Convergent Manufacturing
A Future of Additive, Subtractive, and
Transformative Manufacturing
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Linda Casola, Rapporteur
National Materials and
Manufacturing Board
Division on Engineering and
Physical Sciences
Proceedings of a Workshop
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Cover: The high-intensity electrical arc in the image stands for transformation in the similar way that convergent manufacturing is often described as the future of additive, subtractive, and transformative manufacturing. The arc and the image were generated algorithmically with a process that adds and subtracts three-dimensional parts to ultimately create the final image. Artist Erik Svedberg.
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WORKSHOP PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR A CONVERGENT MANUFACTURING PLATFORM: A FUTURE OF ADDITIVE, SUBTRACTIVE, AND TRANSFORMATIVE MANUFACTURING
THOMAS R. KURFESS, NAE,1 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Co-Chair
AJAY P. MALSHE, NAE, Purdue University, Co-Chair
CRAIG ARNOLD, Princeton University
MARIA CHRISTINA BAKER, PPG Industries
JIAN CAO, NAE, Northwestern University
CAMBRE KELLY, restor3d, Inc.
FRANCISCO MEDINA, The University of Texas at El Paso
AMY PETERSON, University of Massachusetts Lowell
SUDARSAN RACHURI, U.S. Department of Energy
CHRISTOPHER SALDANA, Georgia Institute of Technology
SANDRA DEVINCENT WOLF, Carnegie Mellon University
Staff
MICHELLE SCHWALBE, Director, National Materials and Manufacturing Board
ERIK B. SVEDBERG, Senior Program Officer, Workshop Director
NEERAJ GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer
AMISHA JINANDRA, Research Associate
JOSEPH PALMER, Senior Project Assistant
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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
NATIONAL MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING BOARD
THERESA KOTANCHECK, Evolved Analytics, LLC, Chair
JOHN KLIER, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Vice Chair
KEVIN ANDERSON, NAE,1 Brunswick Corporation
CRAIG ARNOLD, Princeton University
TERESA CLEMENT, Raytheon Missile Systems
THOMAS M. DONNELLAN, Applied Research Laboratory
STEPHEN FORREST, NAS2/NAE, University of Michigan
AMIT GOYAL, NAE, State University of New York at Buffalo
JULIA GREER, California Institute of Technology
LATONIA M. HARRIS, Janssen Pharmaceutical
MICK MAHER, Maher & Associates, LLC
GREGORY TASSEY, University of Washington
MATTHEW J. ZALUZEC, University of Florida
Staff
MICHELLE SCHWALBE, Director, National Materials and Manufacturing Board, and Director, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics
ERIK B. SVEDBERG, Senior Program Officer
NEERAJ GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer
AMISHA JINANDRA, Research Associate
JOSEPH PALMER, Senior Project Assistant
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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
2 Member, National Academy of Sciences.
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We thank the following individuals for their review of this proceedings:
Stephan Biller, NAE,1 Advanced Manufacturing International, Inc.,
Jennifer L.W. Carter, Case Western Reserve University,
Joy Gockel, Colorado School of Mines,
Rachel S. Goldman, University of Michigan,
H. Alicia Kim, University of California, San Diego, and
Linda S. Schadler, The University of Vermont.
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Contents
2 RESILIENT DESIGN AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Panel 1: Multifunctional Materials Design
Panel 2: Heterogeneous Materials Design
Group Question and Answer Session: Science, Engineering, and Application Gaps
3 PROCESS HYBRIDIZATION IN ONE PLATFORM
Panel 3: Hybrid Manufacturing Processes
Panel 4: Design and Modeling of Hybrid Manufacturing Processes
Group Question and Answer Session: Science, Engineering, and Application Gaps
