Experimental Characterization, Black-box Modeling, and Optimization of The Fused Deposition Modelled Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene by Ronak Vahed Mohammad Ghasemloo B.A.Sc., In Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran, 2015 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF APPLIED SCIENCE in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Mechanical Engineering) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) June 2018 © Ronak Vahed Mohammad Ghasemloo, 2018