal Kate, PhD
Enabling customizable, sustained drug delivery through a cicada-inspired 3D-printed micropillar patch with thermo-responsive smart gel.
Showcasing student innovation in digital and additive manufacturing, this challenge recognizes forward-thinking engineering solutions that address real-world design, production, and sustainability challenges.
RUNNER-UP
Western Washington University
AM Ambient Lighting System
Author: Royniel Aning Advisor: Derek Yip-Hoi, PhD
Creating a human-centered, energy-efficient lighting system using additively manufactured geometry, multi-material diffusion, and low-power LEDs for softer, more comfortable illumination.
Digital Manufacturing Challenge Undergraduate Winner
California State University, Northridge
LokJaw Vertical Clamping Device
Author: Jorge Avina, Brett Moore, Misael Mendoza, Tyler Krausz, Jacob Miller, Ahmed Omar Advisor: Sepideh Abolghasem, PhD
Improving CNC machining consistency and operator safety with a retrofit, servo-controlled vise that applies precise, repeatable clamping force.
Showcasing student innovation in digital and additive manufacturing, this challenge recognizes forward-thinking engineering solutions that address real-world design, production, and sustainability challenges.
RUNNER-UP
University of Alberta Shin Guard Design - 2026
Author: Xinhao Yin, Esosa Egharevba Advisor: Osezua Ibhadode, PhD
Delivering custom-fit, impact-absorbing shin guards using a single-material, 3D-printed lattice that improves protection, comfort, and recyclability.
Digital Manufacturing Challenge Graduate Winner
University of Delaware & Temple University
Bridging Topology Optimization and Digital Manufacturing Through 3D Fiber Tethering (3DFiT) for High-Performance Composite Structures
Author: Md Habib Ullah Khan, Md Mohaiminul Islam, Janeshwar Sharma, Ismail Mujtaba Khan, Kaiyue Deng
Advisor: Kelvin Fu, PhD
Enabling moldless fabrication of ultra-lightweight composite structures by placing continuous fibers directly along optimized load paths.
SME Awards Jury – Aubin Case Study Award
Chris Baschuk Director of Clinical Services Point Designs
Jaime Berez
Assistant Professor University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Dan Braley
Sr. Program Manager - Engineering & Depot Services
V2X
Advanced Manufacturing Fellow Astro America
Ahmed El Desouky, PhD
Director of Additive Manufacturing Veeco
Matt Kelly, PhD
VP of Additive Material Processes and Certification
Precision Additive
Tyler LeBrun, PhD
Program Manager
The Barnes Global Advisors
Travis Mayberry, PhD
Technical Portfolio Manager
Divergent
Yash Parikh, Phd
Process Engineering Consultant
EOS North America
Tara Thomasson
Technical Fellow
Lockheed Martin
Andreas Vlahinos, Phd
Chief Technical Officer
Advanced Engineering Solutions
Mihaela Vlasea, Phd
Associate Professor University of Waterloo(Canada)
Aubin AM Aubin Case Study Award
Recognizing innovative real-world applications of additive manufacturing, this award honors outstanding case studies that demonstrate impactful AM adoption, implementation, and technical excellence.
RUNNER-UP
Distortion-Controlled WAAM of a Dual-Material Compression Mold for Large-Scale, High-Rate Aerospace Composite Fabrication
Contributors:
Yousub Lee, PhD - Computational Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
William Carter - Mechanical Engineer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Chris Masuo - R&D Assistant Staff Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Andrzej Nycz, PhD - Senior R&D Staff Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ahmed Arabi Hassen, PhD - Group Leader, Composites Innovation Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Demonstrating large-scale, dual-material WAAM tooling with embedded conformal channels to enable faster, more efficient thermoplastic composite manufacturing for aerospace applications.
Winner
Large Scale Additive Manufacturing of Precision Composite Tooling to Accelerate Nuclear Infrastructure Deployment
Contributors:
Ahmed Arabi Hassen, PhD – Group Leader, Composites Innovation Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Kevin Zinn – Technical Staff Member, Manufacturing, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Susan MacKay, PhD – Senior R&D Program Manager II, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University of Maine
Ahmed Elhattab, PhD, SE, PE – Principal Engineer, Kairos Power
Edward Blandford, PhD – Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Kairos Power
Advancing nuclear construction with large-format additive manufacturing of high-precision composite formwork that reduced tooling lead times, enabled rapid design changes, and supported safety-critical concrete structures.
Awards TCT AWARDS
To quote the late, great Catherine O’Hara as the glamorous Moira Rose, ‘Awards!’ is my favourite season in the additive manufacturing calendar. This year, as we bring together two of our industry’s most prestigious celebrations for the first time, it’s doubly special.
