David Dornfeld Manufacturing Vision Award Past Winners 2022 Competition Results Winner Feeding the Future through Convergent ManufacturingMichael Sealy, Purdue University Finalists The Next Generation in Additive ManufacturingGaurav Nilakantan, Boeing Unreal Factories in the Meta-VerseBinil Starly, North Carolina State University Federated Smart ManufacturingAshif Iquebal and Michel Kinsey, Arizona State University Exorcising Ghosts from Manufacturing Machines: Fabrication-at-Scale with Self-Assembly and EmergenceM. Ravi Shankar, University of Pittsburgh Discertory: The Medium to High Volume, Automated, Reverse-Manufacturing FactorySathyan Subbiah, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Additive Manufacturing of Neutron-Absorbent, Totimorphic Superconducting Structures for Nuclear Fusion and Deep-Space Propulsion ApplicationsFabiano Carvalho de Castro Sene, Bradley Jared, and Rupy Sawhney, University of Tennessee Semiconductor Foundry in a Box: Additive Manufacturing of NanoelectronicsAhmed Busnaina, Ahmed Abdelaziz, and Anthony Childress, Northeastern University 2021 Competition Results Winner Product in a Patient: In Vivo Surgical ManufacturingPresentation (PDF)Michael McPhail, Mayo ClinicJuergen Neubauer, Mayo ClinicDavid Lott, Mayo Clinic Runners-up Lifelike Metallic Structures Using Origami and Compliant MechanismPresentation (PDF)Vanshika Singh, University of TennesseeSudarsanam Suresh Babu, University of TennesseeMichael M. Kirka, Manufacturing Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) From Self-Aware to Self-Healing for ‘Perpetual’ ManufacturingPresentation (PDF)Noel Greis, North Carolina State University Other Finalists Physics-Aware Machine Learning Surrogates for Real-Time Digital Twin in Additive ManufacturingPresentation (PDF)Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Iowa State UniversitySoumik Sarkar, Iowa State UniversityAditya Balu, Iowa State UniversityAdarsh Krishnamurthy, Iowa State University Manufacturing In Vitro Living Neural Computing Chips for Efficient AI Learning and ComputationPresentation (PDF)Binil Starly, PhD, North Carolina State University There Is Only One Existential Threat: Let’s Talk About ItPresentation (PDF)Frank W. Gayle ScD, NIST Office of Advanced ManufacturingCarly Gayle, International Society for Ecology and CultureCarol Handwerker, Materials Engineering, Purdue University Convergent Systems of Systems Manufacturing (Convergent SoS Manufacturing)Presentation (PDF)Miki Banu, PhD, University of MichiganAlbert Shih, University of MichiganAlan I. Taub, University of MichiganBogdan I. Epureanu, University of Michigan Self-Sensing Smart-Connected Products in Smart Manufacturing SystemsPresentation (PDF)Thorsten Wuest, PhD, West Virginia UniversityJuergen Lenz, INNEO SolutionsEric MacDonald, University of Texas El PasoRamy Harik, University of South Carolina 2018 Competition Results Winner 3D Printing for Civil Infrastructure ConstructionAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Alaa Elwany, Negar Kalantar, Stephanie Paal, Zachary Grasley, and Zofia Rybokowski – Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Runners-up Factories-In-SpaceAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Ajay Malshe – University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; and Harsha Malshe – California Personalized Manufacturing: Psychology and Sociology as Fundamental Design Elements in Future Advanced Production SystemsAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Laine Mears, Farbod Akhavan Niaki, Eric Muth, Richard Pak, and Laura Stanley – Clemson University, Clemson, SC Other Finalists Distributed Decentralized Rural Agile ManufacturingAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Joel Neidig – ITAMCO, Plymouth, IN Global Distributed Manufacturing of Personalized Products as a ServiceAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Albert Shih – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Just-in-Time Learning for the Factory FloorAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Jeffrey Reed – Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Metamorphic Manufacturing: The Third Wave in Digital ManufacturingAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Glenn S Daehn – The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and Alan Taub – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2019 Competition Results Winner Computer Games as a Future of Manufacturing EducationPresentation (PDF)Sudhanshu Nahata – ASML US, Wilton, CT Other Finalists An Open Data Network for ManufacturingPresentation (PDF)Jaydeep Karandikar, Andrew Trimmer, and Kati Illouz – GE Research, Niskayuna, NY Changing the Face(s) of ManufacturingPresentation (PDF)Shawn P. Moylan – National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD Computer Integrated Manufacturing 4.0: An Ecosystem of Cloud-based CNC Integrated with Cloud-based CAD, CAM and CAPPPresentation (PDF)Chinedum Okwudire – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Geo Technologies Applied to ManufacturingPresentation (PDF)John K. Schueller, Won-Suk Lee, Pei-Ying Wu and Oscar Castillo – University of Florida, FL Industry H.0Presentation (PDF)Harsha Malshe – Santa Clara, CA; and Ajay Malshe – University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR Point-of-Care Engineered Tissue Smart “Factories”: Synergistic Engineering to Enable Lab-to-Clinic TranslationPresentation (PDF)Rohan A. Shirwaiker – North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 2017 Competition Results Winner Biomimetic ManufacturingAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Tony Schmitz – University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC Other Finalists A Manufacturing Process Compiler (MPC) — Vision for a Futuristic Manufacturing ParadigmAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Jian Cao – Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Achieving "Just Press Print" for Metal Additive ManufacturingAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Wayne King – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA Digital Volumetric Processing Using High Performance ComputingAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Thomas Kurfess – Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Interactive Virtual Hands-On ManufacturingAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Martin Jun – Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Next Generation Agile Manufacturing to Enable “Point of Use” Customization for Complex VehiclesAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Bill Harris – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, CT Sharing for AgilityAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Mike Vogler – Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL The Global Human-Machine Neural NetworkAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Joel Neidig – ITAMCO, Plymouth, IN The Internet of Skills: Online Virtual Simulators for Skilled TradesAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Mark Mills – Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2022 Competition Results Winner Feeding the Future through Convergent ManufacturingMichael Sealy, Purdue University Finalists The Next Generation in Additive ManufacturingGaurav Nilakantan, Boeing Unreal Factories in the Meta-VerseBinil Starly, North Carolina State University Federated Smart ManufacturingAshif Iquebal and Michel Kinsey, Arizona State University Exorcising Ghosts from Manufacturing Machines: Fabrication-at-Scale with Self-Assembly and EmergenceM. Ravi Shankar, University of Pittsburgh Discertory: The Medium to High Volume, Automated, Reverse-Manufacturing FactorySathyan Subbiah, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Additive Manufacturing of Neutron-Absorbent, Totimorphic Superconducting Structures for Nuclear Fusion and Deep-Space Propulsion ApplicationsFabiano Carvalho de Castro Sene, Bradley Jared, and Rupy Sawhney, University of Tennessee Semiconductor Foundry in a Box: Additive Manufacturing of NanoelectronicsAhmed Busnaina, Ahmed Abdelaziz, and Anthony Childress, Northeastern University 2021 Competition Results Winner Product in a Patient: In Vivo Surgical ManufacturingPresentation (PDF)Michael McPhail, Mayo ClinicJuergen Neubauer, Mayo ClinicDavid Lott, Mayo Clinic Runners-up Lifelike Metallic Structures Using Origami and Compliant MechanismPresentation (PDF)Vanshika Singh, University of TennesseeSudarsanam Suresh Babu, University of TennesseeMichael M. Kirka, Manufacturing Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) From Self-Aware to Self-Healing for ‘Perpetual’ ManufacturingPresentation (PDF)Noel Greis, North Carolina State University Other Finalists Physics-Aware Machine Learning Surrogates for Real-Time Digital Twin in Additive ManufacturingPresentation (PDF)Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Iowa State UniversitySoumik Sarkar, Iowa State UniversityAditya Balu, Iowa State UniversityAdarsh Krishnamurthy, Iowa State University Manufacturing In Vitro Living Neural Computing Chips for Efficient AI Learning and ComputationPresentation (PDF)Binil Starly, PhD, North Carolina State University There Is Only One Existential Threat: Let’s Talk About ItPresentation (PDF)Frank W. Gayle ScD, NIST Office of Advanced ManufacturingCarly Gayle, International Society for Ecology and CultureCarol Handwerker, Materials Engineering, Purdue University Convergent