SME recognises individuals and companies with its Additive Manufacturing awards
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has announced the winners of the 2025 Additive Manufacturing Awards and the AM Pitchfest, held at Rapid + TCT, April 8-10, Detroit, Michigan, USA. The awards aim to recognise the outstanding accomplishments of individuals, teams and companies that have significantly impacted the commercialisation of AM.
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Digital Manufacturing Challenge
The Digital Manufacturing Challenge recognises the work of high school, undergraduate and graduate students who design, create and utilise infrastructure-level systems that deploy manufacturing solutions in sustainability, renewable energy and advanced manufacturing.
- High school winner: Dupont Manual High School
- Submission: ‘Sustainable and Effective Composite Repairs Using Novel 3D Printed Patch Designs’
- Team Member: Vallabh Ramesh
- Advisor: Dr Kunal Kate
- Undergraduate Winner: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute & Cornell University
- Submission: ‘Micro Solar-based Steam-Powered Desalination Plant’
- Team Members: Ammar Barbee, Grace Oyama, Julian Stoller, Grace Yu
- Advisor: Dr Sam Chiappone
- Graduate Winner: University of Georgia
- Submission: ‘Fabrication of Wind Turbine Blade Solid Wastes for High-Performance Composite Fibers’
- Team Members: Varunkumar Thippanna, Martin Taylor Sobczak
- Advisor: Dr Kenan Song
Aubin AM Case Study
The Aubin AM Case Study Award is aimed at recognising innovative AM use cases.
- Winner: ‘Dimensional Energy & Oak Ridge National Laboratory’
- Submission: ‘Binder Jet Additive Manufacturing of Silicon Carbide Reactor Assemblies’
- Contributors: Dr Bhargavi Mummareddy, Dr Trevor Aguirre, and others
- Runner-Up: Norsk Titanium & The Boeing Company
- Submission: ‘RPD® By The Numbers’
- Contributor: Karl Fossum
AM Startup Technology
The AM Startup Award recognises young companies that have developed a new AM technology or application that solves an existing problem or utilises a unique approach.
- Winner: 3D Architech
- Submission: ‘High-resolution Metal Manufacturing for Energy Efficiency’
- Team Members: Kai Narita, Akira Kudo, Keita Abe
- Runner-Up: AMIS
- Submission: ‘AMIS Pro – Industrial Build Prep’
- Team Members: Kris Binon, Jonathan Wilson
- Runner-Up: Snowbird Technologies
- Submission: ‘Snowbird Additive Mobile Manufacturing Technology’
- Team Members: Scott Morse, Caroline Brown, Jeremy Heerdlink
AM Pitchfest
- Winner: Solideon: ‘Build Hardware at the Speed of Software’
Rapid + TCT’s AM Pitchfest is designed to showcase the latest in AM technology to a panel of industry leaders, media and the wider industry. The competition is open to entrepreneurs, startups, and academic spinoffs bringing emerging technology, products, and applications to the market.
The winner will be given the opportunity to exhibit at Rapid + TCT 2026 in a fully equipped booth.
AM Industry Achievement
- Winner: John E. Barnes, founder and president of The Barnes Global Advisors, and co-founder and CEO of Metal Powder Works
The AM Industry Achievement Award recognises an individual or team for outstanding accomplishments implemented in a commercial/industrial environment that significantly impacts the application of AM in any industry.
