Advances in 3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing Technologies

Influence of Process Parameters on Tensile Strength of Additive Manufactured Polymer Parts using Taguchi Method.- Determination and Comparison of the Anisotropic Strengths of Fused Deposition Modeling P400 ABS.- Estimating the Effect of Process Parameters on Build Time and Model Material Volume for FDM Process Optimization by Response Surface Methodology and Grey Relational Analysis.- Current Trends of Additive Manufacturing in the Aerospace Industry.- Influence of Oxygen Partial Pressure on Hydroxyapatite Coating of Additive Manufactured component by Pulsed Laser Deposition.- Electro Discharge Machining of Ti-alloy(Ti6Al4V) and 316LStainless Steel and Optimization of Process Parameters by Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) Method.- Multi-Objective Optimization of Mechanical Properties of Aluminium 7075 Based Hybrid Metal Matrix Composite using Genetic Algorithm.- A Review on Status of Research in Metal Additive Manufacturing.- Multi Response Optimization of Nd: YAG Laser for Micro Drilling of 304Stainless Steel using Grey Relational Analysis.- Additive Manufacturing at French Space Agency with Industry Partnership.- Wear Characterization of Direct Steel -H20 Specimens Produced by Additive Manufacturing Techniques.- Rapid Manufacturing of Customized Surgical Cutting Guide for the Accurate Resection of Malignant Tumor in the Mandible.- Implant Analysis on the Lumbar-Sacrum Vertebrae using Finite Element Method.- An Automated Acupressure Glove For Stress & Pain Relief Using 3D Printing.- Development and Optimization of Dental Crown using Rapid Prototyping Integrated with CAD.

Professor David Ian Wimpenny is currently appointed as the Chief Technologist at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), Coventry, UK. He joined MTC in the year 2011 as a Technology Manager, and is working as a full time Technologist of the Component Technology Group at the MTC.  He is the member of Technology Strategy Board Panel. Prof. Wimpenny is a Funding Advisor of National Science Foundation (NSF) since 2006. He is the Chairman of the Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing Forum for the HVM Catapult. His past roles include being head of the research at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK from 2009 to 2011 and director of Additive Manufacturing Technology Group in the Department of Engineering & Technology at De Montfort University from 2001 to 2011. Professor David Ian Wimpenny is also the member of the Additive Manufacturing Special Interest Group (AM-SIG) which was established by the Technology Strategy Board to develop a road map for the UK AM sector. He has served as an international reviewer for several international conference committees. His major activities are in the area of Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Product Development, Laser Printing, Surface Engineering and Manufacturing Production Tooling. He has published more than 60 papers in international/national journals and presented papers in seminars and international conferences. He has 3 patents to his credit and is involved with several major industries for Rapid Prototyping, Reverse Engineering and Computer Aided Design. He has guided 6 PhD students (awarded) and over 150 MSc students in his capacity as a professor. He is also a member of the review committees of several reputed international journals, including Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping and Materials Processing Technology. Professor David Ian Wimpenny has 2 books to his credit, Digital Model Production and Digital Design and Manufacturing in Dentistry. He was also a co-editor of the Rapid Prototyping