As an editor covering the 3D printing space, I spend a lot of my time talking about industry challenges - the what, the why and how. Each year, every single entry that we receive for the TCT Awards brings attention to the challenges that the smart people in this industry, and those industries using AM, have tackled head on, whether that’s a technology breakthrough or application.
Tonight, then, is a moment for us to celebrate the who.
There are nine TCT awards up for grabs, plus our next inductee to the prestigious TCT Hall of Fame and this year’s TCT Women in 3D Printing Innovator Award.
I’d like to thank our brilliant TCT team for your hard work bringing this night together, and to our partners at SME for collaborating with us on this exciting event.
But most of all, thank you to you, our guests and nominees, for being with us. Have a fantastic evening!
Laura Griffiths Head of Content TCT Group
Aerospace & Defence Application Award Finalists
Celebrating pioneering aerospace and defence innovations that push material, electronic, and automation boundaries, this award recognises standout applications showcasing the sector’s leading role in additive manufacturing adoption.
Crushable Lattices for Impact Attenuation
Entrant: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Partners: REM Surface Engineering, nTop
Titanium lattices achieve ultra-low density, precise crush behaviour and NASA-qualified performance, delivering major impact attenuation improvements and 50% mass reduction versus aluminium structures.
Project TAMPA
Entrant: Ministry of Defence
Partners: Thales, NP Aerospace, Babcock and RBSL
A Defence AM initiative accelerating OEM-led metal component adoption through transparent collaboration, improving performance, resilience and development speed while informing the MOD’s Advanced Manufacturing Strategy.
Structurally Critical Defence Vehicle Subframe
Entrant: DIGITAL MANUFACTURING CENTRE
Partners: NP Aerospace, MOD, Caracol, Vertex Engineering
Large metal AM subframe matching cast performance, reducing cost and speeding delivery to return vehicles to service months earlier, improving fleet readiness and resilience.
Automotive & Rail Application Award Finalists
Honouring advanced AM use in automotive and rail, this category showcases exceptional applications driving efficiency, low volume production, and smarter component development across these increasingly additive focused sectors.
Cadillac CELESTIQ Production Parts
Entrant: General Motors
Partners: Forecast3D, Azoth LLC, Exo-s
130+ AM parts integrated into a luxury vehicle, eliminating tooling, accelerating development and enabling complex structural and cosmetic components including steering wheel and seat belt guide features.
Integrated Passive Cooling
Entrant: Martinrea International
Partners: Equispheres Inc
AM e-motor housing with vapor-chamber cooling cut pressure drop 60% and winding temperature 39°C, removing larger pumps and lowering system cost.
Racing car Production Bodywork
Entrant: Caracol AM
Partners: Motodromo Castelletto di Branduzzo, Garroni Design
LFAM-produced carbon-reinforced ABS bodywork printed direct from CAD, eliminating molds, halving development time and reducing scrap for custom racing panels.
Consumer Product & Creative Application Award Finalists
Celebrating the fusion of creativity and technology, this award honours AM applications that elevate design, unlock new aesthetics, and transform how consumer products and creative industries bring ideas to life.
Domino 3.0: Generated Living Structure
Entrant: Caracol AM
Partners: Kengo Kuma & Associates
AM-produced TPE joints tailored to irregular timber cut fabrication time, reduce waste and enable adaptive digitally assembled structures.
Recycled TPU Lattice Foam Cushions
Entrant: EcoLattice
Recycled TPU lattice cushions replace foams with digitally tuned structures, reducing waste and enabling customised comfort for circular furniture.
Gen1.0 Titanium Watch
Entrant: Apiar
Partners: Apex Additive Technologies, Silvey Engineering
LPBF titanium architecture unlocks previously impossible geometries, reducing tooling constraints and delivering lightweight high-performance watch components.
PORTAL – Immersive Furniture
Entrant: Caracol AM
Partners: Decibel Made
AI-guided LFAM prints full-scale furniture in recycled materials, cutting production time and enabling custom sculptural geometries.
Tactile Braille Storybook
Entrant: Singapore Institute of Technology
Partners: Tusitala, IC2PrepHouse
3D printed Braille storybook with interchangeable plates enabling low-cost, scalable production of accessible literacy tools for visually impaired children.
Industrial Product Application Award Finalists
Honouring outstanding industrial AM use, this category highlights applications improving equipment, automation and manufacturing systems, showcasing how additive technologies are reshaping the essential products powering global industry.
Ceramic-filled Injection Mold Inserts
Entrant: Axtra3D
Partners: Forward AM, Becton Dickinson, LSI
Printed mold inserts cut tooling costs 90% and enable rapid high-quality low-volume molding.
Generative Design LNG Vaporizer
Entrant: EOS
Partners: IKM Flux, Jiskoot Solutions, Valland, Intertec, ToffeeX
AM-optimised vaporizer integrating channels and insulation for stable cryogenic performance in one component.
