Presenter's Information
ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS
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SPEAKER REGISTRATION
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MANUSCRIPTS (optional - not required for participation)
Authors must present their work at the meeting to have their manuscript included in the proceedings. Manuscript submission is optional for all presenters. Manuscript instructions may be obtained here. Manuscripts should be uploaded at the conference website. Please click the "Submit an Abstract or Manuscript" button on the website homepage. 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 per submission to be published. Please see the conference main homepage for deadlines. Manuscripts for review are due June 24; final manuscripts and non-reviewed are due September 16.
PROCEEDINGS
Authors must present their work at the meeting to have their manuscript included in the proceedings. Papers presented in oral presentations or in the poster sessions will be published in a downloadable format. Each person (including students) registering for the full meeting will receive instructions to download the full proceedings about 3 months after the meeting. Individual proceedings papers will be accessible to anyone and will be downloadable on line at the conference website. Past Proceedings articles are available at the conference website homepage. Click the "Proceedings Archive" menu tab .
FAME Awards
AWARD SUBMISSION DEADLINES: Nominations by May 15 to receive full consideration
International Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Excellence (FAME) Award
The FAME Award is given annually to recognize an outstanding researcher in the field of freeform/additive fabrication. The award consists of a certificate, freeformed trophy and check for $2000. For the 2024 award, the nomination packet should be received by May 15 to receive full consideration, but nominations will be accepted until the selection committee meets. The award winners will present technical talks Monday morning at the conference and will receive their awards at the Awards Banquet Monday evening.
Nomination Details and Form Word | PDF
International Outstanding Young Researcher in Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Award
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. To be eligible, applicants must be 35 years old or younger on August 1 of the year in which the award is presented. The award consists of a certificate, freeformed trophy and a check for $1000. The nomination packet should be received by May 15 to receive full consideration, but nominations will be accepted until the selection committee meets.
Application Details and Form WORD | PDF
Previous Recipients
Year Senior Award Young Researcher Award
2023 Anthony "Tony" Rollett, Carnegie Mellon University Nicholas Meisel, Penn State University
2022 Behrokh Khoshnevis, Univ. of Southern California Filomeno Martina, WAAM 3D
2021 Ola Harrysson, North Carolina State University Joy Gockel, Colorado School of Mines
2020 Ming Leu, Missouri Univ. of Science and Technol. Abdalla Nassar, John Deere
2019 Olaf Diegel, University of Auckland Rayne Zheng, U. California Los Angeles
2018 Chee Kai Chua, Singapore Univ. Technol/Design Guha Manogharan, Penn State Univ.
2017 Ian Gibson, University of Twente Allison Beese, Penn State University
2016 Brent Stucker, 3D Systems Li Yang, University of Louisville
2015 Richard Hague, University of Nottingham Ibrahim Ozbolat, Penn State University
2014 Joseph Beaman, University of Texas at Austin Adam Clare, University of Nottingham
2013 David Rosen, Georgia Tech University April Cooke, Seurat Technologies
2012 Jean-Pierre Kruth, KU Leuven Christopher Williams, Virginia Tech
2011 Dave Bourell, University of Texas at Austin Candice Majewski, Sheffield University
2010 Gideon Levy, TTA Technology Turn Around Peter Mercelis, LayerWise N.V.
2009 Phill Dickens, University of Nottingham Carolyn Seepersad, Univ. Texas Austin