Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Interdisciplinary Manufacturing Engineering and Design Lab (iMED)
Led by Iris Rivero · Industrial and Systems Engineering
What we study
The iMED lab studies 3D printing and hybrid manufacturing of metals, concrete and living tissues, and checks parts for defects with X-ray diffraction and in-process monitoring. Projects include rust-preventing printable hydrogels and better metal deposition processes.
What working here is like
- Building & testing
- Wet lab
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 4
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
3D printable microbiologically influenced corrosion inhibiting hydrogels
Developing hydrogels to prevent rust in 3D-printed materials.
Optimization of directed energy deposition processes
Improving metal 3D printing through parametric evaluation and modeling.
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In-situ monitoring of 3D printed concrete
Tracking defects like porosity in concrete 3D printing for quality control.
Integrating in-situ sensing for adaptive control of powder deposition to advance remanufacturing processes
The lab studies how to use real‑time sensors to control the laser‑based powder deposition of nickel‑base alloys on steel parts. The student collects geometric and thermal data during deposition and links it to grain size and strength outcomes.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 342
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Recent papers, explained
- Multistable structures for large-scale applications
2026 · Smart Materials and Structures
Reviews challenges in making large-scale structures that can switch between multiple stable states.
- 3D Printed In Vitro Engineered Living Material Models for Antimicrobial Development
2026 · ACS Applied Bio Materials
Uses 3D printing to create living materials with microbes for testing antibiotics.
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- Impact of self organizing map based incremental learning parameters on in-situ IR melting pool imaging for direct energy deposition
2025 · Manufacturing Letters
- Special issue: measurement technologies for condition assessment of additive manufacturing processes
2025 · Measurement Science and Technology
- Part-agnostic ultrasonic melt pool vibration in wire-laser directed energy deposition
2025 · Materials & Design
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