BACKGROUND Three-dimensional (3D) printing, known more formally as additive
manufacturing, has become the focus of media and public attention in recent years as the …

Manufacturing or repairing parts on-site, high geometric freedom, and feedstock efficiency
have long been regarded as nascent capabilities of additive manufacturing (AM) …

Hybrid additive manufacturing technology (HAM) is a great advance of traditional additive
manufacturing (AM) processes which enables the direct fabrication of full-functional end-use …

2-D printed electronics have been the focus of intense research for the past two decades
primarily focused on implementing electrical interconnect by dispensing conductive binder …

Ion optics are crucial components of ion thrusters and the study of the different ion extraction
solutions used since the beginning of the electric propulsion era is essential to understand …

A non-intrusive method for determining the time-resolved fuel mass flow rate in a hybrid
rocket engine is proposed based on tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) …

In this paper the AM-induced evolution of the design process for small satellites is
investigated, leading to the identification of optimal design strategies and the definition of a …

New durable elastomeric materials are commercially available for 3D printing, enabling a
new class of consumer wearable applications. The mechanical response of soft 3D printed …

Laser-activated selective electroless plating (LASELP) is a promising complementary
manufacturing process employed in hybrid additive manufacturing (HAM) technology for the …

A thermal computational analysis for the composite structure of a CubeSat is presented. The
main purpose of this investigation is to study the thermal performance of carbon fibre/epoxy …