CDFAM Computational Design Symposium

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/

Organization:

NVIDIA

Presenter:

Ian Pegler

Keynote Presentation: How NVIDIA Is Accelerating Product Development

Presentation Abstract

Computational simulation and design have transformed product development by significantly reducing time and costs. However, designing complex products remains a challenging and resource-intensive process.

In this presentation, we will explore key industry challenges and demonstrate how NVIDIA is leveraging innovative solutions to address them. Specifically, we will highlight the use of accelerated computing to enable...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/

Organization

David Burpee Design

Presenter:

David Burpee

Computational Morphogenesis: Leveraging Proceduralism to Unlock Temporal Design

Presentation Abstract

Current paradigms of design and engineering operate on the premise that realized designs are static – that is once they are designed and manufactured they exist in their final state. Likewise even flexible computational systems tend to not incorporate the dimension of time as a design tool. Despite dozens or hundreds of sl...

Organization:

Harman International

Presenter:

Austin Mitchell

Acoustic-Driven Computational Design: Premium Branded Audio In The Automotive Industry

Presentation Abstract

In the evolving landscape of automotive experiences, premium audio has become a defining element of in-cabin experiences and brand identity. At Harman International, we sit at the intersection of acoustic engineering, branded storytelling, and advanced manufacturing—designing audio systems globally for over fifty automotive manufacturers. This presentation explores how computational design is central to our industrial design strategy, enabling our team to generate highly manufacturable, acoustically-performative designs that are bo...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/

Organization:

New Balance

Presenter:

Samuel Whitworth

Computational Craft: One Footwear Designer’s Quest To Replace Himself

Presentation Abstract

Footwear design, like many design domains, has long been defined by the combination of two-dimensional drawings and designers’ intuition. While these remain important elements of the field, various digital design methods are currently surging and have significantly altered the traditional footwear design process. This presentation will explore the opportunities presented by this shif...

Organization

VARIANT3D

Presenter:

Will Samosir

Knit Everything: Surfaces, Systems, and the Future of Textiles

Presentation Abstract

What if anyone who can draw could knit?

VARIANT3D exists to break down the barriers to textile manufacturing. Our proprietary software LOOP is the first and only WYSIWYG CAD system for knitting that requires zero knowledge about how knitting works.

Unlike conventional knit engineering, which demands months of expert iteration, LOOP lets anyone access a vast library of knit structures and generate machine-ready files in...

Organization

Eaton + Intact Solutions

Presenter:

Karthik Rajan Venkatesan

Neel Kumar

Accelerating Metal-to-Plastic Conversion with AI, Implicit CAD, and Mesh-Free Simulation

Presentation Abstract

This work presents a simulation-driven generative design framework for reengineering a metallic explosion-proof enclosure into a lightweight, injection-molded fiber-reinforced plastic alternative. The methodology integrates advanced process and performance simulations with AI-guided optimization to enable rapid, intelligent design iteration.

Central to this workflow is the use of implicit CAD modeling in nTop, which allows for highly flexible and parameterized geometry generation, seamlessly...

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.

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Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/

Organization:

Alloy Enterprises

Presenter:

Ryan O’Hara

Shaping Flow: Computational Design Strategies for High-Performance Liquid Heat Exchangers

Presentation Abstract

At Alloy Enterprises, we combine traditional CAD, implicit geometry modeling, and advanced simulation workflows to engineer high-performance cold plates tailored to the unique thermal and dimensional requirements of each customer. Our approach begins with a curated library of optimized, periodic internal geometries that serve as a foundation for thermal performance and ma...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/

Organization:

Flexcompute

Presenter:

Gregory Roberts + Qiqi Wang

Real-Time Computer-Aided Optimization (CAO): How GPU-Native CFD Changes the Industry

Presentation Abstract

Computer-aided engineering (CAE) has been a foundational tool in aerospace and photonics design, but slow workflows, high costs, and constrained design exploration limit its potential. Traditional methods rely heavily on intuition and a few simulations to validate designs, leaving vast opportunities untapped. However, a paradigm shift is underway: integrating mathematical optimization...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/

Organization:

C-Infinity

Presenter:

Sai Nelaturi

Assembly Configuration Spaces

Presentation Abstract

All non-trivial hardware products are assembled. They are also designed and manufactured in multiple configurations to serve diverse customer needs. Product designs define a configuration space of options that can be instantiated into variants per customer order. OEMs seek to maximize reuse of subassemblies across this space to balance flexibility with cost efficiency—especially in high-mix, low-volume manufacturing.

Th...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/

Organization

Carbon

Presenter:

Andrew Sink

Podium Performance: The Future is Personal

Presentation Abstract

In this presentation, learn how world-renowned saddle manufacturer, fizik, has embraced the latest in computational design, customization automation and advanced manufacturing to offer cyclists– from amateur to elite– a one-of-a-kind 3d printed saddle, tuned to their specific needs.

The One-to-One saddle leverages each partner’s expertise– fizik’s dedication to saddle craftsmanship, Carbon’s groundbreaking lattice desi...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/

Organization

Moon Rabbit Lab X PUMA

Presenter:

Jesus Marini Parissi

Running Revolution: Computational Design Behind Fast-R NITRO Elite 3

Presentation Abstract

The Fast-R NITROTM Elite 3 marks a true performance revolution, combining cutting-edge engineering with data-driven design. As part of the Collaboration with PUMA, Moon Rabbit Lab developed a computational design workflow that integrates digital simulation, biomechanical analysis and advanced optimization techniques that combined different KPI’s of the shoe’s performance before the firs...

Organization:

Not a Robot

Presenter:

Matt Shomper

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/

Intelligent Anatomic Models from CT Utilizing ML

Presentation Abstract

This presentation discusses an accessible system that takes CT scans and automatically turns them into detailed 3D models while intelligently tagging important anatomical features. Instead of engineers and researchers spending hours manually creating these models and identifying landmarks, our approach uses machine learning to do the heavy lifting.

