Keynote Speakers

David Bourell
• Director Laboratory for Freeform Fabrication
• The University of Texas at Austin, United States

Christoph Leyens
• Managing Director
• Fraunhofer Institute of Materials and Beam Technology, Germany

Milan Brandt
• Director Centre for Additive Manufacturing
• Advanced Manufacturing Precinct
• RMIT University, Australia

Ali Bonakdar
• Advanced Manufacturing Technology Lead
• Siemens Canada

Hannes Gostner
• Director Research and Development
• EOS, Germany

David Bourell
Director, Laboratory for Freeform Fabrication
The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, United States

Christoph Leyens
Managing Director
Fraunhofer Institute of Materials and Beam Technology, Germany

Milan Brandt
Director Centre for Additive Manufacturing
Advanced Manufacturing Precinct
RMIT University, Australia

Ali Bonakdar
Advanced Manufacturing Technology Lead
Siemens Canada

Hannes Gostner
Director Research and Development
EOS, Germany

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Conference Program

8:00 AM	Breakfast
8:30 AM	Conference Opening \| Location: Great Hall South Santa Ono, UBC President and Vice Chancellor James Olson, Dean of the UBC Faculty of Applied Science Ehsan Toyserkani, HI-AM Network Director
8:40 AM	Keynote: Metals for Additive Manufacturing \| Location: Great Hall South David Bourell Temple Foundation Professor Director of Laboratory for Freeform Fabrication, The University of Texas at Austin
9:20 AM	Session 1: Advances in Additive Manufacturing I Chair: Steve Cockcroft \| Location: Great Hall South
9:20 AM	Presentation 1: Business Case for Additive Manufacturing in Serial Production Alexander Boehm KSB, Germany
9:40 AM	Presentation 2: Low Cost, Medium-Speed Stereovision for Spatter Tracking in Powder Bed Fusion Eric MacDonald Youngstown State University, United States
10:00 AM	Presentation 3: Efficient parameter development strategy of tool steel materials for Laser Additive Manufacturing Gregor Graf, Manuela Leoni, Tobias Muller, Jorg Fischer-Buhner, Daniel Beckers, Sven Donisi, Frederik Zanger, Volker Schulze* Rosswag GmbH, Germany \|*Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
10:20 AM	Morning Tea, Poster and Exhibition Viewing
10:40 AM	Keynote: Innovative Aerospace and Space Structures made by Additive Manufacturing \| Location: Great Hall South Christoph Leyens Managing Director, Fraunhofer Institute of Materials and Beam Technology, Germany
11:20 AM	Session 2: Advances in Additive Manufacturing II Chair: Daan Maijer \| Location: Great Hall South
11:20 AM	Presentation 4: Optimisation of process parameters for in-situ alloyed titanium by selective laser melting Igor Yadroitsev, Ina Yadroitsev, Pavel Krakhmalev, Anton du Plessis, Eric Newby, Dean Kouprianoff* Central University of Technology, South Africa\|Karlstud University, Sweden \| **Stellenbosch University, South Africa
11:40 AM	Presentation 5: Novel Repair Strategy using Additive Manufacturing to Address Severe Foreign Object Damage on Ti Alloy Fan Blades Priti Wanjara, Javad Gholipour, Kosuke Watanabe, Koji Nezaki National Research Council of Canada-Montreal \|*IHI Corporation, Japan
12:00 PM	Presentation 6: Development of metal slurry three-dimensional printing system based on maskless projection method Cho-Pei Jiang, Shinn-Liang Chang* National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan\|*National Formosa University, Taiwan
12:20 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM	Poster Viewing \| Location: Great Hall South - Exhibition Viewing \| Location: Great Hall North
2:00 PM	Keynote: Mastering AM Freedom \| Location: Great Hall South Hannes Gostner Director Research and Development, EOS, Germany
2:40 PM	Session 3: Material Development I Chair: Paul Bishop \| Location: Great Hall South	Session 4: Advanced Process Modeling I Chair: Damiano Pasini \| Location: Room 2301
