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A D V A N C E D M A T E R I A L S & P R O C E S S E S | O C T O B E R 2 0 2 0 1 21 P O L Y M E R M A T R I X C O M P O S I T E S PARTICULATE REINFORCED POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES: TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR AND 3D PRINTING BY FUSED FILAMENT FABRICATION *Member of ASM International Surojit Gupta* University of North Dakota Grand Forks Michael C. Halbig, FASM* NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland Mrityunjay Singh, FASM* Ohio Aerospace Institute Cleveland A brief literature review and case study explore the e ect of particulate reinforcements and processing parameters on the tribological behavior of polymer matrix composites made by 3D printing via fused filament fabrication.