The process works by feeding CT...

Organization:

Carnegie Mellon University

Presenter:

Chris McComb

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/

AI and the Battle for the Soul of Design

Presentation Abstract

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the landscape of design and additive manufacturing, accelerating creative workflows while challenging long-held assumptions about authorship, originality, and human intuition. As AI becomes more deeply embedded in computational design tools, it offers unprecedented capabilities for exploration, optimization, and customization—often revealing solutions that elude tr...

Organization

HDR Inc

Presenters:

Matthew Goldsberry & Junling Zhuang

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/

Presentation Abstract

While AI is often used for visualization in architecture, its potential to directly generate and shape geometry within the design process is still emerging. This presentation explores how we have been integrating model-aware AI agents into our design process.

We begin with Synthesizer, a custom browser-based modeling tool paired with an Arduino-powered physical controller. Through a simple physical controller, designers trigger higher-order...

We open Season 5 of the CDFAM podcast with a keynote presentation from the CDFAM Computational Design Symposium NYC 2025 by Markus J. Buehler, McAfee Professor of Engineering at MIT.

In this session, Buehler outlines how AI is becoming an autonomous partner in scientific discovery—capable not only of analysis but of generating new knowledge. Drawing on examples from materials science and bioengineering, he presents multi-agent AI systems designed to reason, hypothesize, and evolve—creating a framework for discovery engines that extend the boundaries of human-led research.

Buehler’s work brings together reinforcement learning, graph-based reasoning, and physic...

Organization:

Cornell University

Presenter:

Tiffany Cheng

Bioinspired And Biobased 4D-Printing For Adaptive Building Facades

Presentation Abstract

What if our buildings and products could be manufactured and operated the way biological systems grow and adapt? As an alternative to conventional construction and manufacturing, I will present a bioinspired approach to making through material programming and 4D-printing. By integrating material, structure, and function, plants change shape over varying spatial-temporal scales in response to external stimuli. I will introduce how computational fabrication enable the bioinspired interplay of cellulosic...

Organization:

Key Ward

Presenter:

Asparuh Stoyanov

Building Surrogate Models for Physics Simulation using a No-Code Approach

Presentation Abstract

This project demonstrates a no-code methodology for building surrogate models for engineering simulation. Using such methods, physics simulation analysts can tap seamlessly into the potential of surrogate models, transforming traditional simulation workflows to be more efficient and flexible. In this abstract, we present a workflow of how to use simulation result data to build a 3D surrogate model that any analyst can utilize without requiring programming skills—en...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/

Organization: DTU

Presenter: Luca Breseghello

Stress-Based Design Of Lightweight Horizontal Structures For 3D Concrete Printing Presentation Abstract Concrete is one of the most widely used materials in construction, but it’s also a major contributor to CO₂ emissions. In mid-rise buildings, slabs and beams alone account for over 40% of the concrete used. This raises an important question: how can we build these elements more efficiently while reducing their environmental impact? In this talk, I’ll share how robotic 3D Concrete Printi...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/

Organization: University of Bologna

Presenter: Vittoria Laghi

How Topology Optimization And Additive Manufacturing Can Create A New Generation Of Green Steel Construction

Presentation Abstract

The digitalization of the construction sector could potentially produce more efficient structures, reduce material waste and increase work safety. Current strategies for the realization of automated steel constructions see the application of metal 3D printing processes as an opportunity to build a new generation of efficient steel structures with reduced material use. This, though...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/

Organization: McNeel & cydric.com

Presenter: Mathias Fuchs

Rhino, Grasshopper 2, and TRfem: Computing Heat Flow Inside Solids

Presentation Abstract

While environmental analysis tools in Rhino typically focus on surfaces and 2D domains, optimization workflows in design for additive manufacturing often require analyzing physical properties inside solids. In this talk, we introduce some of the key novelties of Grasshopper 2 for Rhino, we show why its concept of field manipulation is an ideal platform for such tasks, and present TRmesh and...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/

Organization: Cognitive Design Systems

Presenter: Rhushik MATROJA

Manufacturing Driven Design

Presentation Abstract Cognitive Design Systems integrates Manufacturing-Driven Design (MDD) and Simulation-Driven Design into its proprietary Cognitive Design software, transforming the way products are conceived. This innovative approach enables engineers to convert concepts into manufacturable, high-performance designs within seconds. With automated Design for Manufacturing (DfM) checks and real-time modifications, the software ensures compatibility with processes like Additive Manufacturing, Machining, Die Casting, Injection Molding, and Forging. Proven through collaborations with Safran, Thales...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025

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Organization: ToffeeX

Presenter: Thomas Rees

Physics-Driven Generative Design for Laser Powder Bed Fusion in Aerospace

Presentation Abstract

Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) has shown transformative potential for the aerospace industry, with substantial investments being directed globally to leverage its benefits. However, broader industrial adoption of L-PBF faces barriers primarily due to limitations in the performance of components manufactured with the technique, productivity of the technique, and scalability of the technology. These limitations currently hinder L-PBF’s co...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/

Organization: Flexcompute

Presenter: Momchil Minkov + Qiqi Wang

Real-Time Computer-Aided Optimization (CAO): How GPU-Native Simulation

Changes the Industry Presentation Abstract Computer-aided engineering (CAE) has been a foundational tool in aerospace and photonics design, but slow workflows, high costs, and constrained design exploration limit its potential. Traditional methods rely heavily on intuition and a few simulations to validate designs, leaving vast opportunities untapped. However, a paradigm shift is underway: integrating mathematical optimization techniques like adjoint optimization and inverse design into...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025

