1. Design Thinking for Additive Manufacturing
Welcome to your online course entitled “Design Thinking for Additive Manufacturing.” This course introduces you to a new way of manufacturing goods and items -- when you need them and where you need them. The new way is called Additive Manufacturing. Eventually, as the technology develops and matures, it will allow you to manufacture virtually any item that you can dream up, even if there is nothing like it that currently exists.
As we will discover and discuss, Additive Manufacturing offers many advantages and benefits that traditional manufacturing methods are unable to deliver.
Before we go too much further, it behooves us to remind ourselves of the current definition of the term “manufacture.”
Since the start of the industrial revolution, the term manufacture has come to mean centralized, systemized, large scale, production of goods and items by means of machinery and employing division of labor. Division of labor means that an individual worker specializes in and performs a limited number of operations. It also means that individual workers focus on and become expert and skilled in specialized knowledge.
In traditional manufacturing, the means of production (know-how, machinery, buildings, infrastructure, facilities, sales, marketing, etc.) are owned by a single entity – a sole owner, a partnership or an incorporated business.
As you will discover in this course, Additive Manufacturing has the potential of turning the current model of industrial manufacturing on its head: it will permit both central and decentralized production, it will allow and even require the individual worker to become a master of all skills, who is not only the designer but also the engineer, software expert, materials expert, the manufacturer, and the ultimate consumer, user or marketer.
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Introduction -- Design Thinking for Additive Manufacturing 1
Introduction -- Design Thinking for Additive Manufacturing 1

2. Introduction -- Design Thinking for Additive Manufacturing
Course Objectives
Module 1: Introduction to Additive Manufacturing (AM) Technology
Module 2: From Concept to Final Product
Module 3: Systematic Approach to Design
Module 4: Applications
The course is divided into four modules. Module 1 introduces you to Additive Manufacturing Technology.
Module 2 digs deeper into the details of the process that starts from conceptualization of the item that you might want to manufacture and ends with the desired finished product. It discusses the logical steps you must execute, in sequence, to realize the product.
Module 3 teaches you a systematic approach to design. The single most crucial activity to achieving a successful realization of the product is careful and thoughtful design carried out in a disciplined, systematic manner.
Module 4 illustrates current and potential applications of AM in several different industries.
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Introduction -- Design Thinking for Additive Manufacturing 2
Introduction -- Design Thinking for Additive Manufacturing 2

3. Introduction -- Design Thinking for Additive Manufacturing
Course Objectives
Module 1: Introduction to Additive Manufacturing (AM) Technology
What is AM?
Classification Scheme for AM Technology
History of AM
Current State of AM Technology
Advantages and Benefits of AM
Challenges Facing AM
Quiz
Resources for continued Learning
Module 1 covers the following topics:
Definition of AM; Classification scheme for AM technology; History of AM; current state of AM; Advantages and benefits of AM, Challenges facing AM.
At the end of the module you will have an opportunity to test your understanding by means of a quiz. You are strongly urged to take all quizzes. If all the quizzes are completed with a passing grade of 66 percent, then a certificate may be printed that attests to your having achieved a basic understanding of AM technology.
Additional information for further self-study may be found in a listing of resources.
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Introduction -- Design Thinking for Additive Manufacturing 3
Introduction -- Design Thinking for Additive Manufacturing 3

4. Course Objectives (contd.)
Module 2: From Concept to Final Product
3-D Computer Model of End Product
Design Considerations for AM
Model File Manipulation and conversion to printer language
Manufacturing
Post-Processing (Finishing)
Quiz
Resources for continued Learning
Module 2 covers the logical sequence of steps taken to produce the desired product. It covers creation of a 3-dimensional (3-D) computer model of the product; (a model is a three-dimensional computer drawing of the product)
Design considerations that must be reflected in the 3-D model; design considerations are equivalent to best practices that your design should reflect. Design considerations are dependent on and are derived from many parameters, which include end-use of the product and its desired performance characteristics, its materials of construction, and the specific AM technology employed in its manufacture.
Manipulation of the computer model and the conversion of its file to a file containing commands to be executed by the “printer”
The actual production of the desired product on a printer;
Post-processing of the product to ensure that it exhibits the desired form, fit and finish characteristics.
At the end of the module you will have an opportunity to test your understanding by means of a quiz.
Additional information for further self-study may be found in a listing of resources.
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Introduction -- Design Thinking for Additive Manufacturing 4

5. Course Objectives (contd.)
Module 3: Systematic
Approach to Design
Iterative Design
Design in 10 Steps
Design Requirements
Developing a Problem Statement
Creative Problem Solving
Systematic Design Process
Quiz
Resources for continued Learning
Module 3 teaches the concepts of systematic approach to Design. Design is the single most important activity to ensure a successful realization of the desired product. Therefore, it is imperative to follow a disciplined, rigorous and systematic approach to design.
Module 3 introduces you to different approaches to systematic design, it discusses how to develop a problem statement – the problem that your product will solve or resolve;
Module 3 introduces you to various techniques for creative problem solving.
A Systematic Design Process is introduced. This process includes the following steps: developing a critical basis of design, identifying several design solutions, evaluating solutions and selecting one for detailed design and implementation.
KSAA (is this needed for this course – talk to Justin)??
At the end of the module you will have an opportunity to test your understanding by means of a Quiz. As mentioned earlier, you are strongly urged to take all quizzes. If all the quizzes are completed with a passing grade of 66 percent, then a certificate may be printed that attests to your having achieved a basic understanding of AM technology.
Additional information for further self-study may be found in a listing of resources.
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Introduction -- Design Thinking for Additive Manufacturing 5

6. Course Objectives (contd.)
Module 4: Applications
Aerospace
Healthcare
Military
Food
ORNL and Local Motors
Resources for continued Learning
Module 4 contains a list of applications of AM technology in selected industries. Applications in Aerospace, Healthcare, Military, Food and Nutrition, and ?? are shown.
There is no quiz for this section.
Additional information for further self-study may be found in a listing of resources.
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Introduction -- Design Thinking for Additive Manufacturing 6
Introduction -- Design Thinking for Additive Manufacturing 6