{"id":9239,"date":"2014-11-16T21:22:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T02:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/technical-recruiting-blog\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2014-11-16T21:22:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T02:22:30","slug":"3-d-printing-major-rd-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/3-d-printing-major-rd-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"3-D Printing: A Major R&D Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"652px-ORDbot_quantum\"<\/a>As a Research & Development (R&D) recruiter, I am constantly searching for cutting edge technology. In one of my past articles “Engineering Innovation, The Real Way To Create More Jobs: Part 3 of 3<\/a>“<\/strong> I cited the Innovation Lab<\/a><\/strong> at the Harold Washington or main branch of the Chicago Public Library<\/a><\/strong>. One of its major assets is a 3-D printer<\/a><\/strong> and classes to teach its use. Such 3-D printers are becoming the cornerstone of many R&D breakthroughs that are revolutionizing numerous fields, including prosthetics, surgery, architecture and manufacturing.<\/p>\n

One example is 10-year-old Anastasia Rivas<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s new left hand that came as a result of a 3-D printer! Unluckily, Anastasia was born with amniotic band syndrome<\/a><\/strong>, in which strands of amniotic membrane get attached to and tangled up with the fetus leading to congenital abnormalities. In Anastasia\u2019s case, her left arm ended in a tiny, partial palm and button-like buds of fingers.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, a standard prosthesis could cost Anastasia\u2019s family up to $60,000 and become obsolete in 6-8 months since she is a fast growing child. This would create even exponentially greater expense for her family. Fortunately, her new hand was created for only $2,000 and can be replaced at a fraction of that cost as she outgrows it. All of this was made possible with a 3-D printer, which can build a three-dimensional object by laying down ultrathin layers of material, one at a time!<\/p>\n

3-D printing isn\u2019t new. Its technology has been around since 1980, but only in the last few years has it become possible to re-create more commonly found objects in everyday life. This has included 3-D-printed custom toys, jewelry, iPhone cases and even a drivable electric car!<\/p>\n

\"3D<\/a>This car was spotlighted at the recently concluded International Manufacturing Technology Show<\/a><\/strong>, which is held every two years at McCormick Place<\/a><\/strong> in Chicago. During this show a lot of focus was on how manufacturers could improve 3-D printing. To demonstrate the possibilities of using 3-D printing for large-scale manufacturing, three major R&D organizations teamed up: a)<\/span> Phoenix-based vehicle-maker Local Motors<\/a><\/strong>, b)<\/strong><\/span> Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/a><\/strong> and c)<\/strong><\/span> Ohio-based machine maker Cincinnati Inc<\/strong>.<\/a> to create a 3-D printed-car. The vehicle, called Strati<\/a> is an electric two-seater printed out of plastic and carbon fiber.<\/p>\n

These are all reasons why President Obama has emphasized 3-D printing as part of his Digital Manufacturing Initiative<\/a><\/strong>. Furthermore, I have heard from many engineering recruiters, engineering recruitment agencies, scientific recruiters, scientific recruitment agencies, technical recruiters and technical recruitment agencies that 3-D printing is a skill in high demand today. In fact, at a recently concluded executive recruiting conference, 3-D printing was spotlighted! Executive recruiters from most firms in attendance sang its praises.<\/p>\n

What are your findings?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a Research & Development (R&D) recruiter, I am constantly searching for cutting edge technology. In one of my past articles “Engineering Innovation, The Real Way To Create More Jobs: Part 3 of 3“ I cited the Innovation Lab at the Harold Washington or main branch of the Chicago Public Library. One of its major […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,115,117,110,65,111,69,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engineering-recruiter","category-executive-recruiter","category-executive-recruitment","category-rd-recruiter","category-recruiter","category-scientific-recruiter","category-scientific-recruitment","category-technical-recruiter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}