Seminar: Design and Pre-Processing Computational Tools for Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing (AM) has initiated a paradigm shift in the design and manufacturing approaches and has opened a whole new field of study for scientists, researchers and engineers. Although AM provides ultimate design freedom, issues specific to the manufacturability and process need to be addressed for seamless workflow that can eventually result in quality builds.  This talk will present the results of the work at the Center for Global Design and Manufacturing (CGDM) at the University of Cincinnati on  the development of design and preprocessing tools based on computational geometric algorithms, optimization and physics based modeling tools for powder bed based Additive Manufacturing.  The presentation will include approaches for integration of topology optimization with design for additive tools, lattice structures, geometric compensation approaches, optimization of input file, slicing and build orientation for achieving part tolerances as well as minimizing and optimal removal of support structures. 

About the Speaker

Sam Anand is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Center for Global Design and Manufacturing at the University of Cincinnati. He also serves as the Director of UC/Siemens Simulation Center and Co-Director of UCRI Advanced Manufacturing Center. He obtained his MS and PhD in Industrial Engineering from Penn State University.  Prof. Anand’s areas of research expertise include Intelligent Product Design, Precision Engineering, Virtual Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing Processes.  He has graduated 65 MS and 9 PhD students, published over 100 technical papers and received in excess of $10M in research grants and contracts in his research areas from Federal and State agencies as well as Industries. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering and has previously served as Associate Editor of SME Journal of Manufacturing Systems. 

Hosted by Professor Jami Shah