Sustainable Additive Manufacturing: Advancements and Challenges

This lecture explores sustainable additive manufacturing, focusing on advancements such as lightweight structures and the need for non-destructive methods. Challenges like printing imperfections and the effect of imperfections on mechanical behavior are discussed, along with the role of continuum theories. The instructor presents a new design paradigm for sustainable additive manufacturing, emphasizing the importance of deep learning and digital volume correlation. The lecture concludes with a discussion on the design protocol for mechanical metamaterials and the future vision for sustainable manufacturing.