2:40 PM	Presentation 7: Effect of powder attributes on microstructure and mechanical properties of 3D-printed Al10SiMg alloy using Laser Powder Bed Fusion technique Vahid Fallah, Qingshan Dong, Mark Gallermeault Queen's University, Canada	Presentation 11: Thermo-Mechanical Numerical Modelling of Selective Laser Melting for Prediction of Residual Stress Jean-Sebastien Cagnone, Jean-Philippe Marcotte, Marjan Molavi-Zarandi, Florin Ilinca, Kabanemi Kalonji Kabaa National Research Council of Canada-Boucherville
3:00 PM	Presentation 8: Development of modified A8 and S7 tool steel powders for additive manufacturing by LPB-AM Denis Mutel, Carl Blais Universite Laval, Canada	Presentation 12: Topology Optimization of Support Structures for Laser Powder-Bed Fusion Based on the Inherent Strain Method Zhidong Zhang, Osezua Ibhadode, Pouyan Rahnama, Ali Bonakdar, Ehsan Toyserkani University of Waterloo, Canada \|*Siemens, Canada
3:20 PM	Presentation 9: Studying the impact of particle morphology on powder spreading and laser powder bed fusion characteristics to maximize the process productivity Salah Eddin Brika, Morgan Letenneurm, Christopher Alex Dion*, Vladimir Brailovski ETS Montreal, Canada \|*PyroGenesis Additive, Canada	Presentation 13: A fast and part-level numerical simulation of temperature field in selective laser melting process Zhibo Luo, Fiona Zhao McGill University, Canada
3:40 PM	Presentation 10: Selective electron beam melting of Al-Cu-Mg alloy: Processability and Characterization Mohammad Saleh Kenevisi, Feng Lin Tsinghua University, China	Presentation 14: Fast-to-run predictive model for thermal fields during Additive Manufacturing Meet Upadhyay, Daan Maijer, Steve Cockcroft The University of British Columbia, Canada
4:00 PM	Afternoon Tea, Poster and Exhibition Viewing
4:20 PM	Session 5: Process Monitoring and Control I Chair: Mihaela Vlasea \| Location: Room 2301	Session 6: Novel AM Processes and Products I Chair: Vahid Fallah \| Location: Great Hall South
4:20 PM	Presentation 15: In-line melt pool monitoring of laser powder-bed fusion katayoon Taherkhani, Zheng Ma, Esmat Sheydaeian, Ali Ghodsi, Martin Otto, Christopher Eischer, Ehsan Toyserkani* University of Waterloo, Canada \|*EOS, Germany	Presentation 19: Machine Learning Aided Optimization of Conformal Cooling Channel Zhenyang Gao, Fiona Zhao McGill University, Canada
4:40 PM	Presentation 16: Modelling and Identification of Electron Beam Deflection System Scott Parks, Zekai Murat Kilic, Ralf Edinger, Yusuf Altintas The University of British Columbia, Canada	Presentation 20: Hybrid additive manufacturing and casting processes for non ferrous alloys Axelle Sabouraud, Artitra Biswas, Abdoul-Aziz Bogno, Hani Henein, Ahmed Qureshi University of Alberta, Canada
5:00 PM	Presentation 17: Cost Effective Real-Time Thermal Dynamics Modeling in Laser Materials Processing Lucas Botelho, Amir Khajepour University of Waterloo, Canada	Presentation 21: Mechanical and functional performance of porous bone replacement implants Asma El Elmi, David Melancon, Meisam Asgari, Liu Lu, Damiano Pasini McGill University, Canada \|*Harvard University, United States
5:20 PM	Presentation 18: In-situ Sensing and Measurement for Quality Control in Metal Additive Manufacturing: Review and Future Directions Thomas Lehmann, Tonya Wolfe, Hani Henein, Ahmed Qureshi* University of Alberta, Canada \| *InnoTech Alberta, Canada	Presentation 22: Surface finishing of titanium and nickel-based laser powder bed-fused components: abrasive flow machining versus electrochemical polishing Neda Mohammadian, Victor Urlea, Clement Bouland, Sylvain Turenne, Vladimir Brailovski ETS Montreal, Canada \|*Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada
5:40 PM	Poster Viewing \| Location: Great Hall South - Exhibition Viewing \| Location: Great Hall North
5:40 PM	Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting \| Location: Robert H. Lee Boardroom, Alumni Centre
6:40 PM	Conference Dinner \| Location: Gallery & Patio Restaurant, AMS Nest, Level 4

