In this forum, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) will provide various avenues for the IMECE community to interact with Office Director, Program Managers and national lab experts. This forum includes AMMTO’s strategy and priorities, the Next Generation Materials and Process Program, DOE’s Smart Manufacturing portfolio and strategy, panels on research and funding opportunities, and digital platforms demonstration and database from national labs.
DOE's Smart Manufacturing Portfolio and Strategy, Dr. Huijuan Dai
Monday, November 17, 9:15am-10:00am
Abstract: The U.S. manufacturing sector is fundamental to the national energy industrial base, supporting energy generation, distribution, and end-use. However, challenges related to high-performance materials, secure supply chains, digital agility and workforce threaten its capacity to support modern energy systems. Smart manufacturing offers a transformative approach to designing, producing, and delivering energy technologies to overcome these strategic obstacles.
This presentation will detail the DOE's Smart Manufacturing portfolio and strategy, showcasing impactful projects and future funding opportunities. We will also highlight resources supporting the ecosystem and fostering collaborations, such as national lab user.
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AMMTO Office Director’s Plenary Talk: Dr. Christopher J. Saldaña
Tuesday, November 18, 8:00am-8:45am
Title: Manufacturing and Materials Innovation for America’s Energy Future
Abstract: In this talk, we will explore the pivotal role of new materials and manufacturing innovations in bolstering America's energy future. Emphasizing goals of supply chain security and industrial competitiveness, we will highlight how cutting-edge technologies can drive a dominant American energy sector. We will delve into specific advancements in material science and manufacturing processes that are transforming the industry, ensuring long-term economic and environmental benefits. We will discuss opportunities for collaboration with the Department of Energy, providing insights into how stakeholders can engage in and benefit from these technological advancements. Join the conversation to discuss how materials and manufacturing innovation can and will shape our nation’s energy sector.
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DOE-NSF Program Officer Panel on Advanced Manufacturing
Tuesday, November 18, 9:05am-10:50am
Program officers from Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) and National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Manufacturing Program will discuss agency priorities and vision on advanced manufacturing, including the development of national strategic plan and resources available to the advanced manufacturing community. Program officers will discuss funding opportunities related to advanced manufacturing and answer questions from the audience.
The Next Generation Materials and Processes (NGMP) Program at DOE's AMMTO office supports Research, Development, and Demonstration (RD&D) to accelerate foundational, cross-cutting energy materials and manufacturing process technologies across the Department’s mission areas. The program supports the AMMTO office's vision of a globally dominant, innovative U.S. manufacturing and industrial base for a resilient energy system and secure supply chain.
NSF Advanced Manufacturing (AM) program supports the fundamental research needed to revitalize American manufacturing to grow the national prosperity and workforce, and to reshape our strategic industries. The AM program accelerates advances in manufacturing technologies with emphasis on multidisciplinary research that fundamentally alters and transforms manufacturing capabilities, methods and practices.
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DOE National Labs Digital Platforms Demonstration
Tuesday, November 18, 2:45pm-6:30pm
Representatives from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) and DOE national labs will showcase DOE funded projects and digital platforms, as well as available resources and collaboration opportunities that are open to public.
Session Opening - Dr. Christopher J. Saldaña (DOE AMMTO Office Director)
- ORNL Session 1: The ORNL Manufacturing Demonstration Facility's Digital-First Environment
- ORNL Session 2: The ORNL Manufacturing Demonstration Facility: Modeling Tools Direct to Industry
- HPC4EI Session: The High-Performance Computing for Energy Innovation program
- PNNL Session: Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion (ShAPE™) (TBC)
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DOE Digital Platforms Stop-by Sessions
Wednesday, November 19, 2:45pm-6:00pm
- Damara Tern
Damara Tern is a new software framework for digital manufacturing data management. Built with a flexible, operation- and trackable-centric model, it organizes metadata across machines, processes, and sites to preserve the full digital thread of component creation. Implemented on a Django web architecture with PostgreSQL, it supports secure access, powerful search, visualization, and integration with tools like Peregrine for advanced analysis and cross-site collaboration
- AdditiveFOAM
AdditiveFOAM is a computational framework for simulating transport phenomena in additive manufacturing (AM) processes. Built on OpenFOAM, a leading open-source computational fluid dynamics software, AdditiveFOAM uses advanced finite volume methods to solve complex multiphysics problems. This tool can simulate explicit part geometries and scan paths, and it supports coupling with ExaCA to enable process-structure predictions. These capabilities make it a powerful tool for addressing processing challenges in AM. Applications include AM, processing, heat transfer, and high-performance computing.
- ExaCA
ExaCA is a C++ application designed to predict as-solidified grain structures from input time-temperature history data. Built with message passing interface (MPI) and Kokkos, ExaCA supports scalable, performance-portable simulations across many central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) architectures. To achieve this, the tool uses approximations for heterogeneous nucleation, the solidification velocity-undercooling relationship, and dendrite geometry in cubic crystals. ExaCA's ability to couple with various process models and leverage GPUs gives it the ability to handle up to billions of computational cells efficiently, which makes it a powerful tool for large-scale microstructure simulations. Applications include AM, microstructure, high-performance computing, and GPUs.