Air Force Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering and Management: 2017 Annual Report
Abstract
Welcome to the 2017 Annual Report of the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology. Exciting things continue to happen in our teaching, research, service, and Air Force consultation missions. We continue to thrive on the leading edge of defense-focused research to maintain the global technological superiority of the US Air Force. I am delighted to draw your attention to the special coverage of additive manufacturing (3-D Printing) in this annual report. The coverage highlights how AFIT has taken a leading role in leveraging additive manufacturing to support US Air Force missions at home and abroad. In October, we hosted a special symposium on Digital Engineering and Manufacturing Enterprise (DEME), in which additive manufacturing was the main feature. Sessions in the symposium highlighted how researchers and practitioners are enabling additive manufacturing in the aerospace and defense sector. The emergence the new-collar workforce (knowledge workers) makes it imperative that we direct our attention and resources to developments in additive manufacturing, which will reshape and revitalize manufacturing enterprises. The Defense Industry will be the cornerstone of this new digital engineering revolution. I am delighted that AFIT is playing a leading national role in workforce development for additive manufacturing from a systems integration viewpoint, encompassing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Manufacturing is rapidly shifting from manual labor to digital work. The digital revolution is now cross-hatched with conventional manufacturing. What was previously limited to the realm of laboratory research has now been transformed to the platform of practical reality. For decades, manufacturing had languished within the same old framework of mold-and-cast type of product development.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1134734
Entities
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology