DFAM

Despite being massively praised for its capability to print complex shapes, additive manufacturing does have limitations. These include surface quality, part's distortion, support structures, etc. Their impacts on the final part depend on the AM technique used (and ultimately the machine embodying that technique) and how the part has been designed. For companies to fully benefit AM, designers need first to know how to optimize their products' performance up to what AM is capable of and also how to mitigate the limitations of AM beforehand.
My research towards these needs is about developing strategies, procedures for embracing the design freedom brought by AM while abiding by its constraints.
Design methodologies for additive manufacturing of parts and assemblies of parts.
My approach to part-oriented DFAM is what could be called 'additive design for AM, an approach by which parts are constructed by linking the part's functional surfaces. I am also exploring other routes for optimizing part performance, namely topology optimization, variable sections lattice structures and generative design.
Regarding assemblies, I am developing methods so that an assembly can be printed with the least components and ideally at once while ensuring that it is post-processable.

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