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Engineering students 3D print decorative molds for Mānoa chocolate shop

Engineering students 3D print decorative molds for Mānoa chocolate shop

HAWAII.EDU

When you see a box of chocolates, you might not realize how much engineering goes into each individual truffle. Students in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Department of Mechanical Engineering learned first-hand as part of the new course in Advanced Additive Manufacturing. Under the guidance of Assistant Professor Tyler Ray, approximately 10 upper-level mechanical engineering students spent the spring 2022 semester developing a system based upon 3D printing to produce custom chocolate molds for the chocolate shop Choco leʻa, located in Mānoa valley just one mile away from campus.