In 2019, UNT secured $10 million from the 86th Texas Legislature for the Center for Agile and Adaptive Additive Manufacturing (CAAAM). UNT launched the center at Discovery Park in 2018 under the umbrella of the university’s existing Additive Manufacturing Laboratory, and the expertise of its world-renowned faculty helped place the university at the forefront of this rapidly emerging field. UNT has developed one of the most advanced university research facilities in the nation for materials processing, manufacturing and analysis, allowing faculty and industry to collaborate to advance the science and application of materials processing and additive manufacturing across industries — from energy to aeronautics, automobile, biomedical and beyond.
Co-sponsored by UNT’s Division of Research and Innovation and the College of Engineering for the dual purpose of research and providing students with additional hands-on educational opportunities in this growing area, CAAAM is helping Texas develop a highly skilled workforce of engineers.