Agenda
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Dr. Keith Krapels, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Space and Missile Defense Technical Center
Opportunities for Next Gen IAMD Sensors and Space Control EW (ES/EA) Leading to Capability Overmatch at Lower Cost and Higher Performance
Session 1, Chair: Prof. Alkim Akyurtlu (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Chris Areias, UMass Lowell Printed Electronics Research Collaborative (PERC)
Additive Packaging Techniques for Microelectronics
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Dr. Bradley Duncan, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Additively Manufactured Radiation Shielding for Broad Spectrum Protection of Electronic Systems
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Dr. Sean Wise, Repliform
Functional Antennas Using AM Resin Prints with Cu & Ni Coatings – Understanding the Printing and Plated Processes is Essential to Success
11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Dr. Fahima Ouchen, KBR Inc. / Air Force Research Laboratory
A New Opportunity for AM Materials and Structures’ Space Survivability Assessments
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Zachary Nelson, InkBit
Introducing a New Low Loss Thermoset for Inkjet 3D Printing
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Break
Session 2, Chair: Prof. Mark Mirotznik (University of Delaware)
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Prof. Mark Mirotznik, University of Delaware
Additive Manufacturing of Ultrawide Angle Beam Steering Lenses at Millimeter Wavelengths
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Collin Wallish and Prof. Dejan Filipovic, University of Colorado
3D Printed Waveguide Simulators for Rapid Multi-Scan Verification of Phase Arrays
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Dr. Clayton Neff, University of Dayton Research Institute
Comparison of Conductive Inks Processing for RF Performance Up to 30 GHz
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Kevin Brower, U.S. Army, DEVCOM, C5ISR Center
U.S. Army, DEVCOM Printed Electronics, Energetics, Materials & Sensors (PEEMS)
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Dr. Bradley Davis, Virgina Tech
An Additive Approach to Conformal Direct-Write Features
Session 3, Chair: Dr. Ian McMichael (MITRE)
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Dr. Mark Colgan, University of Delaware
Design and Optimization of 3D Wire Antennas
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Prof. Gregory Huff, Penn State University
Lessons Learned and Opportunities for Growth in Design for Additive Manufacturing for Antennas & EM Structures (DFAM for EM)
4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Dr. Garth Egan, MITRE
Pushing the Boundaries of Conductive Printing for Fine Scale 3D Features
5:15 p.m. Adjourn for the day
Session 4, Chair: Dr. Tom Spence (Northrop Grumman Corp.)
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Dr. Tom Spence, Northrop Grumman Corp.
3D Printed Folded Monopole Antennas
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Anna Stumme, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Designing AM Bulter Matrix for Integration with Cylindrical Array
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Prof. Rayne Zheng, University of California Berkley
Charge Programmed Additive Manufacturing for Fast Production of Lightweight Antenna
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Michael Hollenbeck, Optisys
Novel Structures in Switches and Filters Enabled by Additive Manufacturing
11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Dr. Dan Hines, Raytheon-UMass Lowell Research Institute (RURI)
Printed Hybrid Electronics (PHE) for Next-Gen Packaging and Conformal Electronics
11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Break
Session 5, Chair: Dr. Ian McMichael (MITRE)
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Dr. Kurt Christenson, Optomec
Opportunities and Challenges for AM of Electromagnetic Structures
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Prof. Eric MacDonald, University of Texas El Paso
Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic and Metal Multi-functional Structures
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Dr. Matthew Ryder, MITRE
Advanced Manufacturing Strategies for Ultra-Wideband FUSE Antennas
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Victor Sanchez, Jacobs
IMPACT (Intra-element Monoliths Printed & Attached to CircuiT board) Phased Array Radiator Overview and Recent Developments
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Prof. Jonathon Chisum, University of Notre Dame
Design-for-print of High-frequency and Large-area GRIN Lenses
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Phil Lambert, Fortify
Hybrid Gradient Index Lenses via Additive Manufacturing of Low-Loss Materials
3:45 p.m. Closing remarks
4:00 p.m. Adjourn