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An Analysis of 3D-Printing Familiarity Among Students in a Technical University

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Emerging Technologies for Education (SETE 2017)

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Three-dimensional (3D) printing, also known as additive manufacturing, can be any 3D printing processes. Products created by commercially available 3D printing machines are mainly from plastics and macromolecule materials. Since the 3D printing technology is widespread, the application of 3D printers can be seen in all kinds of businesses, such as private enterprises, government offices, laboratories, and educational institutions. If the 3D printing technology can be included in regular curricula, students’ learning motivations and achievements can be enhanced. The present study investigated technical university students’ cognition about 3D printing, and proposed a low-cost 3D-metal powder printer for instructional purposes in order to improve 3D printing engineering education in Taiwan.

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The authors would like to thank for the financial support from National Science Council of the Republic of China under the contract number MOST 105-2622-S-150-001-CC3.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Computer-Aided Engineering, National Formosa University, No. 64, Wunhua Rd., Huwei, Yunlin, Taiwan

    Kuen-Ming Shu

  2. Department of Technology Application and Human Resource Development, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 162, He-Ping East Road Sec1, Taipei, Taiwan

    Chi-Cheng Chang

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Formosa University, No. 64, Wunhua Rd., Huwei, Yunlin, Taiwan

    Yih-Her Yan

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  1. National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taichung City, Taiwan

    Tien-Chi Huang

  2. City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Rynson Lau

  3. Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

    Yueh-Min Huang

  4. University of Caen Normandie, Caen, France

    Marc Spaniol

  5. City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Chun-Hung Yuen

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Shu, KM., Chang, CC., Yan, YH. (2017). An Analysis of 3D-Printing Familiarity Among Students in a Technical University. In: Huang, TC., Lau, R., Huang, YM., Spaniol, M., Yuen, CH. (eds) Emerging Technologies for Education. SETE 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10676. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71084-6_8

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