February 28, 2024 Qin secures I-Corps funding for in-space printing tech Written By: Tom Ziemer Departments: Industrial & Systems Engineering Categories: Grants Hantang Qin, an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps grant to support his lab’s work developing a portable electrohydrodynamic inkjet printer for use in in-space manufacturing and antigravity 3D printing. PhD student Li Yu is leading the effort, which builds upon Qin’s previous work on printing for in-space production of flexible sensors, wearable devices and more. But it also holds potential for other micro- or nano-manufacturing applications and beyond. NSF’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program focuses on accelerating entrepreneurial, translational projects. Qin’s group worked with UW-Madison’s Technology Entrepreneurship Office, which is heading up the university’s participation in the Great Lakes I-Corps Hub, to secure the funding. Photo caption: Hantang Qin, Fadhel Alrabiah, Li Yu, Bonnie Bachman and Shelley Shi. Photo by: Jane Feller.