D4AM Project

Project Overview

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is the process of creating an object in 3D. This is done by the process of adding a material, layer by later until an object is created. If designers are to be able to embrace and exploit the opportunities offered by AM they must approach a design task with a different...

Survey

We are currently conducting an on-line survey, which aims to understand to what extent practicing designers are aware of or experienced in capabilities of AM as a production technology (as opposed to a prototyping process), and what support should be provided to designers whilst designing products...

Database of DfAM Literatures

We are endeavouring to continuously develop a database that contains the state-of-the-art research on Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM). This accessible, searchable database, which is being updated frequently, includes a list of DfAM related papers published in either academia, industry or...