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Organization: Synera

Presenter: Andrew Sartorelli

From Days to Hours – Accelerating the RFQ process through scalable FEA automations Presentation Abstract Engineering organizations tackling process automation face a persistent challenge: how to effectively share and distribute automation solutions across teams. Critical knowledge often remains siloed, limiting its impact and accessibility, while non-automation experts struggle to utilize tools created by domain specialists. This slows processes and places additional strain on already overburdened expert departments. This presentation examines a real-life example where au...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/

Organization: ShapeDiver + Orthosolid

Presenter: Edwin Hernandez + Age Van Boxem

Democratising Computational Design via Cloud Based Applications

Presentation Abstract

While computational designers have always created powerful and sophisticated software, the reach of their work often couldn’t exceed that of their modeling tool of choice. We’ll show a novel way to build and deploy web applications, including complex user interfaces and interactions with 3d geometry and data visualization with nothing but Grasshopper. As part of ShapeDiver’s presentation, Age Va...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/

Organization: Toolkit3D Presenter:

Sarah Clevinger

From 2D to Mass Production: Computational Design at Scale with Toolkit3D

Presentation Abstract

Toolkit3D will showcase how brands have reduced product design timelines from days to minutes by integrating anatomical scan data, performance parameters, and lattice optimization into a repeatable design engine. The result is a scalable pipeline for mass customization that accelerates production without sacrificing precision. This session will walk through how the platform ingests variable input...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam, 2025

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Organization: MIT

Presenter: Kristen Edwards

Presentation Abstract

The subjective evaluation of early stage engineering designs, such as conceptual sketches, traditionally relies on human experts. However, expert evaluations are time-consuming, expensive, and sometimes inconsistent. Recent advances in vision-language models (VLMs) offer the potential to automate design assessments, but it is crucial to ensure that these AI “judges” perform on par with human experts. However, no existing framework assesses expert equivalence. This research introduces a rigorous statistical framework to determine whet...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Organization: nTop Presenter: Bradley Rothenberg + Max Gaedtke

Brad Rothenberg, CEO of nTop, outlines a shift toward co-intelligent engineering—a framework where human intent is augmented by high-performance modeling and simulation tools to meet the increasing demands of modern engineering timelines.

The talk explores how traditional CAD and simulation workflows fall short under compressed development cycles, particularly in aerospace, and introduces a modular, parametric approach to design that supports rapid iteration, reuse, and performance-driven exploration. Rothenberg highlights how implicit modeling and GPU-native solvers can be co...

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Organization SimScale

Presenter: David Heiny CEO & Co-Founder

In this presentation from CDFAM Amsterdam 2025, David Heiny, co-founder and CEO of SimScale, outlines a pragmatic approach to integrating AI into engineering workflows. Drawing from conversations with engineering leaders and data collected from a recent industry survey, he shares key insights into why widespread adoption of AI in core engineering remains limited—despite significant advances in generative design, simulation acceleration, and surrogate modeling.

The talk explores:

* The structural complexity of...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam, 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/

Organization: Altair

Presenter: Wesley Essink

Flexible Geometric Modeling and Atypical Simulation Solvers to Streamline Design Optimization

Presentation Abstract

Simulation-driven design serves two important purposes: wider exploration of the design space and goal-seeking optimization. Regardless of the regime, the workflow spanning geometry creation, simulation setup, results interrogation and geometry redesign needs to be as seamless as possible to make this approach viable. However, there is often a significant overhead associated with manual, non-value-adding tasks. Examples include converting all geometry...

Organization: Ku Leuven

Presenter: Vanessa Cool

From Structure To Sound: Unlocking The Potential Of Vibroacoustic Design

Presentation Abstract

Noise pollution is one of the leading global environmental pollutants, resulting in the loss of one million life years annually. This has prompted the introduction of stringent regulations on the acoustic performance of structures, without compromising their structural integrity. Topology optimization offers a promising approach to developing innovative structures that meet these conflicting requirements. However, in many applications, considering vibroacoustic coupling from the early design stages is essential, as it directly impacts the...

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https://www.datameister.ai

The presentation explores the transformative potential of AI in automotive design, emphasizing the need for tools that embrace constrained creativity within the industry’s unique challenges. Current generic 2D and 3D generative tools often fall short in addressing the intricate constraints of automotive design, such as manufacturability, stakeholder needs, and engineering requirements. By collaborating with a world-renowned design studio, we have mapped out a novel inside-out design process that integrates custom AI tooling directly into designers’ workflows. Rather than replacing desi...

This presentation delves into our collaboration with Coperni to develop and release the Ariel Swipe Bag for Paris Fashion Week 2024, a project exemplifying the principles of Design for Advanced Manufacturing. By leveraging our novel production methods, we navigated design creativity and manufacturing constraints to realize an innovative outcome. Key topics include the design development process, technical advancements, and the synergy between aesthetics and functionality enabled by our unique capabilities. The presentation further highlights our portfolio of past projects, including BMW and Hyundai concept seats, Black Imagination lamps, and luxury handbags, showcasing the breadth and versatility...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/ Open Source, Parametrics, and Lattice Obsession https://fequalsf.blogspot.com/p/about.html

https://www.food4rhino.com/en/app/crystallon In this deeply personal and wide-ranging talk, industrial designer Aaron Porterfield reflects on his path from early explorations with BASIC and Blender to founding F=F (Form Equals Function). Aaron shares how a childhood without video games led to a lifelong fascination with design tools, parametric modeling, and open-source collaboration. From early contributions to the Blender Foundation and experiments with lattice hinges and...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Amsterdam , 2025 https://cdfam.com/amsterdam-2025/

Organization: Politecnico di Torino

Presenter: Dario Carbonaro

Presentation Abstract

Self-expandable cardiovascular devices, such as vascular stents, stent-grafts, and transcatheter aortic valves (TAVs), are medical devices implanted into diseased anatomies through minimally invasive procedures. Specifically, these devices are crimped into small catheters, where they are subjected to high strains, allowing them to pass through and be placed within the anatomy. Additionally, self-expandable cardiovascular devices are commonly fabricated from nickel-titanium (NiTi) and are capable of elastically recovering their...

