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The Center for Industrial Processes and Productivity (CIPP) is a vehicle for university / industry collaboration in several technology areas. Provides RP services using Solidscape MM technology.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT developed the Three Dimensional Printing process (3DP) which has been licensed to several companies for various applications. Recent work has also focused on a slurry-based version of the technology aimed at producing high quantity fine-ceramic parts. Droplet based manufacturing is also being developed which is similar to Liquid Metal Jet Printing (LMJP). This technology is also being developed at the University of Texas, University of California, and the University of Toronto.
The Fab Lab Program of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) doesn't utilize much additive fabrication, but does bring together an interesting group of technologies for personal manufacturing.
Memorial University (Canada) 
The Manufacturing Technology Centre uses RP technology for academic research and industry outreach.
Milwaukee School of Engineering 
Research involving several RP processes, as well as the PHAST tooling technology originally developed by Procter & Gamble. A specialty of the university is molecular modeling and a company has been spun off to pursue this effort commercially. The RP capabilities that are used to support the university's 60+ industrial consortium members include an SLA-5000, (3) SLA 250's, (1) SLA 3500, (2) LOM 2030E's, an SLS 2500plus, (2) Z Corporation Spectrum Z510's and an FDM Titan. In addition, the university has in-house laser scanning and CMM capabilities.
Mississippi Polymer Institute University / Industry collaboration. MPI offers SLS prototyping in metals and nylons, and specializes in rapid response to manufacturers.
North Carolina State University 
Research involves direct-metal fabrication via electron-beam melting (Arcam) as well as biomodeling and biomedical freeform fabrication. The university is also researching RP by means of electrophotography.
Northeastern University See listing for Tufts University.
Penn State University University / Industry collaboration. Uses SLA, LOM and FDM processes. Penn State is also the home of the Center for Innovative Sintered Products (CISP). Work is centered on rapid tooling processes for die compaction and powder injection molding tooling. Technologies being explored include selective laser sintering (SLS), Laser Engineered Net Shaping (TM) (Trademark of Sandia National Labs. and Sandia Corp.) and CNC process.
Queen’s University (Canada) The university's Centre for Automotive Materials and Manufacturing (CAMM) is investigating rapid laminated tooling.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Freeform Powder Molding and other technologies and applications have been explored.
Rutgers University Fused deposition of ceramics. See also the Layered Manufacturing web page.
