Project
The ADD-reAM project aims to advance the Dutch circular economy by integrating Additive Manufacturing (AM) into repair and remanufacturing, replacing resource-intensive linear models. It takes a comprehensive approach, addressing technological, logistical, economic, regulatory, educational and societal barriers to reduce waste and resource consumption in Dutch manufacturing and society. Through its Technology Roadmap and White Paper, Add-reAM will offer integrated solutions for extending product lifecycles, positioning the Netherlands as a scientific and technological leader in AM-enabled circular manufacturing.
Ambition
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Objectives
Objectives of the project
Approach
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Program Leader
Prof. Dr. Ian Gibson
Ian Gibson is a full professor at UTwente in Industrial Design Engineering and besides that he is the Scientific Director of the University’s Fraunhofer Project Centre in complex systems engineering. As a professor at UTwente, he provides guidance to other professors, based on his knowledge and experience. This can relate to their research, but he also offers them advice on broader subjects, like career development.
In his role at the Fraunhofer Project Centre, he connects the university and the centre in terms of getting more people involved, providing research directions for the Centre and linking research of other groups at the university to the activities at Fraunhofer. These links need to be mutually beneficial to the Centre and the research groups, but should also support the main goal, which is providing research support for local industry and primarily local manufacturing industry. All activities at Fraunhofer are project-based. In these projects, undergraduates, Masters- and PhD-students are trained. The links between research and teaching comes natural to Gibson and his colleagues at the centre.