Recorded at CDFAM Amsterdam, 2025

While computational tools have revolutionized design, many approaches focus on explicit modeling of form. This presentation delves deeper, exploring the creative application of intrinsic geometry processing properties – characteristics inherent to a surface regardless of its embedding in space. These techniques are typically confined to mathematics or specialized engineering domains, however looking this presentation will look at their practical use in art and design.

Key concepts such as the generation and application of smooth vector fields on complex meshes (illustrated through a personal jewelry design project), the use of the cotan Laplacian fo...

Blending generations of tradition with technology innovation. Exploring how computational tools and additive manufacturing transforms the footwear industry empowering design and production. From the acceleration of ideation with AI, design through to the optimization of production tooling and mold making with generative design and additive manufacturing.

Recorded CDFAM Amsterdam 2025

René Medel - Molding the Future: Computational Design in Footwear Tooling - Frames

Recorded at CDFAM Amsterdam, 2025

Alessandro Zomparelli - AiBuild

Multi-axis 3D printing has become a widely adopted technology across a range of industries. In recent years, computational designers and engineers have increasingly explored non-planar slicing strategies for large-format and robotic 3D printing in order to produce support-free parts with better strength and surface quality. While many solutions remain tailored to specific applications, the development of more generalised and automated toolpath generation workflows is essential to broaden the accessibility and scalability of these technologies.

Geodesic fields offer a highly adaptable approach to 3D volumetric slicing...

In this episode, Maia Zheliazkova of ON explores LightSpray, a radical new approach to performance footwear manufacturing from her presentation at CDFAM Amsterdam.

Developed by ON’s Innovation Team, LightSpray fuses computational design, robotics, and thermoplastic materials to create ultra-light, seamless uppers in a single automated step—directly onto the shoe’s midsole.

Zheliazkova explains how the process eliminates traditional multi-part assembly, reduces waste and emissions, and enables unprecedented control over fit and function. The result is the Cloudboom Strike LS, a 30-gram running shoe produced with 75% less CO₂ compared to standard ON shoes.

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In this first episode of Season 4 of the CDFAM Podcast, we kick off a new series of talks recorded live at CDFAM Amsterdam 2025.

This season will feature presentations from across the event, with new episodes released weekly. We begin with the closing keynote by Mathew Vola, Director and Computational Design Fellow at Arup.

Mathew shares his perspective on the evolving role of computational design in the built environment, offering a unique framework for interdisciplinary collaboration based on the Ikigai concept: finding alignment between what you love, what you’re good at, what the world needs, an...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

Presenter: Onur Yüce Gün

Organization: New Balance

This presentation speaks of computation and design, exploring the depths of machine intelligence and the philosophy of being.

The aim is to empower the audience with tools so they can navigate the effects of computational design thinking across the disciplines of Architecture Engineering and Construction, product design, and visual arts, and develop strategies to take insightful steps amid fast-developing AI technologies.

The CDFAM Computational Design Symposium Series brings together leading experts fr...

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Presenter: Kristen M. Edwards

Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s DeCoDE Lab

Engineering Design is undergoing a transformative shift with the advent of AI, marking a new era in how we approach product, system, and service planning. Large language models have demonstrated impressive capabilities in enabling this shift. Yet, with text as their only input modality, they cannot leverage the large body of visual artifacts that engineers have used for centuries and are accustomed to. This gap is addressed with the release of multimodal vision language mo...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

Presenter: Prof. Ole Sigmund

Organization: TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK

Ole Sigmund is a Danish Professor in Mechanical Engineering who has made fundamental contributions to the field of topology optimization, including microstructure design, nano optics, photonic crystals, Matlab code, acoustics, and fluids.

Read an Interview with Prof. Ole Sigmund from 2022 and his thoughts on AI for Topology Optimisation in 2024

The CDFAM Computational Design Symposium Series brings together leading experts from design, engineering, architecture, academia and software development for a series of...

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Presenter: André Wilmes

Organization: Rafinex

André Wilmes has co-founded Rafinex to solve customers’ most challenging engineering design and optimization challenges with the most advanced mathematics. Rafinex creates novel algorithms which go beyond current market CAE tools by accounting for real-life variability using uncertainty quantification methods and by considering manufacturability; allowing safe and profitable usage by everyone in engineering design. André has researched numerical methods for simulating composite nano-materials at Imperial College London and has given guest seminars at leading research centers including NASA and TU Mu...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

Presenter:

Peter Clausen & Pascal Hebrard

Organization:

Dassault Systemes

Dassault Systèmes (3DS) and the 3DEXPERIENCE® Platform provides the principal platform for MODSIM integrating modeling, simulation and optimization. In 2016, 3DS uniquely released CATIA Function Driven Generative Designapplication, which integrates topology optimization and CAD-reconstruction of the new geometry in a single application. Since then, multiple applications have been released with focus on generative design using other non-parametric optimization methods like shape, bead and sizing. Additive manufacturing (AM) was the initial driver of th...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

Presenters: Bradley Rothenberg and Markus Lempke

Organizations: nTop + Siemens Energy

The demand for energy worldwide is ever growing. At the same time the need to reach Carbon Net Zero requires technology shifts as well as drastic efficiency increases in existing infrastructure. In this talk we want to show some examples how Siemens Energy utilizes implicit modeling and computational design to help address these challenges. Furthermore we will give a glimpse into nTop computational models and how other customers are using implicit modeling to solve advanced design...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

Presenter:

Thomas Rees

Organization:

