Advanced Manufacturing & Tech Transfer
Within the Advanced Manufacturing & Tech Transfer theme, this track emphasizes manufacturing science, process innovation, and the pathways that convert laboratory prototypes into industrially relevant technologies. Submissions should highlight process–structure–property–performance linkages supported by experiments, modeling, monitoring, and quality assurance.
The next generation of manufacturing requires repeatability, certification readiness, and data-informed process control, alongside cost and supply-chain awareness. We encourage contributions on additive manufacturing, powder metallurgy and related processes, boron-based materials processing, and scalable manufacturing routes. Equally welcome are case studies on technology transfer, intellectual property strategy, commercialization, and industry–academia collaboration models that demonstrate measurable impact and adoption potential.
Topics include (but are not limited to):
- Additive manufacturing (metals, ceramics, polymers) and qualification
- Process monitoring, in-situ diagnostics, and quality control
- Design for manufacturability and performance-driven manufacturing
- Scale-up, standardization, certification, and repeatability studies
- Industrial case studies and commercialization strategies
- Supply chain, cost awareness, and lifecycle considerations
- Powder metallurgy: powder production, compaction, HIP, SPS, MIM, hot pressing
- Microstructure evolution, densification, porosity control, defect mitigation
- Boron and related compounds: processing, consolidation, applications
- Technology transfer frameworks and TRL progression, benchmarking, and digital manufacturing pipelines
- Welding and joining techniques