Metal and Composite Additive Manufacturing

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This course provides students with depth in the topics of metal additive manufacturing and composite additive manufacturing. For metal AM, established processes such as powder bed fusion, binder jetting, and bound particle extrusion will be covered along with emerging processes such as molten metal droplet jetting, cold spray, friction stir, and wire arc. The composite AM portion of the course will focus on polymer matrix composite materials. The fundamentals of how fiber reinforcement and the polymer matrix interact will be covered, as will strategies for optimizing material properties though local control of fiber orientation. Students will use design tools for light weighting of structures via engineered lattice structures, generative design, and topology optimization. Students are expected to have previous introductory experience with 3D printing and computer-aided design.