Topical Advisory Panel
Topical Advisory Panel Members (61)

Interests: additive Manufacturing; precision machining; process mechanics and materials mechanics; analysis and modeling of manufacturing processes

2. Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Interests: multiscale analysis of deformation mechanisms of textile structural composites (i.e., theoretical, numerical, and experimental approaches); finite element analysis and experimental investigation of sheet forming processes; advanced manufacturing of transparent composite materials

Interests: injection molding; micro manufacturing; polymer properties and processing; composites; polymeric foams; additive manufacturing
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Interests: precision manufacturing; precision machine design; on-machine measurement for machine tool health monitoring; nanopositioning control, dynamic system identification; optical metrology; additive manufacturing process control and metrology; smart materials, sensors, actuators, and design; sensors and instrumentation; surface plasmonics, spectroscopy, and electromagnetic sensors for water contaminant monitoring; magnetic and optical spectroscopy for water quality sensing and monitoring
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Interests: structures, systems, and materials for energy absorption; crashworthiness; impact and blast; metals; formability; material constitutive behavior; structural foams; properties characterization; numerical and analytical methods
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Interests: polymer; polymer composites with mineral fillers; hybrid composites; injection molding; rotational molding

Interests: machine tools; cutting process stability; mechatronics; machine tool energy consumption; chatter suppression

Office1 (EEE): Technology and Innovation Centre (Level 7), 99 George Street, Glasgow G1 1RD, UK
Office 2 (DMEM): James Weir Building (Level 7), 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow G1 1XJ, UK
Interests: welding technology; NDT; residual stress; additive manufacturing; robotics
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Interests: mechanical testing; fracture toughness; small-size specimens; material models; local property determination; additive manufacturing
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Interests: metal additive manufacturing; surface engineering; electron microscopy

Interests: advanced manufacturing; laser-based material processing; additive and subtractive manufacturing; materials and mechanical characterisation; light metals and alloys; surface engineering; antibacterial coatings
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Interests: computer aided process planning (CAPP); facility layout problem; scheduling; power systems planning; manufacturing resources planning

2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Afeka Academic College of Engineering, Tel Aviv 6910717, Israel
Interests: additive manufacturing technologies; physical metallurgy; AM-PBF; AM-DED
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Interests: turning; milling; burnishing; machining operations; surface roughness; modeling of machining processes

2. Big Data Science & Technology Limited, London, UK
Interests: machine learning; space & satellite; Industry 4.0; additive manufacturing; big data; deep learning; AI; 3D printing; multiscale modelling; space materials; HPC; composite structures mechanics & materials; microstructures & micromechanics IoT; aerostructure; cloud computing; advance joining technology; hydrogen diffusion & embrittlement; FEA; nanomaterials & mechanics; quantum computing & mechanics

Interests: machining; surface mechanical treatments; surface integrity; fatigue; distortions caused by manufacturing processes; residual stresses; characterization of local mechanical properties

Interests: plasticity; damage; ductile fracture; experiments and numerical simulations of sheet metal forming

Interests: mechanical engineering; CAD/CAM; manufacturing technology; manufacturing systems; robotics; automation

Interests: alloy development for selective laser melting and binder jetting additive manufacturing; additive manufacturing of multi-functional iron-based and nickel-based alloys and composites

Interests: machine vision for industrial inspection systems and process monitoring; inspection robots; zero-defect manufacturing technologies; machine learning including deep learning approaches for modeling of production processes
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