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Amin Salehi-Khojin, the inaugural William T. Solomon Chair of Mechanical Engineering at SMU, led a team of researchers who created the material. [Photo: SMU]
SMU-Led Team Develops Nanomaterial to Withstand 1,000°C Heat—But 3D Print at Room Temperature
by Lance Murray | Aug 24, 2025
The breakthrough could impact industries from aerospace to energy. “This new method can revolutionize the material science field,” says lead researcher Amin Salehi-Khojin.
by Maddie Preston |
Jun 18, 2025
Who knew they were singers? At Southern Methodist University in Dallas, students and researchers are resurrecting the sounds of dinosaurs using breath, code, and 3D-printed skulls. Fresh off international recognition, the Dinosaur Choir’s latest performance is a prehistoric piece titled “Anger at the Asteroid.”
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 17, 2025
The lightweight, recyclable material can be printed into complex shapes—including a balloon dog—and shows potential for use in helmets, insulation, and more. The research explores a method still largely untapped in commercial manufacturing.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 18, 2024
Brad Niemann will lead Frisco-based 4WEB Medical through its "next phase of growth," said Founder and CEO Jessee Hunt. 4WEB is an orthopedic implant company focused on developing innovative implants that utilize its proprietary Truss Implant Technology.
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Dr. Walter Voit [Video still: UTD]
Additive Manufacturing Materials Firm Adaptive3D Relocates Local HQ to Richardson’s Innovation Quarter
by Kevin Cummings | Sep 20, 2022
Adaptive3D is moving its headquarters from Plano to Richardson's newly christened IQ HQ, returning to the city where it was founded. The company is working on photopolymers that separate into two parts at the “nano level,” making them more durable for industries ranging from consumer and healthcare to industrial and transportation.
“This move also signals the strength and importance of partnerships with key academic institutions like UT Dallas and the role they play in fostering the collaborative creation of future-ready technologies within the IQ,” says Founder and CEO Walter Voit.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Sep 12, 2022
The Inc. 5000 company manufactures 3D printers along with software and accessories, for applications ranging from healthcare and jewelry to aerospace and defense.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Aug 31, 2022
Von Perry's first 3D-printed geopolymer concrete home is slated for completion in October in the small town of Nevada, Texas. As the startup prepares to kick off its $2 million fundraising effort on the StartEngine crowdfunding platform, it's planning six other custom projects in Texas—and thinking big.
“We are actually building real houses using 3D printers, and that is a jaw-dropping moment for [people]," says Von Perry's co-founder and CTO. "Because they don't even believe it is possible."
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by Kevin Cummings |
Mar 9, 2022
$61,000 in total MavPitch Award funding was awarded to the startups, which include a maker of 3D-printed homes, a designer of hydrogen-powered drones that can fly for six hours; an after-school day care service that focuses on technology overuse by kids, and more.
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Rendering of Von Perry's concrete 3D-printed home being built in Nevada, Texas. [Image: Von Perry]
Dallas Startup Von Perry Is Building a 3D-Printed Home in Collin County
by David Seeley | Dec 14, 2021
Von Perry's 21-year-old CEO, Treyvon Perry, has been preparing for this since he founded the startup at age 17. He and his co-founder, 27-year-old CTO Sebin Joseph, are pioneering a new way to build concrete 3D-printed homes using regular concrete—and aim to prove the concept for DFW and beyond.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 29, 2020
Dallas-based Adaptive3D, a startup spun out of UT Dallas, wants to change how the world mass manufacturers plastics and rubbers. The company, which has a team of inventors and a large IP portfolio, plans to use the funds to scale production and distribution to deliver photoresin parts at a fraction of the weight and cost.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 6, 2020
University of North Texas researchers received more than $400,000 of the $1.5 million grant to develop a 3D printed material equipped with embedded sensors for use in car structures.
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by Alex Edwards |
Sep 10, 2020
COVID-19 delayed the opening of a 3D-printed display from Lyda Hill Philanthropies IF/THEN Initiative of the most statues of women ever assembled. Starting Sept. 10, the exhibit is instead doing a pop-up near Macy’s Court.
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Illustration: Michael Samples
Follow the Money: Cuban Backs 3D-Printed Rocket Maker, RevTech Secures $10M
by Lance Murray | Mar 29, 2018
From 3D-printed rockets, to helicopter rides and Hispanic-focused supermarkets, here are some of the latest capital raises, mergers, and acquisitions with DFW ties.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 16, 2018
Research at universities and laboratories across Dallas-Fort Worth is helping to improve our lives, our health, and our world. Here are some of their stories.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Jan 31, 2018
They are fearless North Texas masterminds with a history of revolutionizing their industries: Joshua King, Amber Venz Box, Lance Crosby, Paul Bettner, Walter Voit, Joshua King, Will Rosellini, and Dave Copps. They share “secret weapons” and lessons learned — as well as the technology to watch.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Oct 12, 2017
Brandon Warman needed more 3D printers to keep up with demand for the skyline replicas, so he decided to have a monthlong Kickstarter.
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