Exploiting Advanced
Manufacturing Capabilities
TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION IN DESIGN
PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP
Anne Frances Johnson, Rapporteur
National Materials and Manufacturing Board
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Dedication
This proceedings is dedicated to Dr. Earl Ward Plummer, a very active and contributing committee member and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, who passed away on July 23, 2020, while this publication was being reviewed.
“My legacy will be the minds I molded; not the papers I wrote or the prizes I won.”
Ward Plummer
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PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR EXPLOITING ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES: TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION IN DESIGN
HAYDN WADLEY, University of Virginia, Chair
DIANNE CHONG, NAE,1 Boeing Research and Technology (Retired), Vice Chair
KATHERINE T. FABER, California Institute of Technology
WILLIAM PAUL KING, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
ANGUS KINGON, Brown University
CARLOS LEVI, University of California, Santa Barbara
EDWIN L. THOMAS, NAE, Rice University
FRANK ZOK, University of California, Santa Barbara
Staff
ERIK SVEDBERG, Senior Program Officer, Study Director
NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer
RADAKA LIGHTFOOT, Financial Associate
JOSEPH PALMER, Senior Project Assistant
AMISHA JINANDRA, Research Associate
MICHELLE SCHWALBE, Acting Director, National Materials and Manufacturing Board (from April 2021)
JAMES LANCASTER, Acting Director, National Materials and Manufacturing Board (through April 2021)
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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
DEFENSE MATERIALS MANUFACTURING AND INFRASTRUCTURE STANDING COMMITTEE
HAYDN WADLEY, University of Virginia, Chair
DIANNE CHONG, NAE,1 Boeing Research and Technology (Retired), Vice Chair
KATHERINE T. FABER, California Institute of Technology
ROBERT HULL, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
ANGUS KINGON, Brown University
CARLOS LEVI, University of California, Santa Barbara
LOURDES SALAMANCA-RIBA, University of Maryland
SUBHASH SINGHAL, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
SUSAN SINNOTT, Pennsylvania State University
LEWIS SLOTER, U.S. Department of Defense (Retired)
EDWIN L. THOMAS, NAE, Rice University
Staff
ERIK SVEDBERG, Senior Program Officer
NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer
RADAKA LIGHTFOOT, Financial Associate
JOSEPH PALMER, Senior Project Assistant
AMISHA JINANDRA, Research Associate
MICHELLE SCHWALBE, Acting Director, National Materials and Manufacturing Board (from April 2021)
JAMES LANCASTER, Acting Director, National Materials and Manufacturing Board (through April 2021)
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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
NATIONAL MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING BOARD
THERESA KOTANCHEK, Evolved Analytics, LLC, Chair
KEVIN ANDERSON, NAE,1 Brunswick Corporation
CRAIG ARNOLD, Princeton University
THERESA CLEMENT, Raytheon
THOMAS M. DONNELLAN, Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University
STEPHEN FORREST, NAS2/NAE, University of Michigan
JULIA GREER, California Institute of Technology
JOHN KLIER, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
DAVID C. LARBALESTIER, NAE, Florida State University
MICK MAHER, Maher & Associates, LLC
ROBERT MILLER, NAE, IBM Almaden Research Center
GREGORY TASSEY, University of Washington
STEVEN J. ZINKLE, NAE, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Staff
MICHELLE SCHWALBE, Acting Director (from April 2021)
JAMES LANCASTER, Acting Director (through April 2021)
ERIK SVEDBERG, Senior Program Officer
NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer
RADAKA LIGHTFOOT, Financial Associate
JOSEPH PALMER, Senior Project Assistant
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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
2 Member, National Academy of Sciences.
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Acknowledgment of Reviewers
This Proceedings of a Workshop was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in making each published proceedings as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process.
We thank the following individuals for their review of this proceedings:
Angus Kingon, Brown University,
Ade Makinde, GE,
Ward Plummer, NAS, Louisiana State University, and
Kris Rosfjord, MITRE Corporation.
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