Disruptive innovation is required for creating a sustainable pathway to rectify generations of social inequity. Additive manufacturing, more commonly known as 3D printing, will generate billions of dollars of community-transforming new business opportunities in the transportation, healthcare, construction and industrial sectors during the next decades.

In order to build an inclusive community, the Kentucky MBDA Advanced Manufacturing Center is funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency to engage minority business enterprises with the LAMBDA program at the University of Louisville