Keynote Speakers

Todd Palmer
• Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Materials Science and Engineering
• The Pennsylvania State University, United States

Frédéric Larouche
• CTO and Product Manager
• AP&C, a GE Additive Company Montréal, Canada

Stuart Jackson
• Business Development and Key Account Manager
• Renishaw Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Carolyn Seepersad
• Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• The University of Texas at Austin, United States

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

Online Conference Program

DOWNLOAD THE PARTICIPANT INFORMATION PACKAGE

Add to Calendar

Note: All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04).
You can select your own time zone from the drop down menu and the event times will be updated to align with your particular time zone selection.


9:20 AM	Conference Opening
9:40 AM	Session 1: Metal Additive Manufacturing
9:40 AM	Keynote 1: AP&C Plasma Atomized Powders Optimized for Additive Manufacturing, Innovation and Challenges Javier Arreguin Senior Material Project Manager AP&C - A GE Additive Company, Montreal, Canada
10:20 AM	Keynote 2: Impact of Metal Powders Feedstock on the Properties and Performance of Additively Manufactured Materials Todd Palmer Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Materials Science and Engineering The Pennsylvania State University, PA, United States
11:00 AM	Keynote 3: Process-Aware Design for Additive Manufacturing Carolyn Seepersad J. Mike Walker Professor of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin, TX, United States
11:40 AM	Keynote 4: A Short History of Metal AM and Future Needs to Meet Mass Market Stuart Jackson Business Development and Key Account Manager Renishaw, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
12:20 PM	Poster Session 1: Material Development \| Advanced Process Modeling Exhibition Viewing
2:00 PM	Session 2: Material Development I	Session 3: Advanced Process Modeling I
2:00 PM	Presentation 1 - Featured Talk: Powder Processing by RF Plasma: Towards a Circular Economy Nicolas Gobeil Tekna, Canada	Presentation 6 - Featured Talk: How Big Data can Improve 3D Printing François Gingras Investissement Québec – CRIQ, Canada
2:20 PM	Presentation 2 - Featured Talk: Predicting Powder Spreadability with the Granudrum Filip Francqui GranuTools, Belgium	Presentation 7: Prediction of Defects Based on Beam Path and Melt Pool Morphology Using Machine Learning for Laser Powder Bed Fusion Deniz Sera Ertay, Shima Kamyab, Mihaela Vlasea, Zohreh Azimifar, Thanh Ma, Allan Rogalsky, Paul Fieguth University of Waterloo, Canada
2:40 PM	Presentation 3: Powder Reuse Cycles in Electron Beam Melting and their Effect on Ti-6Al-4V Powder Properties Gitanjali Shanbhag, Mihaela Luminita Vlasea University of Waterloo, Canada	Presentation 8: Development of An Autonomous In-situ Temperature Measurement System and a Heat Transfer Model of the Build Chamber in Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing Farhad Rahimi, Farzaneh Farhang-Mehr, Steve Cockcroft, Ralf Edinger, Daan Maijer * The University of British Columbia, Canada \|** CANMORA Tech Inc., Canada
3:00 PM	Presentation 4: Electrostatic Atomisation of Metals Bilal Bharadia, Abdoul Aziz Bogno, Hani Henein University of Alberta, Canada	Presentation 9: Control of Density and Microstructure in Laser Powder bed-fused Components Using a Combination of Melt Pool Modeling and Design of Experiment Approaches Morgan Letenneur, Alena Kreitcberg, Vladimir Brailovski École de technologie supérieure Montreal, Canada
3:20 PM	Presentation 5: Characterization of TZM Alloy Powders and their Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing Behavior Tejas Ramakrishnan, Mathieu Brochu McGill University, Canada	Presentation 10: Role of impinging powder particles on melt pool hydrodynamics, thermal behaviour and microstructure in laser-assisted DED process: A particle-scale DPM – CFD – CA approach - CANCELED Akash Aggarwal, Arvind Kumar Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
3:40 PM	Exhibition Viewing
4:00 PM	Session 4: Process Monitoring and Control I	Session 5: Novel AM Processes and Products I
4:00 PM	Presentation 11 - Featured Talk: Tracking and Controlling the Morphology Evolution of 3D Powder-bed Fusion in situ Using Inline Coherent Imaging James Fraser Queen's University, Canada	Presentation 16 - Featured Talk: 3D Printed Smart Molds for Sand Casting Eric MacDonald, Jerry Thiel* * Youngstown State University, United States \| ** University of Northern Iowa, United States
4:20 PM	Presentation 12: Microstructure Evolution and Microscale Mechanical Properties of Dual-Phase Titanium Alloy Made by Additive Manufacturing Zhiying Liu, Yu Zou University of Toronto, Canada	Presentation 17: Thermo-mechanical Modelling of Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing Process for Repair and Remanufacturing Purposes Fatih Sikan, Priti Wanjara, Javad Gholipour, Mathieu brochu * McGill University, Canada \| ** National Research Council, Canada
4:40 PM	Presentation 13: Airborne Metal Particle Stream Focusing using an Ultrasound Phased Array and its Application in Powder-fed Directed Energy Deposition Alexander Martinez-Marchese, Mazyar Ansari, Marc Wang, Ehsan Toyserkani University of Waterloo, Canada	Presentation 18: Laser DED Cladding of Dip-Coated TiC-Ni3Al Cermets on D2 Tool Steel Zhila Russell, Kevin Plucknett, Gianfranco Mazzanti Dalhousie University, Canada
5:00 PM	Presentation 14: Real-Time Simultaneous Microstructure and Geometry Monitoring of Laser Materials Processing Lucas Botelho, Amir Khajepour University of Waterloo, Canada	Presentation 19: Dynamic Mechanical Loading Characterization of an AM-Based Flexible Sensor Jeffrey Sixt, Elham Davoodi, Armaghan Salehian, Ehsan Toyserkani University of Waterloo, Canada
5:20 PM	Presentation 15: A Holistic Approach for Quality Control in Metal Additive Manufacturing Mohammed Alghamdy, Basel Alsayyed, Rafiq Ahmad University of Alberta, Canada	Presentation 20: An Overview of Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing and an Outlook of its Application Potentials - CANCELED Sheng-Hui Wang, Stefano Chiovelli* * National Research Council, Canada \| ** Syncrude, Canada


