2024 Regional Additive Manufacturing Symposium

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM 

Registration with Coffee/Tea & Networking Opportunity (Atrium)

8:00 AM-5:00 PM 

Exhibits/Tables/Posters (Rowan Hall Atrium)

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Welcome & Introduction (Rowan Hall Auditorium)

Joe Abrantes, Vice Chair, NJ SAMPE

Joe Stanzione III, Founding Director, Rowan AMMI

9:15 AM – 11:20 AM 

Morning Session (Rowan Hall Auditorium)

9:15 AM 

"Cold Spray Deposition: Process Physics and Applications," Aaron Nardi, VRC Metal Systems

9:40 AM

"Recycling of Polylactic Acid Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) Filament and the Effects on its Material Properties," Emma Benkovic, Rowan University

10:05 AM

"Quasi-Static Crushing Behavior of Additively Manufactured Honeycomb Structures with Buckling Initiators," Norman M. Wereley, University of Maryland

10:30 AM

"Electroplating a 3D- Printed Preform to Improve Energy Absorption," Colleen Murray, University of Maryland

10:55 AM

"Additive Manufacturing of TPU-MWCNT Composite Tunable Electro-Mechanical Properties for Large Strain Sensing," Behrad Koohbor, Rowan University

11:30 AM - 1:00PM 

Poster Review & Judging (Rowan Hall Atrium)

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM 

Lunch, Networking Opportunity

1:30 PM - 1:40 PM

Presentation of Awards for Posters (Rowan Hall Auditorium)

1:40 PM - 1:50 PM

Guest Address by SAMPE CTO

Raj Marchanda, FASME, CTO SAMPE North America

1:50 PM - 2:45 PM

Panel Discussion (Rowan Hall Auditorium)

"New Trends in Additive Manufacturing: Materials, Methods and Applications"

• Aaron Nardi, Chief Technology Officer, VRC Metal Systems LLC
• Behrad Koohbor, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, AMMI Rowan University
• Jonathan Singer, PhD. Associate Professor and Mary W. Raisler Distinguished Teaching Chair, Rutgers University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Shahab Zekriardehani, PhD. Innovation Management and Execution, Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Eaton
  

2:45 PM – 5:25 PM 

Afternoon Session (Rowan Hall Auditorium) 

2:45 PM

"Charge Landscape Manipulation for Self-Limiting Electrospray Postprocessing of Additive Manufacturing," Jonathan P. Singer, Rutgers University

3:10 PM

"Machine Learning based Grain Boundary Identification and Segmentation of 3D Printed Metals," Melanie Heider, University of Delaware

3:35 PM

"Prediction of Strain Rate Sensitivity on Viscoelastic Hydrogel Through Time Temperature Superposition of Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Data," Caleb Beckwith, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

4:00 PM

"Dual Subaquatic Vortex Generation through Field Multiplexing and 3D-printed Acoustic Lens," Chadi Ellouzi, Rowan University

4:25 PM

"Predictive Modeling for Quality Control in Metal Fused Filament Fabrication," Tyler Paupst, Rowan University

4:50 PM

"3D Printing of High-Performance Nanocomposite for Industrial Applications," Shahab Zekriardehani, Eaton Corporation

5:25 PM - 5:30 PM

Closing Remarks 

Joe Abrantes Vice Chairman; Melissa Jaime Chairman NJ Chapter SAMPE