ToffeeX

Physics-driven design tools such as topology optimization, while transformative at the conceptual level in engineering, have yet to significantly impact production components due to limited adoption in industry workflows. Through a series of case studies and technical analyses, this presentation examines the barriers to the integration of these tools into industry workflows, and in particular those preventing the mass production of topology optimized parts (such as cost and manufacturing constraints). We will demonstrate technical solutions which allow...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

Presenter: Moritz Valentino Huber

Organization: Hyperganic

Moritz Valentino Huber is the Director of Engineering at Hyperganic, a company at the vanguard of the advanced manufacturing sector, especially in 3D printing, with operations in Munich and Singapore. With an extensive professional background spanning over eight years in additive manufacturing, Moritz Valentino’s contributions began at the Fraunhofer Institute IGCV, focusing on multi-material Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (LBPF) printing. His career highlights include pioneering work at ArianeGroup on the Space4.0 initiative, integrating Metal LBPF printers with Ethernet fo...

Recorded at CDFAM Berlin, 2024

Presenter: Joseph Flynn

Organization: Altair

Joseph Flynn is a Software Development Architect at Altair, working on the algorithmic design and user experiences for Implicit Modeling within Altair Inspire. Prior to working at Altair, Joseph was an Associate Professor at the University of Bath, and one of the Co-Founders of Gen3D Ltd., which was acquired by Altair in 2022. His major focus is the R&D strategy for future features within Inspire Implicit Modeling, and the wider integration of this technology across Altair products. He has recently been...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

Presenter: Ruiqi Chen, Software Engineer, & Andrew Sink, Senior Application Engineer

Organization: Carbon

This presentation delves into the use of computational design and additive manufacturing in producing customized, high-performance applications at scale. We’re not talking hundreds or even thousands–Carbon is on a mission to produce one million custom parts per month. Highlighting a collaboration between software developers and engineers at Carbon, this presentation showcases the unique scientific and technical challenges with a mission of this scale and complexity, and the solutions developed along the way. As a...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

Presenter: Dr. Nick Simpson

Organization: UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

The electrification of transport, in pursuit of Carbon Net Zero, is driving demand for a step change in the power-density of electrical machines. A viable route is to exploit the geometric freedom of metal additive manufacturing to realise next-generation electrical windings enabling targeted electromagnetic loss mitigation, integrated thermal management, and high-temperature insulation coatings. This talk will present some of the latest advances in the field of Additive Manufacturing in Electrical Machines and discuss some of the...

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Presenter: David Heiny

CEO & Co-Founder

Organization: SimScale

The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) in engineering simulation begins a transformative era in product development processes. This presentation outlines the substantial impact of AI adoption in engineering simulation, focusing on how AI models, trained using real and simulated engineering data , can significantly accelerate or even automate future engineering workflows.

SimScale is developing a pioneering platform in this domain, offering a solution that amalgamates AI with traditional CAE methods. This platform provides accessible...

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Presenter: Alexander Pluke

Organization: Additive Flow

Alexander Pluke is CEO and founder of Additive Flow, a Nano Dimension Division. The company builds software for the simultaneous optimisation of the entire AM workflow, which has worked with companies including Saint-Gobain, Royal Haskoning, Tata Steel and Zeiss to maximise their AM value.

The CDFAM Computational Design Symposium Series brings together leading experts from design, engineering, architecture, academia and software development for a series of knowledge sharing and networking events focusing on computational design at...

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Presenter: Rick Titulaer

Organization: ARUP

The renovation of the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid has recently been completed. The stadium’s extensive history and renovation posed unique design challenges, particularly in addressing and analysing reflections caused by the new metallic façade. In response to this challenge, a computational design approach was employed to analyse over 682,000 different configurations, facilitating an informed data-driven decision-making process.

The case study details the methodology, workflow, and analysis process. It describes the generation of a parametric model of the...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

The traditional way of making shoes is evolving together with technology. The fabrication is turning more into digital processes like Additive Manufacturing and Automation. However, the ideation and design stages are also powered by Extended Reality (XR) and the adoption of Artificial Intelligence.

In this presentation will be covered the importance and influence of algorithmic design in applied cases in footwear, not just for prototyping or visualization, but also for development and industrial production, like foaming and injection molding.

The CDFAM Computational Design Symposium Series brings...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

Omar Fergani is CEO and co founder of 1000 Kelvin , he is a holder of Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and an expert in digital manufacturing. Omar held various executive positions at Siemens and MKS Instruments including director of strategic business, Senior Director of Digital platforms and product management lead. His expertise and contributions to the industry were recognized when he was honored as the SME Outstanding Young Engineer in 2019.

The CDFAM Computational Design Symposium Series brings together leading experts from design, engineering, architecture, academia and software development for...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

Elissa Ross, CEO of Metafold

Infrastructure consists of the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a system. 3D printing has highlighted cracks in the foundations of the geometric infrastructure for digital manufacturing, illustrated by time-consuming workflows, bloated file sizes, and projects that can’t get off the ground or never see commercialization.

Geometric infrastructure for additive manufacturing must be optimized for ease of integration to deliver the key benefits of additive manufacturing, namely optimized designs and automated customization.

We...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

Preety Anand is an architect & computational designer with experience on working on large scale and complex projects set in diverse contexts. Her noteworthy experiences include parametrically modelling façade systems, rationalizing complex geometry and investigating on the aspect of interoperability. Her goal is to develop holistic computational design tools and workflows which continuously adjust responding to the specific needs of the phase. She is currently working as an architect and computational designer on the geometrically complex and space defining timber structure of the Zurich Airport.