8:40 AM	Session 6: Process Monitoring and Control II	Session 7: Novel AM Processes and Products II
8:40 AM	Presentation 21: Exploring Force Feedback During Powder Spreading for Binder Jetting Additive Manufacturing Alexander Groen, Mihaela Vlasea, Kaan Erkorkmaz University of Waterloo, Canada	Presentation 26 - Featured Talk: Performance of Affordable Metal Additive Manufacturing Jonathon Hollahan Xact Metal, United States
9:00 AM	Presentation 22: A Novel Spatter Detection Algorithm for Real-time Quality Control of Laser Directed Energy Deposition Farzaneh Kaji,, Mazyar Ansari, Mark Zimny*, Ehsan Toyserkani * University of Waterloo, Canada \| ** Promation, Canada	Presentation 27: 3D Printed Sustainable Architected Cellular Composites Hamid Akbarzadeh, Ehsan Estakhrianhaghighi, Armin Mirabolghasemi, Yingnan Zhang, Larry Lessard McGill University, Canada
9:20 AM	Presentation 23: Application of Machine Learning to Predict the Density of Binder-jet 3D Printed Parts Somayeh Hosseini Rad, David Schlachter, Sergio Yanez Sanchez , Alice Goffin, Martin Lennox, Basil Favis, Daniel Therriault, Jason Tavares Polytechnique Montréal, Canada	Presentation 28: Machine Learning Aided Design of Conformal Porous Structure Zhenyang Gao, Yaoyao Fiona Zhao McGill University, Canada
9:40 AM	Presentation 24: Moving Towards the Development of an Artificial-based Defect-detection Model through the Photodiodes Signals Collected from the Melt Pool of Laser Powder-bed Fusion Katayoon Taherkhani, Esmat Sheydaeian Arani, Ehsan Toyserkani, Martin Otto*, Christopher Eischer* * University of Waterloo, Canada \| Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM), Germany \| * EOS, United States	Presentation 29: Additive Manufacturing of FGM Parts Using PTA Geoffrey Bonias, Hani Henein University of Alberta, Canada
10:00 AM	Presentation 25: A Novel Testing Bench for the Assessment of Metal Powder Spreading Behavior Salah Eddine Brika, Vladimir Brailovski École de technologie supérieure Montreal, Canada	Presentation 30: Functionally Graded Lattice Optimization based on Homogenization and its Application to Dynamic Problems Ugur Simsek, Cemal Efe Gayir, Nezih Sunman, Aykan Akbulut, Cansu Basaran, Polat Sendur * General Electric \| ** Özyeğin University, Turkey
10:20 AM	Exhibition Viewing
10:40 AM	Session 8: Advanced Process Modeling II	Session 9: Material Development II
10:40 AM	Presentation 31: The Effect of Part Geometries on Melt Pool Dimensions in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process (LPBF) Shahriar Imani Shahabad, Usman Ali, Zhidong Zhang, Ali Keshavarzkermani, Reza Esmaeilizadeh, Ali Bonakdar, Ehsan Toyserkani* * University of Waterloo, Canada \| ** Siemens, Canada	Presentation 36: Binder Jet Printing of Low-Cost Tool Steel Powders Ryan Ley, Ian Donaldson, Paul Bishop * Dalhousie University, Canada \| ** GKN, Canada
11:00 AM	Presentation 32: Design for Additive Manufacturing: A Multiphysics Topology Optimization Model for Conceptual Structural Designs under Practical Loads and Boundary Conditions Osezua Ibhadode, Pouyan Rahnama, Zhidong Zhang, Ali Bonakdar, Ehsan Toyserkani * University of Waterloo, Canada \| ** Siemens, Canada	Presentation 37: Enhanced Impact Energy Absorption of 3D Printed Tessellated Sheets made from Flexible Materials Anastasia Wickeler, Hani Naguib University of Toronto, Canada
11:20 AM	Presentation 33: Machine Learning Assisted Manufacturability Prediction for Laser-based Powder Bed Fusion Ying Zhang, Yaoyao Fiona Zhao McGill University, Canada	Presentation 38: Thermal Insulation and Laser-based Preheating Method for Processing a Ledeburitic Tool Steel in LPBF Gregor Graf, Manuela Leoni, Tobias Müller, Jörg Fischer-Bühner, Maximilian Frey, Daniel Beckers, Sven Donisi, Frederik Zanger, Volker Schulze* * Rosswag GmBH, Germany \| ** Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
11:40 AM	Presentation 34: A Framework to Study the Role of Material and Morphology Defects on the Mechanical Performance of Additively Built Lattice Materials Asma El Elmi* , David Melancon** , Meisam Asgari, Damiano Pasini* * McGill University, Canada \| ** Harvard University	Presentation 39: Attempts at Understanding LPBF of Intermetallic Alloys Kuanhe Li, Chao Xu, Tejas Ramakrishnan, Xianglong Wang, Mathieu Brochu McGill University, Canada
12:00 PM	Presentation 35: Investigating the Effect of the Temperature and Stress Fields on the Geometric Tolerances of the Laser Powder Bed Fusion Printed Parts Baltej Singh Rupal, Marc Secanell, Ahmed Jawad Qureshi University of Alberta, Canada	Presentation 40: Selective Laser Melting of Titanium Matrix Composites Reinforced with Hybrid (TiB+TiC) Reinforcements - CANCELED Eskandar Fereiduni, Ali Ghasemi, Mohamed Elbestawi McMaster University, Canada
12:20 PM	Poster Session 2: Process Monitoring and Control \| Novel AM Processes and Products Exhibition Viewing
2:00 PM	Session 10: Material Development III	Session 11 - Part A: Transatlantic Cluster for Lightweighting (TraCLight)
2:00 PM	Presentation 41 - Featured Talk: Deep Learning Framework for Image-based Characterization in Additive Manufacturing Mike Marsh, Nicolas Piché Object Research Systems (ORS)	2:10 PM Presentation 46: What is TraCLight? Nadja Rest, Manuela Neuenfeldt,** * Leichtbau BW GmbH, Germany \| wbk Institute of Production Science, Germany \| * KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
2:20 PM	Presentation 42: Binder Jet 3D Printing of Flexible and Multifunctional Polymer Material Using MXene Based Inks Terek Li University of Toronto, Canada	Presentation 47: Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Possibilities Based on Forging in Combination with LPBF Sven Donisi, Gregor Graf Rosswag GmbH, Germany
2:40 PM	Presentation 43: Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Aluminum-Copper Alloy and Maraging Steel Made by Selective Laser Melting Hao Kun Sun, Gisele Azimi, Yu Zou University of Toronto, Canada	Presentation 48: Additive Manufacturing of Metal Components using the ARBURG freeformer System Daniel Kupzik, Quirin Spiller, Jürgen Fleischer wbk Institute of Production Science, KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
3:00 PM	Presentation 44: Impact of the Dynamics Strain Aging and Recrystallization Processes on the High Temperature Behaviour of LPBF IN625 Components Alena Kreitcberg, Karine Inaekyan, Vladimir Brailovski École de technologie supérieure Montreal, Canada	Presentation 49: Development of H13 Repair and Hybrid Manufacturing of Extrusion Dies by DED Alexandre Bois-Brochu, Christian Zanetti, Philippe Olcelli* * Quebec Metallurgy Center, Canada \| ** DIENAMEX, Canada
3:20 PM		Session 11 - Part B: Process Monitoring and Control III
3:20 PM	Presentation 45: LPF-AM Processing of Beta, Near-Beta and Near-Alpha Titanium Alloys Nick Gosse, Gregory Sweet, Ian Donaldson*, Donald Paul Bishop * Dalhousie University, Canada \| ** GKN, Canada	Presentation 50: Detection of a Subsurface Defect in an Additively Manufactured SS 316L Sample Using Laser Ultrasonics Alexander Martinez-Marchese, Ehsan Toyserkani University of Waterloo, Canada
3:40 PM	Exhibition Viewing
4:00 PM	Session 12: Novel AM Processes and Products III	Session 13: Advanced Process Modeling III
4:00 PM	Presentation 51 - Featured Talk: New Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion System with Open Source Software, Tailored for Research and Development Ulf Ackelid, Ulric Ljungblad Freemelt AB, Sweden	Presentation 56 - Featured Talk: Multi-Scale Modeling of Distortion in Powder Bed Fusion Michael Gouge, Pan Michaleris, Erik Denlinger, Jeff Irwin, Charles Li Autodesk, Canada
4:20 PM	Presentation 52: Fused Filament Fabrication of Metal Matrix Composites (MMC) Nancy Bhardwaj, Hani Henein, Tonya Wolfe** * University of Alberta, Canada \| ** InnoTech Alberta, Canada	Presentation 57: Abrasive Flow Machining of Laser Powder Bed Printed Components: Modeling versus Experiment Mykhailo Samoilenko, Vladimir Brailovski École de technologie supérieure Montreal, Canada
4:40 PM	Presentation 53: Embedding Optical Sensors in Additively Manufactured Parts for Enhanced Functionality Kelvin Son, Farid Ahmed, Ehsan Toyserkani University of Waterloo, Canada	Presentation 58: Efficient Thermo-mechanical Finite Element Model for Simulating Selective Laser Melting Process in Part Level Zhibo Luo, Yaoyao Zhao McGill University, Canada
5:00 PM	Presentation 54: Design, Optimization, and Validation of a Magnetic Levitation System for Additive Manufacturing Parichit Kumar, Ehsan Toyserkani, Behrad Khamesee University of Waterloo, Canada
5:20 PM	Presentation 55: Metallic Cellular Hip Implant with Functionally Graded Density Elham Davoodi,, Reza Esmaeilizadeh, Hossein Montazerian*, Ehsan Toyserkani * University of Waterloo, Canada \| ** University of California Los Angeles, United States
5:40 PM	Closing Remarks

