Organization:

Novineer

Presenter:

Dr. Ali Tamijani

Simulation and Optimization for FFF/FDM Printed Parts

Presentation Abstract

Additive manufacturing with FFF/FDM 3D printing has long struggled to optimize toolpaths for better structural performance. Traditional slicing software failed to fully take advantage of material anisotropy, missing opportunities to boost strength and stiffness. Novineer’s toolpath optimization software changes this by maximizing material properties through tailored print paths based on load paths, resulting in a 60% increase in structural stiffness without changing the geometry.

Speaker Bio

Dr. Ali Tamijani, the co-founder/CEO of Novineer, is a professor of Aerospace Engineering at ERAU. He has spent three summers at Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) as a Faculty Fellow to explore the structural load paths and load flow. This was followed by investigating a Load Path-based Topology Optimization funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)-Young Investigator Program (YIP). Ali is also working on Multiscale Optimization of Additively Manufacturable Cellular Microstructures that received the National Science Foundation (NSF) -CAREER.

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