The CDFAM Computational D...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

Manolis Papastavrou is the co-founder and Computational Design Lead at Metamorphic, a UK based design engineering consultancy that helps organisations innovate with Additive Manufacturing (AM). His presentation will demonstrate how the team at Metamorphic harness computational design to exploit untapped possibilities for AM in a range of technology sectors. This will be illustrated through one of their latest collaborative projects in the field of Quantum Sensing, Project QTEAM (Quantum Technologies Enabled by Additive Manufacturing). QTEAM seeks to revolutionise the design and manufacturing of ultra-high vacuum (UHV) components to...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

Design in real-time, optimize your product, and reduce costs with unlimited iterations.

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

Cognitive Design is a new generation software bridging CAD and Factory floor through manufacturing-driven design. It accelerates the design cycle of engineers through automation and makes sure all designs are manufacturable.

The CDFAM Amsterdam 2025 program brings together leading experts in computational design from industry, academia and software development across all scales of application, from micro to mega.

This year’s keynotes will be delivered by Federico Casalegno, Executive Vice President of Design at Samsung Electronics, and Mathew Vola, Arup Fellow of Computational Design.

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

Using computational design and machine learning to optimize large-scale building designs, drawing parallels between building structures and the human body. It emphasizes the essential role of Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) systems, akin to a building’s vital organs. The focus is on enhancing MEP installations’ efficiency, thereby reducing energy demands and carbon footprint, crucial in sustainable architecture. The presentation will cover three key areas: optimizing ventilation ductwork to reduce spatial volume, employing 3D pathfinding for efficient data cable network layouts, and achieving optimal Wi-Fi coverage with minimal hardware. These stra...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

3D printing is dead. Like a once shiny child star, the hype has tapered and it’s time to grow up. Thankfully, it is officially out of its awkward teenage years and has graduated into adulthood as AM. 3D printing established a microeconomy built on venture capitalism, but now that the sensationalism wanes, how does the industry achieve the returns it has promised? Understanding AM’s fit in the manufacturing ecosystem is key, and it has always revolved around the same thing. Parts. 3D printing made shapes, it’s time...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, Berlin, 2024

The world of additive manufacturing is constantly evolving, and we are fortunate to witness its growth with new machines, faster processes, and an abundance of new materials. Design practitioners are now enabled to unleash the full potential of AM using Generative Design and Lattice structures.

Lattice structures are topologically ordered, three-dimensional, open-celled structures used by nature. Lattice structures are observed in insects, birds, bones, and plants. Lattice structures are very effective for lightweight structural panels, energy absorption devices, thermal insulation, high-performance heat exchangers, ballistic protection, and porous implants.<...

Keynote Presentation by Nervous System recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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Join Nervous System for an exploration of their collaborations with scientists in the realm of 3D-printed organs.  They will show how science inspires their art and design work which then feeds back into their scientific practice. The cycle continues as their work on organs contributes to their recent large scale public artworks and vise-versa. 

Inspired by natural patterns, Nervous System creates computational systems that can create a myriad of unique designs. They translate these digital designs into physical products us...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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The 3MF volumetric extension allows for the communication of additive manufacturing data at the voxel, and/or pure implicit level unlocking complex, multi-parameter, and multi-material applications in a lightweight, open source data format.

The presentation will give an overview of the newly released specification along with example case studies for software and hardware developers, along with the value proposition for designers and engineers.

Dr.-Ing. Jan Orend is a mechanical engineer with a focus on mechatronics. He received his Ph.D. in th...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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The talk is about the on-going research efforts at ForMat (Form and Matter) Lab at Penn State University, directed by Benay Gürsoy. Benay and her team explore the relationship between matter and form, fabrication and performance mediated through the use of digital technologies. Current research in the lab includes work on adaptive robotic fabrication, and the design and sustainable production of mycelium-based building parts and structures.

Benay Gürsoy is an Assistant Professor of Architecture and the founder and director of ForMat (Form an...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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In a rapidly evolving technological landscape, integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies into design processes is revolutionizing client experiences across various industries. This presentation explores how IDEO leverages its human-centered design approach to incorporate AI and other cutting-edge technologies into client-facing projects, enhancing innovation and driving impactful results. We’ll share stories about designing for inclusivity in XR, defining new kinds of AI-native products, bringing personality and emotion to the IoT, imagining the future of healthcare and more. We’ll also highlight our practice of buil...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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Slicelab merges advanced computational design with innovative fabrication techniques to create groundbreaking design solutions. Our foundation in architectural craftsmanship—from hand drawing and model making to woodshop, 3D modeling, and 3D printing—has cultivated a deep understanding of materiality and form. This expertise enables us to optimize problem-solving through a balanced approach to physical and digital design.As designers, we test and master a diverse array of software tools, integrating the best features to meet the unique needs of each project. This ensures our designs are both...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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Traditional 3D modeling often captures only the outcomes of design processes, and not the underlying decisions and logic. Procedural BIM is an approach that addresses this by representing an architectural project as a network of interconnected, metadata-enhanced models. This network not only stores the outcomes but also embodies the design thinking, enabling scripts to dynamically establish relationships, generate new objects, and propagate information across the network while adhering to the principles of the design.

The presentation will detail the application of this...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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This presentation explores how we use computational tools to optimize occupant comfort and well-being in indoor spaces. We emphasize the importance of occupant-centric design, prioritizing occupants’ needs and well-being in the building design process. Through case studies in residential dwellings and hospital environments, we demonstrate the application of machine learning algorithms and advanced simulation tools to predict and optimize comfort across various indoor environmental conditions, ultimately designing spaces tailored to unique user needs

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Noresh is a mechanical engineer with computational des...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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At CDFAM NYC 2024, nTop and Siemens Energy explored how computational design can streamline complex workflows, improve engineering outcomes, and accelerate innovation in additive manufacturing.

nTop’s presentation highlighted how their computational design tools are reshaping product development across industries by shifting from manual CAD processes to parametric models driven by implicit modeling and field-driven design. They emphasized that computational design removes bottlenecks by allowing engineers to explore countless iterations quickly, enhancing the performance of parts such as heat exchangers, air filters, and turbine blades.

