As one of the most popular and promising emerging manufacturing technologies,  additive manufacturing has attracted huge interest among industries and  academic institutions. In the last years, Norway has also made significant progresses in AM in terms of both research and industrial application.

We have organized a two days international summer school on AM with funding from SFI PhysMet and the EU project SMART WAAM ( NTNU as one of the major project partners). In total 9 lecturers (2 from Portugal, 1 from Belgium, 1 from UiA, 1 from Elkem, 3 from SINTEF, and 1 from NTNU) introduced different aspects of AM, including fundamental rapid solidification, powder production, wire and arc AM (WAAM), powder bed based AM, advanced microstructure characterization, non-destructive testing of AM components and simulation/modelling of AM.

In the summer school, 29 participants including researchers, professors, master students, PhD students and postdocs  from NTNU, SINTEF, Elkem, Equinor and  IFE listened to lectures and discussed topics within the scientific field of additive manufacturing.