Systems of Systems Manufacturing (Convergent SoS Manufacturing)Presentation (PDF)Miki Banu, PhD, University of MichiganAlbert Shih, University of MichiganAlan I. Taub, University of MichiganBogdan I. Epureanu, University of Michigan Self-Sensing Smart-Connected Products in Smart Manufacturing SystemsPresentation (PDF)Thorsten Wuest, PhD, West Virginia UniversityJuergen Lenz, INNEO SolutionsEric MacDonald, University of Texas El PasoRamy Harik, University of South Carolina 2018 Competition Results Winner 3D Printing for Civil Infrastructure ConstructionAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Alaa Elwany, Negar Kalantar, Stephanie Paal, Zachary Grasley, and Zofia Rybokowski – Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Runners-up Factories-In-SpaceAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Ajay Malshe – University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; and Harsha Malshe – California Personalized Manufacturing: Psychology and Sociology as Fundamental Design Elements in Future Advanced Production SystemsAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Laine Mears, Farbod Akhavan Niaki, Eric Muth, Richard Pak, and Laura Stanley – Clemson University, Clemson, SC Other Finalists Distributed Decentralized Rural Agile ManufacturingAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Joel Neidig – ITAMCO, Plymouth, IN Global Distributed Manufacturing of Personalized Products as a ServiceAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Albert Shih – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Just-in-Time Learning for the Factory FloorAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Jeffrey Reed – Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Metamorphic Manufacturing: The Third Wave in Digital ManufacturingAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Glenn S Daehn – The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and Alan Taub – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2019 Competition Results Winner Computer Games as a Future of Manufacturing EducationPresentation (PDF)Sudhanshu Nahata – ASML US, Wilton, CT Other Finalists An Open Data Network for ManufacturingPresentation (PDF)Jaydeep Karandikar, Andrew Trimmer, and Kati Illouz – GE Research, Niskayuna, NY Changing the Face(s) of ManufacturingPresentation (PDF)Shawn P. Moylan – National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD Computer Integrated Manufacturing 4.0: An Ecosystem of Cloud-based CNC Integrated with Cloud-based CAD, CAM and CAPPPresentation (PDF)Chinedum Okwudire – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Geo Technologies Applied to ManufacturingPresentation (PDF)John K. Schueller, Won-Suk Lee, Pei-Ying Wu and Oscar Castillo – University of Florida, FL Industry H.0Presentation (PDF)Harsha Malshe – Santa Clara, CA; and Ajay Malshe – University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR Point-of-Care Engineered Tissue Smart “Factories”: Synergistic Engineering to Enable Lab-to-Clinic TranslationPresentation (PDF)Rohan A. Shirwaiker – North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 2017 Competition Results Winner Biomimetic ManufacturingAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Tony Schmitz – University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC Other Finalists A Manufacturing Process Compiler (MPC) — Vision for a Futuristic Manufacturing ParadigmAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Jian Cao – Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Achieving "Just Press Print" for Metal Additive ManufacturingAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Wayne King – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA Digital Volumetric Processing Using High Performance ComputingAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Thomas Kurfess – Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Interactive Virtual Hands-On ManufacturingAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Martin Jun – Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Next Generation Agile Manufacturing to Enable “Point of Use” Customization for Complex VehiclesAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Bill Harris – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, CT Sharing for AgilityAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Mike Vogler – Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL The Global Human-Machine Neural NetworkAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Joel Neidig – ITAMCO, Plymouth, IN The Internet of Skills: Online Virtual Simulators for Skilled TradesAbstract (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)Mark Mills – Northwestern University, Evanston, IL