{"id":8165,"date":"2025-09-18T09:44:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/?p=8165"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:38:38","slug":"boley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/2025\/09\/18\/boley\/","title":{"rendered":"Multimaterial 3D Printing of Multifunctional Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Mentors<\/h3>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-4338 profile type-profile status-publish hentry departments-mse-dept departments-me affiliation-faculty program-year-yr-2021 program-year-yr-2022 program-year-yr-2023\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/profile\/william-boley\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics-programs\/files\/2023\/01\/Boley_Will_1_09.14.2018-600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">William Boley<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Assistant Professor (ME, MSE)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-8171 profile type-profile status-publish hentry departments-me affiliation-graduate-student program-year-yr-2018 program-year-yr-2019 profile-field-mentor\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/profile\/nicole-bacca\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/09\/Nicole_Bacca-copy-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Nicole Bacca<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">PhD Candidate<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Project Description<\/span><\/h3>\n<div><span>The Additive Assembly Laboratory (AAL) at BU has a variety of active projects that focus on multimaterial 3D printing of multifunctional materials, ranging from 4D printing (3D printing materials that change shape over time in response to a stimulus \u2013 time being the fourth axis), 3D printed optics, robots, soft electronics, and wearable haptics and thermoelectric devices. We also work on developing new automated techniques combining manufacturing and in-line and near-line material characterization to accelerate materials discovery and development. Many of these projects integrate a variety of disciplines, ranging from chemistry and materials science (for designing and characterizing inks), robotics (for integrating instrumentation and automating processes), fluids (for understanding 3D printing processes), characterization, and design and modeling (developing simulations that describe results from our experiments). The broad goal of this REU project will be to introduce the student to our multimaterial 3D printing projects and then focus on a set of aims tailored specifically for the REU\u2019s background and interest, which can be accomplished within a 10-week period of time.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/09\/20250728_JosieTetzlaff-Labshoot-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3475\" height=\"2317\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8754 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/09\/20250728_JosieTetzlaff-Labshoot-2.jpg 3475w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/09\/20250728_JosieTetzlaff-Labshoot-2-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/09\/20250728_JosieTetzlaff-Labshoot-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/09\/20250728_JosieTetzlaff-Labshoot-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/09\/20250728_JosieTetzlaff-Labshoot-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/09\/20250728_JosieTetzlaff-Labshoot-2-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3475px) 100vw, 3475px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Research Participant<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Program: INM REU\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hear what Josie Tetzlaff is<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0taking with her from her time at BU.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/2025\/09\/18\/josie-tetzlaff\/' class='button button'>Learn More<\/a><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Research Goals<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>The goals for this project are to introduce the REU student to all active projects in the group focused on multimaterial 3D printing of multifunctional materials, as well as to familiarize them with all specialized equipment in the lab. The student will then work with the team to scope out a project that contributes to the group, utilizes the REU\u2019s skills and interests, and exhibits a scope that can be completed within the 10-week time frame.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Learning Goals<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>The REU student will learn about the various projects in the lab that focus on multimaterial 3D printing of multifunctional materials, as well as all specialized equipment. The student will then, with the help of myself and my team, learn how to design and execute a study that integrates their background and interests to contribute to one of the active projects, or to benefit the entire group (e.g., integrating existing instrumentation to gain added automated characterization capabilities)<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Timeline<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Week 1:<\/strong><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Orientation and safety training.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Week 2:<\/strong><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"> Learning each active project in the group.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Week 3:<\/strong><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Project selection.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Week 4:<\/strong><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Training on all necessary equipment for specific project.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Weeks 5-8:<\/strong><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Work on primary objectives of project<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Week 9:<\/strong><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Wrap up and document.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Week 10:<\/strong><\/span> Present work and integrate feedback for future work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mentors Project Description The Additive Assembly Laboratory (AAL) at BU has a variety of active projects that focus on multimaterial 3D printing of multifunctional materials, ranging from 4D printing (3D printing materials that change shape over time in response to a stimulus \u2013 time being the fourth axis), 3D printed optics, robots, soft electronics, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19768,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[118],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19768"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8165"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10394,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8165\/revisions\/10394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}