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East Stroudsburg University Professor of Art + Design, Darlene Farris-Labar, was a featured speaker at the third annual tecBRIDGE Innovation Conference on Smart Machines and Materials held at the Hilton Scranton Conference Center, August 15 and 16. According to tecBRIDGE, more than 40 speakers and 200 individuals participated in this year’s event. The two-day conference highlighted revolutionary research and innovative commercialization activities taking place at regional colleges and universities, and collaborative opportunities for funding future initiatives. Farris-LaBar’s breakout presentation, “Heavy Metal – The Disruption of 3D Printing,” was featured in the academic track that took place on August 15. During her presentation Farris-LaBar talked about her work with students at ESU in the G3D Design Lab as well as her own 3D work that has been recognized regionally, nationally and internationally.

Weeks earlier, Farris-LaBar was honored by Stratasys, a business leader in 3D technology, for her work with students at ESU and her professional work with 3D printing. She was awarded the Stratasys eCab Award for Most Innovative in Additive Manufacturing, a 3D image of a frog, representing the first 3D print that was created in the 1980s by Stratasys founder Scott Crump on a Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) printer for his daughter.