Conference Description
The Additive Manufacturing of Soft Materials GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
Next-generation soft materials for next-generation additive manufacturing (AM, commonly termed 3D printing) modalities demand an unprecedented convergence of disciplines with a keen understanding of reactivity, rheology, and resolution (the 3Rs). This molecules to manufacturing approach will continue to catalyze innovation with impact on countless rapidly emerging technologies in aerospace, transportation, medicine, carbon capture, membranes, energy generation and storage, and beyond. Furthermore, a lens of sustainability is paramount to ensure circularity and end-of-life (EOL) considerations for next generation materials and devices. This conference focuses on design across the continuum of innovation, and the latest directions demand the integration of digital design, multiscale simulations, artificial intelligence and machine learning, multimodality manufacturing methods, materials synthesis, multi-material printing, composites, and performance engineering. AM invites a diverse cadre of researchers from sustainability scientists and manufacturing engineers to entrepreneurs, designers, artists, and educators with a broad range of materials requirements from thermosets, vitrimers, and thermoplastics to hydrogels, organogels, and composites. This conference assembles diverse communities of researchers from academia, industry, and national laboratories to tackle grand challenges of our times from human health to earth health. Interdisciplinary collaboration will catalyze discovery and translational success, and this conference welcomes lively discussion and diverse thinking for circular thinking at all levels. (https://www.grc.org/additive-manufacturing-of-soft-materials-conference/2024/)
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by April 13, 2024. Please check back for updates.
Reactivity, Rheology and Resolution in Additive Manufacturing
Discussion Leaders
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James Hedrick (Azul 3D, United States)
Speakers
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Christopher Williams (Virginia Tech, United States)
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Emily Pentzer (Texas A&M University, United States)
Functional Design with Light-Based Additive Manufacturing
Discussion Leaders
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Zachariah Page (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Speakers
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Yue (Jessica) Wang (University of California, Merced, United States)
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Renee Zhao (Stanford University, United States)
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Jason Killgore (NIST, United States)
Sustainable Additive Manufacturing
Discussion Leaders
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S. Eileen Seo (Arizona State University, United States)
Speakers
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Haritz Sardon (POLYMAT- University of Basque Country, Spain)
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Alshakim Nelson (University of Washington, United States)
Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing
Discussion Leaders
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Steven Patterson (Honeywell FM&T, United States)
Speakers
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Amy Peterson (University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States)
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Hilmar Koerner (Air Force Research Laboratory, United States)
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Brett Compton (University of Tennessee Knoxville, United States)
Volumetric Additive Manufacturing
Discussion Leaders
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Hayden Taylor (UC Berkeley, United States)
Speakers
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Maxim Shusteff (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States)
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Christophe Moser (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland)
Powder Bed Fusion Processes
Discussion Leaders
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Alexa Kuenstler (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States)
Speakers
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Samuel Leguizamon (Sandia National Laboratories, United States)
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Camden Chatham (Savannah River National Laboratory, United States)
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H. Jerry Qi (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
AM in Biomedical and Health Sciences
Discussion Leaders
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Keith A. Brown (Boston University, United States)
Speakers
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Michael McAlpine (University of Minnesota, United States)
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Viswanath Meenakshisundaram (Align Technology, United States)
Functional Materials and Devices for Emerging Technologies
Discussion Leaders
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Johanna Schwartz (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States)
Speakers
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Jason Rolland (Carbon, Inc., United States)
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Howon Lee (Seoul National University, South Korea)
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Emily Davidson (Princeton University, United States)
Integrated Technologies for Advanced and Multi-Modality Manufacturing
Discussion Leaders
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Olga Ivanova (Mechnano, United States)
Speakers
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Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
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A. John Hart (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
Organizers
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Emily Pentzer (Texas A&M University, United States)
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Mara Lopez (ASU, United States)