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UofL and the state's manufacturing extension partnership, the Advantage Kentucky Alliance, are launching a new program to help manufacturers adopt 3D printing technology for their businesses to develop better products and improve productivity. The program, called Accelerated Innovative Manufacturing with 3D Printing, or AIM-3DP, will provide small and medium manufacturers in the automotive and aerospace sectors with training, mentorship and UofL-backed research, development and consulting. The work is backed by a new $90,000 grant, one of only three of its kind in the country, from the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities. "The goal is to help these companies take advantage of cutting-edge, future-focused technologies," said principal investigator Kunal Kate, assistant professor in UofL's J.B. Speed School of Engineering. "My hope is that we can build on the research and innovation we're doing in advanced manufacturing at UofL and use it to he

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