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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DfAM (Design for Additive Manufacturing) has often focused on product characteristics (performance and aesthetics) and printing optimization (support and nesting strategies). However, this drastically overlooks all the steps between the 3D printing process and final use of the product.

Nearly all additive my manufactured parts/products undergo a series of steps once printed: post-processing, assembly, finishing, and QC. DfAM philosophies can leverage additive as a technology and design efficiencies at each step of this process to improve lead times and streamline workflows.

S...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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If we can increase the efficiency and success rate of engineering by improving the process of designing physical products, reducing the cost and timelines of doing so, and making our engineering workforce more productive, it will create huge benefits to society. Currently, skilled labour shortages, cost overruns and long development timelines frequently result in the failure of once promising technologies, products, and businesses. These difficulties destroy invested capital and hamper our efforts to address climate change.

We must produce new solutions faster that will...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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Machine intelligence continues to rise in popularity as an aid to the design and discovery of novel lattice structures. Until recently, the design process has relied on a combination of trial-and-error and physics-based methods for optimization. These processes can be time-consuming and challenging, especially when the design space is being explored thoroughly. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can be used to overcome challenges like these as pre-processed massive lattice, TPMS, foam and metamaterial datasets can be used to accurately train appropriate models...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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Synera is a process automation platform specifically designed for engineers. Thanks to the user-friendly UI and shareable templates anyone from your team can easily use and modify them to level up their work. The Moldflow connector allows integrating Moldflow in complex, multidisciplinary development workflows. In this presentation, examples will be presented solving typical injection molding design challenges.

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At Synera, Andrew Sartorelli is the Product Manager for Integrations, as well as Software Partnership Lead where helps brings to market...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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This presentation explores our innovative approach to converting traditional design tools and workflows into comprehensive computational systems that enable automation, optimisation, and efficient data handling. Focusing on a complex but outdated tool for designing refrigeration systems, we established robust standards and methodologies for this transformation. By analysing existing tools, spreadsheets, and workflows in collaboration with discipline experts, we derived logical frameworks and mapped every operation and data variable into a graph database. This process ensures modular function reuse and comprehensive tracking of...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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We showcase the latest advancements in physics-driven engineering design software, especially new multi-physics modelling tools for net-zero applications such as carbon capture, as well as the integration of new design tools which remove the ‘black-box’ feeling engineers often experience while using design tools such as topology optimization. We demonstrate how these new features are incorporated into ToffeeX, allowing fast iterations and integration into whole new workflows

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As a mathematician and aerospace engineer with a PhD in fluid dynamics from Imperial Coll...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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A digital model undergoes multiple transformations throughout the product lifecycle and relies on various mathematical models and computer representations. These include CAD or implicit representations during design, slices, and G-code during process planning, and CT scans during manufacturing inspection. The current simulation tools’ inability to directly work with these native representations, instead insisting on conversion to meshes, makes performance prediction cycles extremely slow, manual, and fragile. This severely limits the parameter space at each stage and hinders the computational design and engineering of innovative, high-performance products. Fu...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) has revolutionized the manufacturing industry over the past century by enabling the use of software tools to generate machine programs. However, a significant limitation remains: these tools still require substantial input from highly skilled human operators. As production technologies have advanced — from multi-degree-of-freedom (multi-DOF) robots to 3D printers and complex milling machines — the complexity of programming these machines has also increased. This growing complexity has made CAM a bottleneck in the adoption of advanced production techniques, particularly as batch sizes shrink and CAM-associated labo...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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This presentation is a review on the developments of complex ceramic structures at the SUPSI’s Hybrid Materials Laboratory. From the first attempts to use CAD to explain the thermo-mechanical behaviour of ceramic foams by finite element modelling (FEM), this practice is now a fundamental step fully integrated in the ceramic additive manufacturing (AM). Demanding end users’ requirements can be satisfied thanks to the combination of CD, simulation, and AM to solve multi-physics tasks. This presentation will show several examples of ceramic components working in h...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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Kiera will discuss Ocado Technology’s additive-first approach to robotics hardware development. This design process, with additive at its centre, unlocks the benefits of agile software development for the world of hardware, allowing the team to create the world’s lightest and most efficient grocery fulfilment bot.

Agile practices allowed the team to experiment, learn, and iterate at speed with many of the product concepts being designed in just a few weeks. Achieving these results with traditional manufacturing approaches would have taken many times long...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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Despite the enormous potential of leveraging the rich information embedded in biological form, and the rising interest in bio-inspired design, there is no generalized, accessible computational design tool that enables it. In this presentation I will identify what I believe are the reasons for this gap and propose a framework to address it in the context of nine distinct types of architected materials, introduced here as “Bio-Motifs”. This framework consists of three pillars: (i) knowledge graphs, (ii) mathematical models, and (iii) data and information. I wi...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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In today’s competitive landscape, organizations are increasingly commercializing meaningful additive manufacturing (AM) applications while striving to optimize costs and improve their bottom line. We will address the pressing need to eliminate repetitive activities by simplifying AM workflows through DfAM partnerships and developing design automation processes.   

Gain insights into how to automate design workflows for mass customization, streamline repetitive data and build preparation tasks, and debug build processing workflows using visualization tools powered by Magics SDKs.   

We will discuss how the industry must emb...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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Additive manufacturing (AM) technology has afforded greater degree of geometrical design freedoms not otherwise available through traditional manufacturing. Multi-material laser powder bed fusion (MM-LPBF) combines the great geometric and surface roughness resolution associated with LPBF with selective powder deposition (SPD), allowing for the special tailoring of material based on functional design requirements. For instance, advanced heat exchanger design can now include copper fins for efficient heat dissipation combined with nickel alloys for structural strength, and stainless steel for corrosion resistance. The ability to selectively engineer the...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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Boundary representation (B-rep) 3D models are the standard 3D representation used in the manufacturing industry. However, only recently has machine learning research begun to make progress on generative models capable of producing B-rep models. This talk will give a summary of the current state of the art for generating B-rep models. In particular it will cover, BrepGen, our recent work using diffusion models, that have proved extremely successful in the image domain, to the problem of B-rep generation.

