A multilingual (English/Spanish) immersive learning environment is being created by an assistant professor at the University of Texas using virtual reality technology to help students better grasp the topic of additive manufacturing. The project, titled "Enhancing Active Learning in Additive Manufacturing Using a Bilingual, Assisted Virtual-Reality Platform," will be under the direction of Shuchisnigdha Deb, assistant professor in the Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering (IMSE). The research is being supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation worth $837,000. Emma Yang and Amanda Olsen, two other ISME faculty members from the College of Education's Department of Curriculum and Instruction, are also on the team. Deb asserted that teaching kids about additive manufacturing is crucial for the advancement of robots, augmented reality, and other technologies.