ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL

Solid Freeform Fabrication

SYMPOSIUM

Austin, Texas

NEW DATE!! The 32nd Annual Meeting will be held August 2-4, 2021

The Conference

Three Days of High-Level Research Presentations

2-4 August 2021

31st Annual Conference Summary

The 31st Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium was held as a virtual meeting on Monday, August 17, 2020 as an all-plenary meeting.  We had nine excellent talks attended by ~180 persons.  The morning session began with four presentations covering the breadth of AM.  Closing out the morning session were the two FAME Award presentations.  For more information on the FAME Awards, please see the conference tab "FAME AWARDS".  The afternoon session was hosted by America Makes and included three talks dealing with transitioning technology out of the laboratory and into the marketplace.  We are grateful to Dr. Brandon Ribic of America Makes who both provided some remarks about America Makes and also chaired the last three presentations.

Some of the presentations have been recorded with permission from the presenter to reproduce the presentation here.  Below is a list of the presentations; recorded presentations may be seen for some by clicking the link if there is one.

• Laura Gilmour (EOS North America)  COVID-19: A Tipping Point for Additive Manufacturing

• Tony Rollett (Carnegie Mellon University) Towards a Defect-based Process Map

• Manyalibo J. Matthews (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Light-matter interaction, melt pool dynamics and solidification behavior in laser powder bed fusion processes

• Benjamin White (Sandia National Laboratories) Contacting but not Connected: Interpenetrating Lattices

• FAME Presentation: Abdalla R Nassar (Penn State University) Towards building a perfect part – Some progress on metal additive manufacturing design, sensing, control, and inspection

• FAME Presentation: Ming C. Leu (Missouri University of Science and Technology) From Rapid Prototyping of Ice Parts to Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Ceramic and Metallic Components

• Brandon Ribic (America Makes) Introductory Remarks

• Mark Benedict (Air Force Research Laboratory) An Air Force Perspective on AM Technology Transfer

• Brent Stucker (ANSYS) Moving Additive Simulation from Academia to Industry: The Story of 3DSIM

• Joe Beaman (The University of Texas at Austin) History and Origin of Powder Bed Fusion

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2020 ABSTRACTS MOVED TO 2021

We are technically moving the in-person part of the 2020 31st meeting to next year, the 32nd annual meeting set for July 26-28, 2021.  This impacts the disposition of submitted abstracts. This will be the only SFF Symposium held in 2021.  Your submitted and accepted abstracts will be automatically moved to the new date in 2021 without any action required on your part.   If you submitted an abstract for 2020 and wish to cancel/withdraw your abstract from the 2021 meeting, please email programming@programmaster.org. If you wish to modify your abstract, you may do so in your ProgramMaster Presenter/Author tools. There will be no conference proceedings prior to the end of the 2021 meeting.  Therefore, all 2020 deadlines for manuscript submittal are no longer active and will be revised to comparable dates in 2021.

STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS

The National Science Foundation has provided funding to offset the registration fee for selected students attending and presenting.  Please watch this website for updated information and application form.

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Lodging

Hilton Austin

The SFF Symposium conference hotel is the four-star Hilton Austin Hotel, 500 East 4th Street, in downtown Austin.  Technical sessions will also be held at the Hilton Austin Hotel.

 The Hilton Hotel is in the downtown area of Austin just over a mile south of The University of Texas. The hotel is located only a  short block from Austin's famous "Sixth Street" entertainment district. 

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To make a reservation, use the on-line link here, or call 1-800-HILTONS (1-800-445-8667) and reference the code: SFF.  We hope in late March 2021 to have a special link available for making room reservations.

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About Austin

Weather

The weather in Austin is hot, temperatures averaging between a low of 70˚F (21˚C) and a high of 100˚F (38˚C). The average relative humidity is 50%. The probability of precipitation is virtually zero.

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Important Dates

Important upcoming dates

Presenters Information

Manuscript and Proceedings Information

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Authors must present their work at the meeting to have their manuscript included in the proceedings.  Click here to download manuscript instructions.  Manuscript submission is optional for presenters.  Authors submitting manuscripts have the option to have their manuscript reviewed/refereed.  Having a conference proceedings article reviewed is important to some authors, particularly academicians. Each manuscript receives two reviews using a referee pool composed of all authors submitting reviewed manuscripts. Authors selecting reviewed status for their manuscript must review two other manuscripts.  Reviews are due at the conference; final manuscripts are due September 3.

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Papers presented as oral presentations or in the poster session will be published in flash-drive and swing-hinge bound hard-copy formats if a manuscript is submitted.  Each person (including students) registering for the full meeting will receive a copy in flash-drive format ~3 months after the meeting.  One day registrants do not receive a copy of the proceedings.  Hard copies are available for purchase.  Proceedings papers will be accessible and downloadable on line on the home page at no charge. Past Proceedings articles are available here at no charge.

Events

Sunday Pre-Conference Social Event (August 1) TENTATIVE

We are planning a happy hour social event at the Hilton Hotel Sunday evening.  There will also be an opportunity to register for the conference and to pick up your registration packet.  More details will be posted here as the conference approaches.

Monday Evening Awards Banquet (August 2)

The annual Awards Banquet will be held at the Hilton Hotel (500 E. 4th St) near the meeting rooms.  Please see the final program for details. Given complications of COVID-19, the banquet may have a different look and format from previous years to maximize the safety of attendees.  FAME awards will be presented at the awards banquet. The International Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Excellence (FAME) Award is given annually to recognize an outstanding researcher in the field of freeform/additive fabrication.  The award consists of ato  certificate, freeformed trophy and check for $2000. The International Outstanding Young Researcher in Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Award is given annually to recognize an outstanding young researcher in the field of freeform/additive fabrication early in their career; applicants must be 35 years old or younger on August 1, 2021. The award consists of a certificate, freeformed trophy and a check for $1000. Complete application packets must be received by May 1, 2021 to guarantee consideration.  More information and forms are available at the Awards tab. 

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There is no additional charge to attend for conference registrants.  Additional tickets may be purchased at registration.  No transportation will be provided.

Tuesday Lunch (August 3)

We are still planning to hold the informal networking lunch for conference attendees near the meeting rooms at the Hilton Hotel at the noon break on Tuesday.  Cost is included in the registration fee.

The special networking lunch for students is being prepared.  Please see the final program for the room and more information.

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Participants

64

Topics

64

Sessions

578

Speakers