Poster Session 1: | -

Theme 1: Material Development

Poster 1:
Haniyeh (Ramona) Fayazfar, Usman Ali, Ehsan Toyserkani
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 2:
Daniela Diaz, Abdoul-Aziz Bogno, Hani Henein
University of Alberta, Canada

Poster 3:
Akankshya Sahoo, Abdoul-Aziz Bogno, Hani Henein
University of Alberta, Canada

Poster 4:
Zhiying Liu, Yu Zou
University of Toronto, Canada

Poster 5:
Reza Esmaeilizadeh*, Ali Keshavarzkermani*, Hamid Jahed*, Ali Bonakdar**, Ehsan Toysekani*
* University of Waterloo, Canada | ** Siemens, Canada

Poster 6:
Haniyeh Fayazfar, Issa Rishmawi, Mihaela Vlasea
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 7:
Denis Mutel, Carl Blais
Universite Laval, Canada

Poster 8:
Owen Craig*, Kevin Plucknett*, Alexandre Bois-Brochu**
*Dalhousie University, Canada | ** Centre de métallurgie du Québec, Canada

Poster 9:
Iheoma Nwuzor, Christopher Idumah, Paul Okolie, Obumneme Ezeani
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria

Poster 10: - CANCELED
Raphael Ebhojiaye*, Akii Ibhadode**
* University of Benin, Nigeria | ** Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria

Poster 11:
Sila Atabay*, Kevin Plucknett**, Mathieu Brochu*
* McGill University, Canada | ** Dalhousie University, Canada

Poster 12:
Jon Hierlihy*, Ian Donaldson**, Mathiew Brochu***, Paul Bishop*
* Dalhousie University | ** GKN | *** McGill University

Poster 13:
William Turnier Trottier, Alena Kreitcberg, Vladimir Brailovski
École de technologie supérieure Montreal, Canada

