Researchers develop breakthrough 3D-printed foam at NYU Tandon
The lightweight plastic could be used to explore the depths of the oceans.
- Tyler Woods for Technical.ly March 7th, 2018
- Source: {short_url}
… Only 5 percent of the Earth’s oceans have been explored, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. But that could be changing, thanks in part to a new development by researchers at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Coming out of the lab of Professor Nikhil Gupta [professor in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering] is a new process to 3D-print for the first time the syntactic foam of the type used by marine submersibles, as well as on ships and in aerospace designs.
