(Siemens: Plano, TX) -- Siemens Digital Industries Software is collaborating with the University of Michigan Center for Academic Innovation to increase industrial adoption of additive manufacturing and prepare the next-generation workforce by creating “Introduction to 3D Printing with Metals,” a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that provides an open, accessible resource to professionals, hobbyists, and students alike.

Siemens worked with Chinedum Okwudire, professor of mechanical engineering at Michigan, and Nathaniel Wood to design the course. It provides essential information about methods of printing using metals, how they work, their advantages and limitations, and most important, their practical applications.

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