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Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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This presentation explores how brands like CCM are partnering with software platforms like Toolkit3D, and using additive manufacturing tools from Carbon to offer customization to consumers with groundbreaking products like the AXIS XF Goalie Mask and the SUPER TACKS X Total Custom helmet. 

While designers at CCM used Carbon’s Design Engine Pro to create superior lattice pads that increase breathability in the AXIS XF Goalie Mask and the SUPER TACKS X Total Custom helmet, developers at Toolkit3D integrated the Scan-to-Fit Design Eng...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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Engineering creativity and innovation are too often stifled by the tedious process of building simulation models. The process adds no value, can take weeks or months to complete, and far too often results in a model that has gotten out of sync with the design model.

Coreform’s new Flex product accelerates engineering design by reducing the meshing burden through easier and more powerful FEA. Coreform Flex leverages cutting-edge techniques from FEA and computational geometry to streamline the process of setting up FE...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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In the context of traditional and advanced industrial settings, the adoption of Scientific Machine Learning (SciML) requires operating in digital-physical environments governed by large-scale, three-dimensional, multi-modal data streams that are confounded with noise, sparsity, irregularities and other complexities that are common with machines and sensors interacting with the real, physical world. Digital engineering domains—that is CAD, CAM, CFD, and so on—and advanced manufacturing settings provide exemplary environments to separate tried & tested SciML from unreliable “AI” and game engines. This talk elaborates on such digital-physical environm...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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Sandia National Labs is a systems integrator and design agency with additional production responsibility for critical components. As such, advanced and additive manufacturing offer significant potential value to our mission responsibilities. Novel functionality and efficiencies can be achieved through complex part geometries, design of new or functionally graded composites or nano-structured materials, and the leveraging of data via a “network of things” and machine-learned models for integrated AI controls and process optimization. Taken together, if fully realized, these developments hold out promise for a new...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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LifEnabled makes custom-fit prosthetic devices for the developing world that are simple, durable and new. Partner with LifEnabled to impact the world.

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Brent Wright, CP, BOCO,  is a Partner and Designer at Advanced 3D, and a clinician for patients on the ground at Eastpoint Prosthetics and Orthotics in Raleigh, NC.  While he has a background with Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), Brent has been utilizing new methods using MultiJet Fusion and Selective Laser Sintering lately, looking to creat...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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For the additive manufacturing industry to grow, unlocking production applications is critical. Building web applications targeting the AM industry is needed to make 3D printing easier to use in production settings. However, developing cloud-based applications that deal with complex geometries and CAD-like capabilities typically requires specialized expertise and a lengthy development process.

This talk describes how two AM startups worked together to bring a web application for additive manufacturing to market in a compressed timeframe. We will present General Lattice’s...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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KPF’s computational geometry processes, whether generating complex building components, documenting, optimizing, rationalizing, or form-finding, consistently rely on a set of core common methods.

Across geometrically and computationally diverse projects, we have identified a repeated pattern and codified 5 distinct methods that form the logical underpinning of almost every bespoke computational task. These methods—data branching, point sorting, plane-based calculation, cross-referencing, and surface rebuilding—form the foundation of our architectural geometric computation process, much like the unseen bulk of an iceberg beneath the water’s surface...

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024

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Prosthetic sockets for people with amputation are traditionally provided using a manual, plaster-based process where the clinician captures the shape of the limb using a plaster cast, makes modifications to this surface to load and off-load particular biomechanical regions, before this modified shape is used as the base to fabricate the final device.  

While digital processes have been around for several decades, which use 3D scanning and surface-based sculpting tools to replicate the traditional processes, using this digital record to learn from and support t...

This keynote presentation at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium in NYC, 2024, introduces the innovative ‘Text-to-Spaceship’ concept by Ryan McClelland at NASA Goddard, focusing on the pivotal role of AI in transforming text-based science objectives into mission designs. We discuss how leveraging current and near-term AI technologies can accelerate the entire mission development process, from initial concept through to hardware realization.

Specific attention is given to AI-driven computational design of systems, illustrating how these technologies can improve design agility and performance. By deploying AI to accelerate the translation of scientific goals into tangible mission outputs, we aim to revolutionize spac...

Presentation Title: Scaling & Standardizing Patient-Specific Design

This recording of the presentation at the CDFAM Computational Design (+DfAM) Symposium, held in New York City in 2023. The speaker is Adam Wentworth, a notable figure in the healthcare and additive manufacturing field, associated with the Mayo Clinic.

Abstract: Adam Wentworth, a key contributor to the advancements in patient-specific design at the Mayo Clinic, provides an insightful presentation that explores the challenges and solutions associated with scaling and standardizing patient-specific design in healthcare. In his presentation, Wentworth discusses the criticality of personalized healthcare solutions and the role of computational...

In this CDFAM presentation, Alex Roschli, research staff member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF), discusses his background in robotics, the progression of his research, and the various aspects of his work on advanced toolpath generation for large scale additive manufacturing (AM).

Alex shares his insights on the challenges of materials and processes in additive manufacturing, as well as the potential applications and technology transfer of this process.

Read the full interview with Alex.

Innovative design requires innovative tools to help engineer advanced solutions. André A.R. Wilmes, CEO of Rafinex describes their novel optimization approach with the Möbius Design Workflow at the CDFAM Computational Design (+DfAM) Symposium in NYC, June 14-15 2023.

Recorded live at CDFAM June 14-15 2023, NYC.