Case Study: Case Western Reserve University accelerates campus-wide rapid prototyping and student innovation with Stratasys 3D printing

Sears Think[box] at Case Western Reserve University Encourages Ingenuity

Case Western Reserve University opened the seven-story Sears think[box] to give students, faculty and the local community hands-on access to rapid prototyping, but campus 3D printing had previously been limited to two machines in a single design studio. To scale access and support multidisciplinary projects, the university deployed Stratasys 3D printers in the think[box], enabling broader use across engineering, robotics, design and medical programs.

Stratasys supplied and supported six 3D printers (including a machine with soluble support capability) and a managed workflow so users submit STL files online and receive finished parts. The Stratasys solution enabled fast, iterative prototyping—moving the center from two captive printers to a facility serving more than 5,000 monthly visitors—and broadened project scope (from Baja SAE and NASA Robotics parts to anatomical models), delivering clear gains in speed, access and student learning.

Case Western Reserve University

Malcolm Cooke

Associate Professor