ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL

Solid Freeform Fabrication

SYMPOSIUM

The 34th Annual Meeting will be held August 14-16, 2023

FULLY IN-PERSON CONFERENCE

The Thirty-Third Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium – An Additive Manufacturing Conference will be held July 25-27, 2022 at the Hilton Austin Hotel (500 East 4th St.) in Austin, Texas USA.  The meeting will run three full days from 8 AM to ~5:30 PM. There is an optional social function Sunday evening, July 24 at the Hilton Hotel; there is no cost for this event, and more information is given at the Events tab. The meeting is planned to be fully in person.  There will not be any virtual component.  The organizers are monitoring the impacts of the COVID pandemic on both travel and safety, and any changes to the meeting format will be announced as soon as possible.

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The conference opening presentation is available here.

The Organizing Committee is excited to welcome you to the SFF Symposium later this month.  There will be 524 oral and poster presentations. The final program is posted here.  The short "Program-at-a-Glance" is now available here; it will be distributed as a hard-copy booklet at the conference. An addendum to the meeting program will be printed and in the registration packets which contains changes to the program between printing the final program and July 22. It is also available here.  Conference packets will be available Sunday afternoon, July 24, from 1-7 PM in the Grand Ballroom Foyer on the sixth floor of the Hilton Hotel, as well as all day during the conference. We are offering many opportunities for connecting and interacting, including a Sunday late afternoon welcome reception, Monday plenary spotlighting women in emerging leadership, an associated Monday noon panel, the annual Monday evening awards banquet spotlighting our 2022 FAME award winners, Tuesday lunch for all and a special program dealing with graduate issues for all grad students, special technical sessions on Wire-few AM, binder jetting and data analytics, a special session sponsored by America Makes, and a workshop on Design for AM set for Wednesday morning.

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The 2022 recipient of the International Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Excellence (FAME) Award is Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis from the University of Southern California.  The winner of the International Outstanding Young Researcher in Freeform and Additive Manufacturing (FAME Jr) Award is Dr. Filomeno Martina, CEO of WAAM3D Ltd and Visiting Lecturer at Cranfield University. They will present a technical lecture Monday morning at the conference and will receive their awards at the Conference banquet Monday evening, July 25. More information on the FAME awards and selection process is available at this website at the "FAME Award" tab.

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WEATHER

The weather in Austin is hot, temperatures averaging between a low of 75˚F (24˚C) and a high of 100˚F (38˚C). The average relative humidity is 50%. The probability of precipitation is virtually zero.

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 July 22; final manuscripts are due August 26.

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Papers presented as oral presentations or in the poster session will be published if a manuscript is submitted.  Each person (including students) registering for the full meeting will receive a download version of the full proceedings ~3 months after the meeting.  Hard copies (swing-hinge format) 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 on this website at no charge.  Please select the "Proceedings Archive" menu under the "More" tab.

Events

SUNDAY EVENING PRE-CONFERENCE WELCOME EVENT (JULY 24)

An informal pre-conference social event is scheduled for Sunday evening.  The cost is included in the full registration fee.  The purpose is to provide a venue where attendees can renew old friendships and meet new people prior to the start of technical sessions. Beverages and light refreshments will be served.  It will be held on the sixth floor of the Hilton Hotel in the Grand Ballroom Foyer from 5:30-6:30 PM. You may also register and pick up your conference packet at that time and place, or any time after 1 PM Sunday.

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MONDAY MORNING PLENARY EVENTS (JULY 25)

The theme of the Monday morning plenary session is "Emerging Women Leaders in AM". Chaired by Professor Carolyn Seepersad at The University of Texas at Austin, six presentations will be made by outstanding women researchers early in their careers.  Following will be the two traditional technical presentations by the FAME Award winners. You are encouraged to grab a quick lunch at the close of the session at 12:10 PM, and then to return at 12:45 PM for a panel discussion dealing with issues related to becoming and being an emerging woman leader in AM. The panel will consist of the plenary session emerging women leaders. The panel moderators are Professor Seepersad and Dr. Cindy Waters from the NSWCCD-Carderock Division. The room location is Salon G in the sixth floor of the Hilton Hotel, and the session will end in time for attendees to move to the afternoon parallel sessions at 1:30 PM. 

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MONDAY EVENING AWARDS BANQUET (JULY 25)

The annual Awards Banquet will be held at the Hilton Hotel (500 E. 4th St) near the meeting rooms in Salons HJK.  The banquet cost is included in the full registration fee and for those one-day registering for Monday.  Additional tickets may be purchased at registration.  No transportation will be provided. 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. 

TUESDAY LUNCH (JULY 26)

Lunch is provided for all attendees on Tuesday, July 26 in Salons FGH on the sixth floor ot the Hilton Hotel.  Cost is included in the registration fee. Please see the final program for room information and times.

