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Are you curious about how recent advent of computational design and AI software has created opportunities that give users the ability to automate the design and produce print-ready CAD models for complex engineering products? Join our upcoming webinar on March, 19, 10 am EST, presented by Prof. Olaf Diegel, Technical Fellow, Design for Additive Manufacturing, Wohlers Associates. Here you will also learn how the combination of these software technologies with good engineering practices, can become a tremendous catalyst for increased innovation.
In this 1-hour webinar, Prof. Diegel will be speaking on “AM + AI: A Powerful Combination”, and cover the following topics:
- Real-World Examples of DfAM and Computational Design (CD)
- Links between CD and GPT
- Applications Spotlights from Various Industries
- Q&A
Additive manufacturing is often an expensive manufacturing technology so, for it to be commercially viable, parts must be specifically designed for the technology, and enough value must be added to overcome its high costs. The best way to do this is by applying good design for AM (DfAM) practices. And, although additive manufacturing has long been recognized as a technology that is great at transforming ideas into real products, ready to sell, these product ideas first need to be transformed into 3D CAD models before they can be printed and, ideally, designed to suit the AM process they will be printed with.
In this talk, we will look at some real-world examples of how DfAM, computational design, and AM can be used to add significant value and innovation to products. We’ll also examine the potential links between computational design and GPT (generative pre-trained transformer) AI as a steppingstone towards true engineering quality 3D AI. This includes product applications in automotive, healthcare, production engineering, and artistic applications. It also examines some of the issues around how we need to start adapting our thinking to be ready for these continuously evolving technologies.
If you’re a designer, engineer, production manager, supply chain stakeholder, or decision-maker, this is your chance to see how these new technologies can help to reshape the way of how we will create innovative products in the future. Don’t miss out—reserve your spot today!
Speaker
Olaf Diegel, Ph.D.
Technical Fellow, Design for Additive Manufacturing
Wohlers Associates, powered by ASTM International
Dr. Olaf Diegel is the Technical Fellow, Design for Additive Manufacturing at Wohlers Associates, Powered by ASTM International. Olaf is an educator and practitioner of rapid product development and engineering. He has an excellent track record of developing innovative solutions to engineering problems. In addition to his role at Wohlers Associates, he is a professor of additive manufacturing at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Previously, he was a professor of product development at Lund University in Sweden and a professor of mechatronics at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand.
Over the past 10 years, Olaf has created more than 100 commercial products for theater lighting, security, marine, and home health-monitoring. He has also designed and manufactured an impressive family of guitars that has captured media attention globally. Additive manufacturing is used as the core technology to produce the main body of these extraordinary products. He is fluent in English and French and can speak Japanese. Olaf is also skilled in using SolidWorks for complex organic shapes and features and has a strong interest in 3D printing, additive manufacturing, and flexible manufacturing systems.
