1 Day Hands-on Workshop on ‘3D Printing & Applications’ – 1st July 2022

A 1-day hands-on workshop  on ‘3D Printing & Applications’ was organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering – Don Bosco College of Engineering (DBCE) in association with Goa State Innovation Council on July 1, 2022. The workshop was conducted mainly for the teachers of secondary and higher secondary schools across Goa and attended by 21 teachers from all over Goa.

The workshop began with a welcome address to all the participating teachers by Rev. Fr. Kinley D’Cruz – Director – DBCE. Dr. Neena Panandikar – Principal -DBCE, addressing the teachers said, “emerging & interdisciplinary areas – 3D Printing, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence etc. are trending and the teachers and young students have an introduction to these”. Mr. Ajit Salunke, Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mr. Sudip Faldesai, – Project Officer, GSInC also welcomed the participants and looked forward towards having an engaging session with them.

The forenoon session of the workshop covered an introduction to 3D Printing, various processes and applications in healthcare and was delivered by Prof. Ajit Salunke. The participants were also given an insight into the roles and responsibilities of GSInC for prototyping by Mr. Sudip Faldesai. Later a hands-on experience on slicing software and demonstration on FDM machine was also given by Prof. Gaurish Samant and Mr. Siddhant Panjikar respectively.

The sessions were well received by the participating teachers and they contributed positive feedback & suggested to conduct more focussed workshops on 3D Printing, CAD and the possibility of incorporating certain fundamentals of 3D printing in their curriculum. The workshop was coordinated by Prof. Manjunath Narwate and Prof. Harshad Pingulkar.