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For students, a special program and panel will be held during the lunch period in Salons FG. The theme is: "How to be prepared for Careers in Additive Manufacturing (AM) - A panel discussion with AM experts across application domains". Professor Guha Manogharan from Penn State University will moderate the panel. The four panelists represent various career paths and stages:

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For students, a special program and panel will be held during the lunch period. The theme is: "How to be prepared for Careers in Additive Manufacturing (AM) - A panel discussion with AM experts across application domains". Professor Guha Manogharan from Penn State University will moderate the panel. The four panelists represent various career paths and stages:

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Sneha Narra

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Narra received a master of science in computational mechanics, and a master of science and doctorate in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). After receiving her doctorate, she worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the Next Manufacturing Center at CMU. She then served as an assistant professor in the materials and manufacturing program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, before joining CMU as an assistant professor in Fall of 2021. Dr. Narra’s additive manufacturing process design research lies at the intersection of process modeling including numerical, analytical, and semi-analytical methods, processing experiments, materials characterization, and data-driven analysis.   

Maryna Lenina

Maryna is an AM Academy - Product and Partnership Manager. She joined EOS in the summer of 2016 as an Applications Engineer for metal AM, then transitioned to digitalization topics, and currently supports the development and delivery of training content. She believes that education plays a key role in implementing emerging technologies, including industrial 3D Printing, and successfully transforming organizations.

Maryna earned her master's degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), and the National Technical University of Ukraine Polytechnic Institute. At KIST she did research about the flexible floating ring seal that is used to reduce air leakage and increase compressor efficiency. 

Now together with EOS Additive Minds, she shares her expertise in facilitating innovation with industrial 3D Printing. Maryna works on the development and delivery of Additive Manufacturing programs and products for professional development. 

Nicholas Bass
 

Nick Bass, is the Lead AM Engineer at an AM service bureau. He holds a Masters degree in Additive Manufacturing & Design from Penn State. At Cumberland Additive, Nick supports manufacturing projects with Powder Bed Fusion in rigorous industries like Aerospace, Defense, and Energy. His focus is on the industrialization of AM technologies for the manufacture of end-use parts. Prior to Cumberland, Nick worked held roles at Arconic, Flex, and Lockheed Martin Space. Nick brings high tech, high volume, diverse industrial experience to advance AM applications and streamline the AM factory. 
 

Chelsea Cummings

Chelsea is an AM consultant from The Barnes Global Advisers, contributing to a variety of projects mainly supporting design for the process and advising customers on digital tools available to support their AM strategy. She began her engineering career at Honeywell Aerospace, gaining experience in various roles, including AM. Her AM experience focused on developing metal parts built on powder bed machines for aerospace applications. Her experience qualifying production parts for AM with the FAA at Honeywell led her to a role in new product engineering at Arconic (formerly Alcoa) where she successfully qualified additively manufactured parts for aerospace production for a major aircraft manufacturer. Her work with various manufacturers for flight and space has honed her AM design skills for diverse applications. Lean certified by her alma mater, Arizona State University, and Honeywell, she cultivates streamlined AM designs, production, and applications.

NSF Student Support

THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS NOW PAST.

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2022 MEETING NSF STUDENT AWARDS

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recommended funding for student support.  Based on this and the timing of the meeting, we are initiating the application process now. In the unlikely event that NSF funding is not provided, no registration fee waivers will be awarded. A final funding announcement will be made here once we know.

Please note the following:
 

1. Awards will directly cover the full student registration fee.  Award winners will pay no registration fee to attend the full meeting.

2. Before applying, please note that to qualify for the award students MUST (no exceptions, so please don’t ask) be a student at a US institution of higher learning, MUST attend the entire conference (Monday‐Wednesday) and MUST be an author or co-author on an oral or poster presentation. The abstract submission deadline is past, but student award applicants may submit an abstract (poster presentation only) along with their application for a travel award to meet this requirement.  If selected for a travel award, the abstract will also be accepted.

3. “Student” means an undergraduate or graduate student currently enrolled in a US institution of higher learning.  Postdoctoral scholars are not eligible.

4. Awardees are responsible for the cost of their own accommodation and transportation.

5. The number of awards is limited, and organizers reserve the right to limit the number of award recipients per university or per faculty advisor to fairly distribute the funds among institutions across the nation.

6. To be eligible for an award, students must download, complete and submit the application form.

7. The application deadline is Wednesday, May 25 by 5:00 PM CDT.  You should be informed of acceptance by Monday, June 6.  

8. Priority for selection will be given to applicants who are lead authors and/or who actually present the oral or poster presentation.  The presentation of NSF-sponsored research is also positive. 

You may download the instructions and application form here.  If you have any questions, email Penn State University Professor Guha Manogharan at gum53@psu.edu.