8:00 AM	Breakfast
8:30 AM	Keynote: Additive Manufacturing Landscape in Australia \| Location: Great Hall South Milan Brandt Director Centre for Additive Manufacturing Advanced Manufacturing Precint, RMIT University, Australia
9:10 AM	Session 7: Material Development II Chair: Ahmed Qureshi \| Location: Room 2301	Session 8: Advanced Process Modeling, Monitoring and Control Chair: Fiona Zhao \| Location: Great Hall South
9:10 AM	Presentation 23: Fabrication of Rene 41 Parts with Laser Powder Bed Fusion Sila Atabay, Kevin Plucknett, Mathieu Brochu McGill University, Canada \|*Dalhousie University, Canada	Presentation 27: Geometric deviations of laser powder bed fused AlSi10Mg components: Numerical Predictions versus Experimental Measurements Floriane Zongo, Charles Simoneau, Anatolie Timercan, Antonie Tahan, Vladimir Brailovski ETS Montreal, Canada\|*SimuTech Group, Canada
9:30 AM	Presentation 24: Particle decoration: A method for developing new material for Additive manufacturing Ehsan Marzbanrad, Yahya Mahmoodkhani, Ehsan Toyserkani University of Waterloo, Canada	Presentation 28: Melt Pool Geometry Modeling and Monitoring via In-Situ Vision System for Powder Fed Laser Fusion Process Deniz Sera Ertay, Josh van Houtum, Mihaela Vlasea University of Waterloo, Canada
9:50 AM	Presentation 25: Electrostatic Atomisation of Metals Bilal Bharadia, Aziz Bogno, Hani Henein University of Alberta, Canada	Presentation 29: Temperature fluctuations at boundary points in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Emre Ogeturk, Mary Wells University of Waterloo, Canada
10:10 AM	Presentation 26: Implementation of the Kitagawa-Takahashi approach for prediction of fatigue limit of Inconel 625 components containing intentionally-seeded defects Jean-Rene Poulin, Patrick Terriault, Vladimir Brailovski ETS Montreal, Canada	Presentation 30: Design of a test artefact to evaluate critical design features for Ti-6Al-4V parts in electron-beam melting additive manufacturing (EBAM) Gitanjali Shanbhag, Mihaela Vlasea University of Waterloo, Canada
10:30 AM	Morning Tea, Poster and Exhibition Viewing
10:50 AM	Session 9: Advanced Process Modeling II Chair: Marjan Molavi-Zarandi \| Location: Great Hall South	Session 10: Novel AM Processes and Products II Chair: Vladimir Brailovski \| Location: Room 2301
10:50 AM	Presentation 31: Microscale interaction between the laser and metal powder in powder-bed additive manufacturing: conduction mode versus keyhole mode Hongze Wang, Yu Zou University of Toronto, Canada	Presentation 36: Investigating residual stress characteristics for selected direct energy deposition process settings: P420 steel single bead deposition on mild steel Jill Urbanic, Navid Nazemi* University of Windsor, Canada \|*AMG Metal Inc., Canada
11:10 AM	Presentation 32: A Predictive System for Manufacturability Analysis of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process Ying Zhang, Fiona Zhao McGill University, Canada	Presentation 37: Evaluation of additive manufacturing for repair and remanufacturing purposes Fatih Sikan, Priti Wanjara, Javad Gholipour, Mathieu Brochu McGill University, Canada \|*National Research Council of Canada-Montreal
11:30 AM	Presentation 33: Thermal fluid modeling for melt pool generation of Ti6Al4V powder bed in the electron beam additive manufacturing Eiko Nishimura, Steve Cockcroft, Daan Maijer, Farzaneh Farhang-Mehr The University of British Columbia, Canada	Presentation 38: Laser powder bed fusion of AlSi10Mg for fabrication of an aluminum transmission pump housing Lisa Brock, Hamed Asgari, Mihaela Vlasea University of Waterloo, Canada
11:50 AM	Presentation 34: Normative benchmark design and preliminary geometric quality results for selective laser melting process Baltej Singh, Marc Secanell, Ahmed Qureshi University of Alberta, Canada	Presentation 39: Direct Laser Deposition of Ti–5Al–5V–5Mo–3Cr Alloy Xinjin Cao, Alexander Bois-Brochu, Javad Gholipour National Research Council of Canada \|*Centre de metallurgie du Quebec, Canada
12:10 PM	Presentation 35: Numerical Analysis of Melt Pool Geometry in Laser Powder-Bed Fusion of Hastelloy X Shahriar Imani, Adhitan Rani Kasinathan, Zhidong Zhang, Yahya Mahmoodkhani, Usman Ali, Ali Keshavarzkermani, Ehsan Toyserkani, Ali Bonakdar* University of Waterloo, Canada \|*Siemens, Canada	Presentation 40: Predicting Defects in 3D Printed Lattice Structures Ken Nsiempba, Ehsan Toyserkani University of Waterloo, Canada
12:30 PM	Lunch
1:10 PM	Keynote: Industrialization of Additive Manufacturing: A Journey from Fundamental Research to Production \| Location: Great Hall South Ali Bonakdar Advanced Manufacturing Technology Lead, Siemens Canada
1:50 PM	Session 11: Material Development III Chair: Hani Hanein \| Location: Great Hall South	Session 12: Advanced Process Modeling and Novel AM Processes Chair: Priti Wanjara \| Location: Room 2301
1:50 PM	Presentation 41: Correlating the columnar grain structure with the anisotropic mechanical response of Hastelloy X produced by laser powder-bed fusion Ali Keshavarzkermani, Reza Esmaeilizadeh, Shahriar Imani, Hamid Jahed Motlagh, Norman Zhou, Ali Bonakdar, Ehsan Toyserkani University of Waterloo, Canada \|*Siemens, Canada	Presentation 46: Tool path related process planning challenges for direct energy deposition systems Bob Hedrick, Jill Urbanic* CAMufacturing Solutions Inc., Canada \|*University of Windsor, Canada
2:10 PM	Presentation 42: Graphene Nanocellulose Composites for 3D Printed Electrodes Taylor Morrison, Hani Naguib University of Toronto, Canada	Presentation 47: Selective laser melting of graphene-reinforced aluminum matrix composites for electrical batteries Mostafa Yakout, M. A. Elbestawi McMaster University, Canada
2:30 PM	Presentation 43: Application of fast cooling calorimetry in AM An Fu, Pierre Hudon, Paul Bishop*, Mathieu Brochu McGill University, Canada \|*Dalhousie University, Canada	Presentation 48: Influence of Operating Parameters during Plasma Transferred Arc Additive Manufacturing on Carbide Concentration of 70wt% Ni-WC Metal Matrix Composite Components Dylan Rose, Tonya Wolfe, Hani Henein, Leijun Li* University of Alberta, Canada \|*InnoTech Alberta, Canada
2:50 PM	Afternoon Tea, Poster and Exhibition Viewing
3:10 PM	Presentation 44: Selective Laser Melting of Copper, Aluminum, and Copper-Aluminum Alloy Hao Kun Sun, Yu Zou, Gisele Azimi University of Toronto, Canada	Presentation 49: Integration of Physically-based Analytical Model and Statistically-driven Empirical Model for Multi-objective Optimization of Laser Powder-Bed Fusion Yuze Huang, Hamed Asgari, Mohammad Ansari, Behrad Khamesee, Ehsan Toyserkani University of Waterloo, Canada
3:30 PM	Presentation 45: Laser Powder Bed Processing of Aluminum Powders Containing Iron and Nickel Additions Greg Sweet, Jon Hierlihy, Ian Donaldson, Mathieu Brochu, Paul Bishop Dalhousie University, Canada \|GKN, Canada \|**McGill University, Canada	Presentation 50: Progress in Applying Fused Filament Fabrication to Metal Matrix Composites (MMC) Nancy Bhardwaj, Hani Henein, Tonya Wolfe** University of Alberta, Canada \|*InnoTech Alberta, Canada
3:50 PM	Closing and Awards \| Location: Great Hall South Andrew Szeri, UBC VP Academic and Provost
4:00 PM	Board of Directors Meeting \| Location: Robert H. Lee Boardroom, Alumni Centre

