3-D printer idea pays off for Amherst whiz kid, engineer-dad

Published February 22, 2017 This content is archived.

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The Buffalo News reports on Vader Systems, a company founded by father-and-son entrepreneurs Scott and Zack Vader, who have designed and are manufacturing a liquid metal printer, with an assist from Edward Furlani, professor of chemical and biological engineering and electrical engineering, who has advised the Vaders.

“It’s just cool technology,” Furlani said. The article notes that four of the company’s five engineers are from UB, and that Zack attended UB before leaving to start the company.

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