Hybrid Fixtures
Entrant: General Motors
AM/CNC hybrid fixtures achieving ±0.20 mm accuracy while cutting lead times and pilot costs by around 65%.
nextGEN Turbine Blade Repairs
Entrant: additiveStream4D
Partners: Hyphen Innovations, 3T additive manufacturing
Hybrid AM repair workflow restoring turbine blades with improved life, reducing waste and extending fleet service.
Healthcare Application Award Finalists
Highlighting cutting edge medical use of AM, this category honours personalised, patient driven solutions enabled by evolving materials and technologies that make healthcare one of the most impactful additive sectors.
Anvesa Patch
Entrant: Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
Partners: Pandit Deendayal Energy University
Fully 3D printed sweat-sensing patch integrating microfluidics for low-cost, customised biomarker monitoring.
AtriCure cryoXT Distal Tip
Entrant: Penn United Technologies
Partners: Atricure
AM distal tip improving cryogenic flow for reliable multi-surface nerve freezing in pain-management procedures.
Eyelid Surgery Training Models
Entrant: Stratasys
Partners: Addion
Realistic multi-layer anatomical eyelid models replacing cadaver training with scalable surgical simulation.
Keratoprosthesis - Artificial Cornea Surgery
Entrant: Singapore National Eye Centre
Partners: Temasek Polytechnic
3D printed corneal implant simplifying OOKP surgery and enabling scalable sight-restoration procedures.
TALOS™ Tantalum Orthopedic Implant Platform
Entrant: Croom Medical
Partners: Global Advanced Metals
Scalable AM tantalum implant platform delivering strong fixation, custom geometries and reduced material waste.
Tracheostoma Seal
Entrant: Department of Veterans AffairsJames A. Haley VA Hospital
Patient-specific 3D printed stoma seal restoring airtight fit and improving speech and respiratory management.
Materials Award Finalists
Celebrating breakthroughs in AM materials, this award honours innovations across polymers, metals, ceramics, composites and biomaterials that enable stronger, smarter and more advanced additive manufacturing performance.
Cold Spray CP Ti Validated to Handbook Strength
Entrant: Metal Powder Works
Partners: HAMR Industries
Cold-spray titanium powder achieving aerospace-level strength for cost-efficient high-value applications.
Cu29 All-Metal Conductive Filament
Entrant: Kupros
Partners: NSWC Crane
Highly conductive metal filament enables embedded electronics, cutting lead times from weeks to hours.
EOS NickelAlloy 247
Entrant: EOS
Breakthrough LPBF process prints Alloy 247 with preserved high-temperature performance for extreme environments.
Eurofer97 Low-Activation Steel for Fusion Energy
Entrant: Globus Metal Powders
Partners: University of Southampton, University of Warwick
Ultra-clean Eurofer97 powder produces dense, crack-free fusion-ready components with exceptional toughness.
P3™ Silicone 25A
Entrant: Stratasys
Partners: Shin-Etsu
Printable silicone delivering durable tooling-free seals and flexible components with validated long-term performance.
Software Award Finalists
Recognising software’s vital role in AM, this category highlights impactful tools that streamline design, development, manufacturing and lifecycle management, enabling smarter, more efficient additive-driven product creation.
CO-AM Brix
Entrant: Materialise
Partners: Phits Insoles, Nikon SLM Solutions, EOS
Low-code platform automating AM workflows, improving quality and accelerating NPI with real-time insights.
EOS Fingerprint
Entrant: EOS
Digital fingerprints enable real-time process monitoring, improving consistency and cutting QA effort up to 50%.
Helm: Fleet Management Software
Entrant: re:3D
Partners: RPS
Open-source app auto-discovers printers for unified fleet monitoring and scalable operations.
Phasio-AMIS Integrated Workflow
Entrant: AMIS
Partners: Phasio
Unified build prep and production system reducing manual steps and scheduling time by 80%.
RREQAM: Rapid Reverse Engineering & Qualification for AM
Entrant: Authentise
Partners: GKN Aerospace, Boeing
Integrated reverse-engineering and qualification workflow converting legacy drawings into structured, traceable data.
Hardware Award – Polymer Systems Finalists
Recognising breakthrough polymer technologies, this award celebrates AM hardware that advances polymer processing with innovative capabilities, improved performance, and systems that redefine what’s possible in additive manufacturing.
Desktop 5-axis printing
Entrant: Generative Machine Company
Partners: Aibuild, Autodesk, Duet3D, Hexaxes
Compact 5-axis printer enabling conformal deposition and rapid LFAM strategy testing without robotic cells.
INDX
Entrant: Bondtech
Partners: PRUSA Research
Induction-heated wireless toolchanging enabling fast, waste-free multi-material printing with improved extrusion reliability.