Theme 1: Material Development

Poster 1:
Haniyeh Fayazfar, Mihaela Vlasea, Ehsan Toyserkani
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 2:
Aniruddha Das, Mathieu Brochu
McGill University, Canada

Poster 3:
Owen Craig, Kevin Plucknett
Dalhousie University, Canada

Poster 4:
Xuechen Shen, Hani Naguib
University of Toronto, Canada

Poster 5:
Anastasia Wickeler, Hani Naguib
University of Toronto, Canada

Poster 6:
Seung Ho Jeong, Sagar Patel, Allan Rogalsky, Mihaela Vlasea, Adrian Gerlich, Mary Wells
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 7:
Pablo Enrique, Norman Zhou, Ehsan Toyserkani
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 8:
Tejas Ramakrishnan, Eileen Ross Espiritu, Mathieu Brochu
McGill University, Canada

Poster 9:
Alena Kreitcberg*, Karine Inaekyan*, Sylvain Turenne**, Vladimir Brailovski*
*ETS Montreal, Canada |**Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada

Poster 10:
Daniela Diaz, Abdoul-Aziz Bogno, Jonas Valloton, Hani Henein
University of Alberta, Canada

Poster 11:
Daniela Diaz, Hani Henein, Abdoul-Aziz Bogno
University of Alberta, Canada

Poster 12:
Nick Gosse*, Ian Donaldson**, Kevin Plucknett*, Paul Bishop*
*Dalhousie University, Canada |**GKN, Canada

