Certified Research Partner University of Jordan
PRINTie 3D is the official industry partner of the DTMBA (Digital Transformation, Manufacturing & Biomedical Applications) research group at the University of Jordan, Department of Industrial Engineering — in a research project funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK).
A Truly International Collaboration
This project brought together academia, industry, and government funding across Jordan and the United Kingdom to achieve a first for Jordan.
University of Jordan
Department of Industrial Engineering — led by Dr. Wafa H. AlAlaween, Associate Professor (PhD, University of Sheffield, UK, 2018).
University of Sheffield
Professor Mahdi Mahfouf — international co-investigator, bringing global expertise in computational intelligence and manufacturing systems.
Royal Academy of Engineering
Funded under the Transforming Systems through Partnership (TSP) programme, backed by UK Government ODA funding (DSIT) and the Industrial R&D Fund in Jordan.
PRINTie 3D
Ahmad Al Soussi, founder and CEO — named industry partner in the Royal Academy of Engineering official case study.
Right-First-Time Fused Deposition for Healthcare Manufacturing
The goal of this research was to produce, for the first time in Jordan, patient-specific medical implants and surgical tools using PEEK (Polyether Ether Ketone) — a high-performance, medical-grade thermoplastic — using FDM (Fused Deposition Modelling) 3D printing.
The team developed AI and fuzzy logic prediction models to optimise FDM printing parameters for 'right-first-time' manufacturing — meaning products print correctly on the first attempt, eliminating costly trial-and-error cycles critical in medical manufacturing.
The research brought together industrial engineering, medicine, dentistry, and AI/computational intelligence in a multidisciplinary team spanning Jordan and the United Kingdom.
Real Patients. Real Results.
These outcomes are verified through the Royal Academy of Engineering official case study and peer-reviewed academic publications.
Medical implants produced at 10% the cost of equivalent European-manufactured implants
Peer-reviewed publications at international conferences and journals
Jordan, United Kingdom, and international research institutions
First-ever 3D-printed patient-specific medical implants produced in Jordan
Implants successfully implanted in patients with hemifacial microsomia and skull lacerations — significantly reducing treatment costs for Jordanian patients and refugees.
What the Researchers Say
“When you can see that you helped a 21-year-old patient, it's something really changing… My knowledge, my experience, whatever I learned during my life, [is used] to help these patients. It's really something different. I've never done something like this before.”
“We've been able to carry out the project successfully with such a multidisciplinary team and with funding from the Royal Academy for which we are thankful of course, because they allowed the team to come together from both sides of the world and assemble a synergetic team.”
Research Publications
Findings from this collaboration have been published in international peer-reviewed journals and presented at academic conferences.
Fuzzy logic-based FDM simulation and optimisation for medical-grade PEEK
Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems
Right-first-time additive manufacturing for patient-specific implants
Results in Engineering
Computational intelligence for FDM parameter optimisation in healthcare manufacturing
Advances in Fuzzy Systems (Wiley)
Research additionally funded by: King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD) and Jordan Design and Development Bureau (JODDB).
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