Auburn University’s National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence, or NCAME, is expanding its existing partnership with Huntsville City Schools to enable more students to gain real-world experience in industrial 3D printing.

“Two years ago, Huntsville City Schools became the only K-12 school district in the nation to implement a metal additive manufacturing program for high school students,” said Todd Watkins, director of Career Technical Education for Huntsville City Schools. “While the program achieved success, it was not fully utilized until partnering with Auburn and NASA through NCAME.”

Teledyne Brown Engineering in Huntsville is joining the effort, offering support of the operations at Huntsville City Schools.