RUM research on 3D printing for space applications receives grant from NASA

Mayagüez – The University Campus of Mayagüez (RUM) of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) received a $300,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for research aimed at evaluating and developing new 3D printing technologies for applications in space missions. Dr. Ubaldo Córdova Figueroa, professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering (INQU) of the RUM, is the lead researcher in the proposal entitled Controlled…