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A Third DMMI Workshop Series: Workshop on Topology Optimization in Design: Exploiting Advanced Manufacturing

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New advances in modeling and additive manufacturing can help tailor the geometry and composition of a component to improve its performance, but there is much to be learned before the manufacturing of these optimized structures is possible. A workshop on exploiting advanced manufacturing capabilities and topology optimization is held on November 19-20, 2019 Washington, D.C. This workshop will examine how topology optimization can be effectively implemented and extended to meet next generation needs in defense manufacturing. Topics include optimizing manufacturability alongside material design, methods for optimizing multiple different properties of a single material, and applications toward flexible electronics and biomaterials.

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Workshop Description:
Topology Optimization in Design: Exploiting Advanced Manufacturing
This workshop will examine how Topology Optimization can be effectively implemented and extended to meet next generation needs in defense manufacturing, and explore alternatives for unifying its use in materials and manufacturing communities.
Overall Project Statement of Task:
Five ad hoc committees will convene a series of five 2-day public workshops to discuss issues in defense materials and manufacturing. The topics to be discussed in these workshops are the following:

  1. Domestic Manufacturing Capabilities for Critical DoD Applications: Emerging Needs in Quantum-Enabled Systems;
  2. What Does Quantum Computing Bring to New Materials Design;
  3. Topology Optimization in Design: Exploiting Advanced Manufacturing;
  4. Data Analytics and What it Means to the Materials Community; and
  5. What's next after Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS).

For the ad hoc committee for each workshop, the Defense Materials, Manufacturing, and Infrastructure (DMMI) standing committee will contribute its most suitable members for that topic, with the ad hoc committee's membership to be supplemented to provide the necessary expertise to plan and conduct the workshop. Each ad hoc committee will then develop the agenda for the workshop, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. The workshops will use a mix of individual presentations, panels, and question-and-answer sessions to develop an understanding of the relevant issues. The workshop will highlight some recent developments in applicable research fields. Key stakeholders will be identified and invited to participate. Workshop summaries will be prepared separately by a designated rapporteur after each workshop in this series.

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