Malika Khodja talks about the importance of women in 3D printing and what has to be done to promote women in 3D printing in Africa.
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Malika is a founder of Tiziri Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and a former CSIR researcher and PhD. Through Tiziri, Malika gives 3D printing training and offers consultancy in South Africa.
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Can you tell us about your involvement in 3D printing and additive manufacturing? I obtained my undergraduate and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Djillali Liabes, Faculty of Technology of Sidi Bel Abbes in Algeria. My background is aerostructures engineering and mechanics of materials, where my Ph.D. project involved numerical simulation and modeling of aircraft crack repair with composite patches. To validate the numerical simulations experimentally, I went to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa in 2015. I was introduced to 3D metal printing at […]
Case Study: How PepsiCo achieved 96% cost savings on tooling with 3D Printing Technology
Above: PepsiCo food, snack, and beverage product line-up/Source: PepsiCo PepsiCo turned to tooling with 3D printing...
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