Materials and Processing Challenges in Additive Manufacturing of Structural Composites: Thermoset Polymers

Division/Committee: [PMSE] Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering

The symposium topics include chemistry, molecular and nanoscale interactions, deposition, and processing solutions and hierarchical design solutions towards additive manufacturing (AM) of mechanically robust composites that withstand extreme environments (including, but not limited to, low and high temperature, harsh chemical environments, extreme loads or deformation, and cyclic conditions). Topics that include evolving, cooperative and amplifying properties of complex chemistries and processes in AM that are being investigated at the molecular, nanoscale, and larger hierarchical scales are of interest. Additional topics included advanced real-time measurement methods, machine learning/artificial intelligence tools towards autonomous processes and process modeling concepts that improve structure-property-processing relationships of additively manufactured composites.