Neo®800+
Entrant: Stratasys
Large-format SLA system with faster scanning and improved accuracy for reduced post-processing and faster builds.
PostPro UP
Entrant: Additive Manufacturing Technologies
Automated unpacking system reusing build powder as cleaning media, reducing contamination and recovering material.
RMS220
Entrant: Raise3D
High-performance SLS system with large volume, nitrogen generation and low downtime for efficient production.
RSPro800 X
Entrant: UnionTech
Four-laser SLA with synchronised optics enabling seamless large-format builds at up to 60% faster speeds.
Hardware Award – Non-Polymer Systems Finalists
Celebrating cutting edge non polymer AM technologies, this award recognises innovations in metals, ceramics, composites, biomaterials and beyond that push system capabilities and redefine industry performance.
ATO SPARQ
Entrant: 3D Lab
Partners: Arcway , 3D Lab
AI-guided ultrasonic atomizer facilitating tailored metal powders from diverse feedstocks for scalable, on-demand powder production.
Carmel Multi-Material Inkjet System
Entrant: XJet 3D
Four-channel inkjet enables seamless multi-material metal-ceramic printing with gradient fusion in a single build.
LAPIS: Hybrid Metal AM
Entrant: LAPIS
Partners: Nanyang Technological University
Powder-free sheet-based process achieving fine 50 µm features and complex geometries with lower infrastructure cost.
M4 ONYX
Entrant: EOS
Partners: Grenzebach, Volkmann, Siemens
6×400 W LPBF architecture delivers 50% higher throughput with automated powder handling and major waste reduction.
MetalFab 420K
Entrant: Additive Industries
Partners: Stoke Space
Quad 1 kW lasers deliver high-throughput metal production with low oxygen control and automated powder handling.
MMJ ProX-Series
Entrant: AMAREA Technology
Partners: Fraunhofer IKTS, esmo
Multi-material jetting platform producing metal, ceramic and composite parts with functional gradients and intricate internal features.
Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame
Inductee 2026
Joe Allison
Early Pioneer and Software Developer
Joe Allison entered the 3D printing industry in 1988 with 3D Systems, earning 12 patents for early SLA innovations. In 1991 he co founded Solid Concepts, where he spent 24 years as CEO advancing the adoption of SLA, SLS, FDM, DMLS and MJF, as well as contributing to pivotal tools like automated support generation software and the universal CAD viewer. Solid Concepts grew into the world’s largest 3D printed parts supplier before being acquired by Stratasys in 2014. Joe later served as Executive Vice President at Stratasys and CEO of Stratasys Direct Manufacturing, helping drive large scale industrial deployment of additive manufacturing. Recognised with numerous honours and accolades over the course of his career, he now works as a founding member of 3D Ventures and CEO of Gentle Giant Studios.
AM Industry Achievement Award Jury
Cody Cochran
General Manager and Co-Founder
Azoth
Carolyn Conner Seepersad, PhD
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Jennifer Coyne, MS Director of Programs
The Barnes Global Advisors
William Cuervo Vice President
3YOURMIND North America
Ahmed El Desouky, PhD Director of Additive Manufacturing Veeco
Amy Elliott, PhD
Group Leader - Systems Automation and Monitoring Research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sheku Kamara, MS
Dean of Applied Research
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Christina Kurth
Director of Business Development
The Barnes Global Addvisors
Melanie Lang
Co-Founder and CEO
FormAlloy
Ellen Lee, PhD
Technical Leader of Advanced Polymer Technologies, Research & Advanced Engineering
Ford Motor Company
Travis Mayberry, PhD
Technical Portfolio Manager
Divergent
Chinedum (“Chi”) Okwudire, PhD
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Miller Faculty Scholar University of Michigan
Pedrum Sodouri
Vice President, Business Development
Nikon AM Synergy
Annie Wang
President Senvol
AM
Industry Achievement Industry Achievement AWARD
Celebrating transformative leadership in additive manufacturing, this award recognizes individuals or teams for commercially implemented achievements that have delivered meaningful industry impact and helped advance AM adoption.
Max Lobovsky
CEO & Co-Founder, Formlabs
Max Lobovsky is co-founder and CEO of Formlabs. Formlabs pioneered the new category of professional desktop 3D printing when it launched the world’s first affordable, powerful desktop stereolithography 3D printer. Prior to starting Formlabs, Lobovsky led the efforts at Fab@Home, one of the industry’s earliest open-source 3D printing projects which has been instrumental in setting up labs in schools worldwide. A Forbes’ 30 Under 30 recipient and World Economic Forum Pioneer, Lobovsky holds a B.S. in Applied Engineering and Physics from Cornell University and a M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT.
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