{"id":1359,"date":"2025-11-06T09:47:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imed\/?page_id=1359"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:58:58","slug":"interdisciplinary-manufacturing-engineering-design-laboratory-imed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imed\/","title":{"rendered":"Interdisciplinary Manufacturing Engineering &amp; Design Laboratory (iMED)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<table style=\"width:100%;background-color:#0021A5;border-collapse:collapse\">\n  <tr>\n    <td align=\"center\" style=\"padding:0\">\n\n      <!-- Cropped image -->\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/581\/2025\/11\/IMG_1941-5-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:800px\">\n\n    <\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/581\/2024\/04\/iMED-2024-1024x991.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-751\" style=\"width:339px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/581\/2024\/04\/iMED-2024-1024x991.png 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/581\/2024\/04\/iMED-2024-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/581\/2024\/04\/iMED-2024-768x743.png 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/581\/2024\/04\/iMED-2024-1536x1486.png 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/581\/2024\/04\/iMED-2024-2048x1981.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The Interdisciplinary Manufacturing Engineering and Design (iMED) Laboratory specializes in research intended to design scalable fabrication techniques of customized material systems. The material design emphasis is on polymer and metal composites, while traditional and nondestructive testing techniques are employed for the characterization and modeling of newly devised and fabricated&nbsp;materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;margin-bottom: 20px\">iMED Lab Capabilities<\/h2>\n\n<table style=\"width: 100%;text-align: center;border-collapse: collapse\">\n  <tr>\n    <td style=\"padding: 20px\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imed\/hybrid-manufacturing\/\" style=\"text-decoration: none;color: inherit\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/581\/2025\/10\/ChatGPT-Image-Oct-6-2025-03_27_33-PM-3.png\" style=\"height: 200px;width: auto;margin-bottom: 8px\" \/>\n        <div>HYBRID AMBIT<\/div>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/td>\n    <td style=\"padding: 20px\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imed\/hybrid-manufacturing\/\" style=\"text-decoration: none;color: inherit\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/581\/2025\/10\/ChatGPT-Image-Oct-6-2025-03_31_52-PM-1.png\" style=\"height: 200px;width: auto;margin-bottom: 8px\" \/>\n        <div>PROTO mXRD<\/div>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/td>\n    <td style=\"padding: 20px\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imed\/large-scale-concrete-additive-manufacturing\/\" style=\"text-decoration: none;color: inherit\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/581\/2025\/10\/BOD3-high-res.jpeg\" style=\"height: 200px;width: auto;margin-bottom: 8px\" \/>\n        <div>COBOD BOD3<\/div>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/td>\n    <td style=\"padding: 20px\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imed\/additive-biomanufacturing\/\" style=\"text-decoration: none;color: inherit\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/imd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/581\/2025\/10\/BIO-X.02-1024x576-1.jpg\" style=\"height: 200px;width: auto;margin-bottom: 8px\" \/>\n        <div>CELLINK BIOX<\/div>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Interdisciplinary Manufacturing Engineering and Design (iMED) Laboratory specializes in research intended to design scalable fabrication techniques of customized material systems. 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