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Additive Manufacturing Technical Workshop Summary Report

December 4, 2013
Author(s)
Christopher U. Brown, Joshua Lubell, Robert R. Lipman
This report summarizes the presentations, discussions, and recommendations from the Additive Manufacturing Technical Workshop held during the PDES, Inc. offsite meeting in Gaithersburg, Maryland in March of 2013. The purpose of the workshop was to identify

Energy Metrics for Product Assembly Equipment and Processes

August 13, 2013
Author(s)
Shaw C. Feng, FNU Kumaraguru, Christopher U. Brown, Boonserm Kulvatunyou
A key factor deciding the capacity to increase the sustainability of final products is the energy efficiency. The energy embodied in a product is an aggregation of all of the energy embodied in the products' components and subsystems, expended through its

A Survey of Standards for Product Lifecycle Management of Structural Composites

August 7, 2013
Author(s)
Christopher U. Brown, Joshua Lubell, Robert R. Lipman, Gaurav Ameta
Composites are needed when designing components with a high strength (along a particular direction) to weight ratio. Composites are widely used in the automotive, sports and aerospace industries. Designing a composite component requires highly concurrent

A Case Study of 3D Imaging Productivity Needs to Support Infrastructure Construction

May 23, 2012
Author(s)
Gabriel Dadi, Paul Goodrum, Kamel Saidi, Christopher U. Brown, Joseph Betit
The national infrastructure system is at a crossroads with a need for renewal and expansion in the most efficient manner possible. Light railway construction requires the installation of embedments in reinforced concrete pavement along the length of

Development and Use of the NIST Intelligent and Automated Construction Job Site Testbed

December 16, 2011
Author(s)
Kamel Saidi, Geraldine Cheok, Marek Franaszek, Christopher U. Brown, Jeremy Swerdlow, Robert R. Lipman, Itai Katz, Mani Golparvar-Fard, Paul Goodrum, Manu Akula, Gabriel Dadi, Behshad Ghadimi
The Intelligent and Automated Construction Job Site (IACJS) Testbed is a large laboratory facility that was established at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2011. The creation of the testbed was motivated by the need for such