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3020.001 Materials Informed Data Driven Design for Additive Structures (MIDAS) Challenge
March 13, 2023
The purpose of the effort was to challenge the brightest minds from industry and academia by focusing on validating/improving the accuracy of model predictions for metal AM. The goal of the Air...
3028 Procedure Qualification Scheme Development for Technical Publication Initiative – Arc DED
March 13, 2023
This project aimed to substantiate a relevant qualification procedure to accelerate the application of arc DED within the U.S. Navy for two important structural materials—HY80 steel and nickel...
1141 Manufacturing Engineering Education Program (MEEP)
February 23, 2023
The Manufacturing Engineering Education Program (MEEP) addresses the need to better position the workforce to produce military systems and components that ensure technological superiority for the...
5531 Additive Manufacturing Phase 2, Application Development & Material Study
February 20, 2023
The project quantitatively evaluated relationships between novel AM-enabled design features and effects on product tolerancing, manufacturability, mechanical performance, and flow performance. The...
5520.001 Digital Light Processing – Flame Smoke Toxicity
February 20, 2023
The objective of this project was to mature the 3D Systems Figure 4 DLP technology as a qualified alternate source of supply for the manufacture of low-criticality, polymer cockpit components....
3022 Joint Additive Manufacturing Model Exchange (JAMMEX)
January 18, 2023
The objective was to build a system that can be flexible and agile to meet the individual needs of the services. JAMMEX’s open platform simplifies the process of sharing information and...
5001.001.002.006 Development of Test Artifacts for the Characterization of AM In-Situ Process Monitoring System
February 28, 2022
The objective of this project was to develop test artifacts and protocols for characterization of MPM system performance for laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The developed approach was...
5001.001.001.004 Open Analytics Platform for Multi-Sensor In-Situ Monitoring
February 28, 2022
The objective of this program was to apply a developed recoat algorithm for greater access to in-situ data and resulting analytics. Specifically the program sought to provide live and actionable...
5001.001.001.001 Machine Learning (ML) to Enable Rapid Design Allowables Development for Additive Manufacturing
February 17, 2022
The primary objective of this project was to develop two mechanical property design allowables for AM using a single set of empirical data. The project sought to establish an approach to AM design...
5001.001.001.006 Reducing “Time to First Good AM Part” Through In-Situ Sensor Driven NDE
February 16, 2022
The objective of this project was to reduce the time and associated costs of obtaining the first good metal AM part. By correlating in-situ data to ground truth NDE data, the project identified...
5001.001.002.003 Development of a Pedigree Informatic System for America Makes Materials
December 22, 2021
The objective of this project was to develop a human-readable, searchable, and extendable XML-based database to systematically archive various types of data from America Makes projects. The...
5001.001.001.002 Correlating In-Situ Sensor Data to Defect Locations and Part Quality for Additively Manufactured Parts Using Machine Learning
December 22, 2021
The objective of this project was to establish a quantifiable correlation between the in-situ sensor footprint, process anomalies (i.e. build flaws), and part quality as derived from fatigue...
