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SUMMARY:IEM Seminar Series: Additive Manufacturing On Earth\, On Orbit\, O
 n Planet
DTSTART:20220428T141500
DTEND:20220428T161500
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Tommaso Ghidini\, The European Space Agency (online)\nCont
 ent:\n *   Technological developments performed within the last decade 
 by the European Space Agency (ESA) have highlighted the significant potent
 ialities of Additive Manufacturing (AM) for space applications.\n *   A
 M technologies have been extensively exploited on conventional and non-con
 ventional metals\, polymers\, ceramics and geopolymers (e. g. Moon regolit
 h)\, ranging from few grams up to few tons of material. Applications on sa
 tellites and rockets structures\, radio frequency antennas and components\
 , mechanisms\, propulsion and thermal management systems have been develop
 ed\, including on-orbit as well as on-planet manufacturing.\n *   AM ha
 s been identified as a key enabling technology for current and future spac
 e missions as well for a number of critical aerospace applications: howeve
 r\, fundamental challenges need to be addressed\, including the design and
  modelling tools\, the materials supply (including powder quality control 
 and traceability)\, the processing and post-processing stages up to verifi
 cation testing and structural analysis methodologies and standardisation.\
 n *   The Seminar will give an insight on AM technologies used for spac
 e and aerospace applications and will address all open challenges for AM a
 pplications in satellites\, spacecraft and rockets primary structures. It 
 will provide concrete case studies addressing all highlighted challenges a
 nd will also show real-life failure investigations (Failure Investigation 
 Module as a Course in the Course) on AM parts.\n\nBio:\nDr. Tommaso Ghidin
 i is the Head of the Structures\, Mechanisms and Materials Division at the
  European Space Agency. With world class laboratories and computational ce
 ntres\, the Division guarantees the structural integrity of the entire ran
 ge of ESA Space programmes and missions. After obtaining a Ph. D. in struc
 tural mechanics\, experimental and numerical\, in Germany\, and before joi
 ning ESA\, Dr. Ghidini has worked for AIRBUS on all major civil and milita
 ry programmes of the European aeronautical industry including the A380\, A
 350 and A400M aircrafts. He has received a number of international awards 
 for major aerospace industrial achievements and developments and receives 
 invitations to lecture in some of the most prestigious European universiti
 es\, and Organisations.\n 
LOCATION:MED 2 1522 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%202%201522 https://epf
 l.zoom.us/j/63629642306
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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