Iowa State University

College of Engineering

Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

The Rapid Manufacturing and Prototyping Laboratory (RMPL) Skip Navigation Links
Welcome
In the Rapid Manufacturing and Prototyping Laboratory (RMPL), we are developing new methods for rapid prototyping and more importantly, rapid manufacturing. The term rapid manufacturing implies that we want to make functional components, not just models. The major goal of our work is to eliminate the pre-process engineering time and skill required to create a custom component. Therefore, the term rapid means fast and easy process planning, fixture planning and setup planning for making one, or a few functional parts.
Rapid manufactured steel suspension component
Contact Information
Director: Dr. Matt Frank


Office: 3023 Black Engineering
Lab: 1210 Sweeney Building
Email: mfrank@iastate.edu
Tel: 515.294.0389
Fax: 515.294.3524