Poster 13:
Ryen Ley*, Ian Donaldson**, Paul Bishop*
*Dalhousie University, Canada |**GKN, Canada

Poster 14:
Akankshya Sahoo*, Abdoul-Aziz Bogno*, William Hearn**, Hani Henein*
* University of Alberta, Canada |**Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Poster 15:
Ali Keshavarzkermani*, Reza Esmaeilizadeh*, Shahriar Imani*, Hamid Jahed Motlagh*, Norman Zhou*, Ali Bonakdar**, Ehsan Toyserkani*
*University of Waterloo, Canada |**Siemens, Canada

Theme 2: Advanced Process Modeling

Poster 16:
Marjan Molavi-Zarandi*, Ali Bonakdar**, Ramin Sedaghati***
*National Research Council of Canada-Boucherville |**Siemens, Canada |***Concordia University

Poster 17:
Morgan Letenneur, Alena Kreitcberg, Vladimir Brailovski
ETS Montreal, Canada

Poster 18:
Farzaneh Kaji*,**, Vadim Kozhevnikov*,**, Ehsan Toyserkani*
**University of Waterloo, Canada |**Promation, Canada

Poster 19:
Ahmed Moussa*, Asma El Elmi*, David Melancon**, Damiano Pasini*
*McGill University, Canada |**Harvard University, United States

Poster 20:
Pouyan Rahnama, Osezua Ibhadode, Zhidong Zhang, Ehsan Toyserkani
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 21:
Osezua Ibhadode, Pouyan Rahnama, Ehsan Toyserkani
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 22:
Mohammad Shaterzadeh, Marcilio Alves
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Poster 23:
Jonas Valloton, Aziz Bogno, Hani Henein
University of Alberta, Canada

Poster 24:
Pegah Pourabdollah, Farzaneh Farhang-Mehr, Steve Cockcroft, Daan Maijer
The University of British Columbia, Canada

Poster 25:
Asmita Chakraborty, Farzaneh Farhang-Mehr, Daan Maijer, Steve Cockcroft
The University of British Columbia, Canada

Poster 26:
Farhad Rahimi, Farzaneh Farhang-Mehr, Daan Maijer, Steve Cockcroft
The University of British Columbia, Canada

Poster 27:
Arman Khobzi, Farzaneh Farhang-Mehr, Daan Maijer, Steve Cockcroft
The University of British Columbia, Canada

Theme 3: Process Monitoring and Control

Poster 28:
Alexander Martinez-Marchese, Ehsan Toyserkani
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 29:
Sagar Patel, Mihaela Vlasea
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 30:
Heba Farag, Behrad Khamesee, Ehsan Toyserkani
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 31:
Alexander Groen, Mihaela Vlasea, Kaan Erkorkmaz
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 32:
Henrique Ramos*, Rafael Santiago*, Marcilio Alves**, Peter Theobald***, Shwe Soe***
*Federal University of ABC, Brazil |**University of Sao Paulo, Brazil |***University of Cardiff, UK

Poster 33:
Marc Wang, Ken Nsiempba, Mihaela Vlasea
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 34:
Frederik Lindenau*, Chad Sinclair*, Heinz Voggenreiter*,**
*The University of British Columbia, Canada |**University of Stuttgart, Germany

Theme 4: Novel AM Processes and Products

Poster 35:
Mykhailo Samoilenko, Patrice Seers, Patrick Terriault, Vladimir Brailovski
ETS Montreal, Canada

Poster 36:
Anatolie Timercan*, Bernard Seguin**, Yvan Petit*, Bertrand Lussier***, Vladimir Brailovski*
*ETS Montreal, Canada |**Colorado State University, Colorado |***Universite de Montreal

Poster 37:
Ken Nsienpba, Ehsan Toyserkani
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 38:
Parichit Kumar, Behrad Khamesee, Ehsan Toyserkani
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 39:
Mohammad Ansari, Yuze Huang, Alexander Martinez-Marchese, Ehsan Toyserkani
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 40:
Sandy El Moghazi*, Hani Hanein*, Tonya Wolfe**, Leijun Li*
*University of Alberta, Canada |**InnoTech Alberta, Canada

Poster 41:
Zhiying Liu, Yu Zou
University of Toronto, Canada

Poster 42:
Zhila Russell, Kevin Plucknett
Dalhousie University, Canada

Poster 43:
Saeed Khademzadeh, Paolo Bariani, Simone Carmignato
University of Padova, Italy

Poster 44:
Xin Zhang*, Rizhi Wang*, Dawei Wang**
*The University of British Columbia, Canada |**Southern University of Science and Technology, China