Poster 14:
Nivas Ramachandiran, Hamed Asgari, Paola Russo, Chinedu Francis Dibia, Adrian Gerlich, Ehsan Toyserkani
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 15:
An Fu*, Mathieu Brochu*, Paul Bishop**, Pierre Hudon*
* McGill University, Canada | ** Dalhousie University, Canada

Theme 2: Advanced Process Modeling

Poster 16:
Osezua Ibhadode, Ehsan Toyserkani
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 17:
Zhidong Zhang*, Ali Bonakdar**, Ehsan Toyserkani*
* University of Waterloo, Canada | ** Siemens, Canada

Poster 18:
Gijs van Houtum, Mihaela Vlasea
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 19:
Jonas Valloton, Abdoul-Aziz Bogno, Hani Henein
University of Alberta, Canada

Poster 20:
Mazyar Ansari, Mobin Khamooshi, Alexander Martinez Marchese, Ehsan Toyserkani
University of Waterloo

Poster 21: - CANCELED
Basel Alsayyed, Mohammed Alghamdy
University of Alberta, Canada

Poster 22:
Abhi Ghosh, Amit Kumar, Mathieu Brochu
McGill University, Canada

Poster 23:
Rodolpho Vaz, Alessio Silvello, Javier Sánchez, Irene Garcia Cano, Sergi Dosta
Federal University of Paraná, Brazil

Poster 24:
Quentin Champdoizeau, Hani Henein
University of Alberta, Canada

Poster 25:
Pegah pourabdollah, Steven Cockcroft, Daan Maijer, Farzaneh Farhangmehr
The University of British Columbia, Canada

Poster 26:
Shaun Cooke*, Keivan Ahmadi*, Rodney Herring*, Greg Sweet**, Paul Bishop**
* University of Victoria, Canada | ** Dalhousie University, Canada

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

Poster 28:
Asmita Chakraborty, Farzaneh Farhang Mehr, Daan Maijer, Steve Cockcroft
The University of British Columbia, Canada

Poster Session 2: | -

Theme 3: Process Monitoring and Control

Poster 29:
Heba Farag, Ehsan Toyserkani, Behrad Khamesee
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 30:
Kristof Briele, Dominik wolfschlaeger, Max Ellerich
RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Poster 31:
Moustapha Jadayel, Farbod Khameneifar
Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

Theme 4: Novel AM Processes and Products

Poster 32:
Farid Ahmed, Ehsan Marzbanrad, Ehsan Toyserkani
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 33:
Mohammad Hossein Sakhaei, Aziz Shafiei-Zarghani, Ali Zamani
Shiraz University, Iran

Poster 34:
Remy Samson, Thomas Lehmann, Hani Henien, Ahmed Jawad Qureshi
University of Alberta, Canada

Poster 35:
Ken Nsiempba, Osezua Obehi Ibhadode, Ehsan Toyserkani
University of Waterloo, Canada

Poster 36:
Abdoul-Aziz Bogno, Mubashir Chand Tamboli, Ahmed Jawad Qureshi, Hani Henein
University of Alberta, Canada

Poster 37: - CANCELED
Manpreet Singh, Arun Arjunan
University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Poster 38:
Arman Khobzi*, Swee Leong Sing**, Wai Yee Yeong**, Steven Cockcroft*, Daan Maijer*, Farzaneh Farhang-Mehr*
* The University of British Columbia, Canada | ** Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Poster 39:
Martin Tran Hoai Tri Thien*, Anatolie Timercan**, Bertrand Lussier***, Bernard Seguin^, Yvan Petit**, Vladimir Brailovski**
* École Centrale Paris, France | ** École de technologie supérieure Montreal, Canada | Université de Montréal, Canada *** | ^ Colorado State University, United States

Poster 40:
Ahmed Moussa, David Melancon, Asma El Elmi, Damiano Pasini
McGill University, Canada

Poster 41:
Samer Omar, Kevin Plucknett
Dalhousie University, Canada

Poster 42:
Anatolie Timercan, Vadim Sheremetyev, Vladimir Brailovski
École de technologie supérieure Montreal, Canada

Poster 43:
Rabia Aftab, Maksim Antonov
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Poster 44:
Sandy Ibrahim*, Jose G. Mercado Rojas*, Tonya Wolfe**, Hani Henein*, Ahmed Qureshi*
* University of Alberta, Canada | ** InnoTech Alberta, Canada

Keynote Speakers

Online Conference Program

DOWNLOAD THE PARTICIPANT INFORMATION PACKAGE

Note: All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04). You can select your own time zone from the drop down menu and the event times will be updated to align with your particular time zone selection.

Note: All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04).
You can select your own time zone from the drop down menu and the event times will be updated to align with your particular time zone selection.