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Photopolymer Additive Manufacturing 2023 Workshop Report: Charting the Future of Photopolymer Additive Manufacturing

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Callie Higgins, Jason Killgore

Abstract

The 2023 Photopolymer Additive Manufacturing Alliance (PAMA) Workshop convened experts from academia, industry, and government to explore the state-of-the-art and future opportunities in photopolymer-based 3D printing. The workshop was organized around seven thematic panels addressing data-driven discovery, biomedical applications, sustainability, advanced material integration, and measurement/standardization. Together, the panels underscored the rapid evolution of photopolymer AM from an exploratory research field to a scalable and application-driven manufacturing platform. They highlighted opportunities in leveraging data science, enabling biomedical breakthroughs, embedding sustainability, expanding materials beyond polymers, and developing measurement and standardization frameworks. The workshop also identified a set of roadmaps to guide future research, industrial collaboration, and standards development.
Citation
Advanced Manufacturing Series (NIST AMS) - 100-74
Report Number
100-74
NIST Pub Series
Advanced Manufacturing Series (NIST AMS)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.AMS.100-74
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Keywords

Photopolymer additive manufacturing, Machine learning, Biocompatible resins, Sustainability, vat photopolymerization, Multi-material AM, Degree of cure, Standardization, Metrology, Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration.
Technology transfer, Sustainable manufacturing, Supply chain, Standards education, Standards, Reference materials, Reference data, Process measurement and control, Process improvement, Polymers, Optical / photometry / laser metrology, Modeling and computational material science, Materials characterization, Materials, Manufacturing systems design and analysis, Manufacturing quality assurance, Manufacturing, Documentary standards, Ceramics and Additive manufacturing

Citation

Higgins, C. and Killgore, J. (2026), Photopolymer Additive Manufacturing 2023 Workshop Report: Charting the Future of Photopolymer Additive Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing Series (NIST AMS), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.AMS.100-74, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=961022 (Accessed January 29, 2026)

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Created January 28, 2026
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