Publications & Studies

• H.W. Mindt, O. Desmaison, M. Megahed, A. Peralta and J. Neumann, Modeling of Powder Bed Manufacturing Defects, Journal Material Engineering and Performance, DOI: 10.1007/s11665-017-2874-5
• W. Ottow and M. Megahed, Modelling Powder Bed Fusion Feature Creation, 14 USNCCM, July 17-20, 2017, Montreal, Canada
• H.W. Mindt, O. Desmaison and M. Megahed, Modelling Powder Bed Additive Manufacturing Defects, 7th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences (EUCASS), July 3-6, 2017, Milano, Italy
• O. Desmaison, P.-A. Pires, G. Levesque, A. Peralta, S. Sundarraj, A. Makinde, V. Jagdale and M. Megahed, Influence of Computational Grid and Deposit Volume on Residual Stress and Distortion Prediction Accuracy for Additive Manufacturing Modeling, Proceedings of the  4th World Congress on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME 2017, May 21-25, 2017, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-57864-4_34
• J. Zielinski, S. Vervoort, H.-W. Mindt and M. Megahed, Influence of Powder Bed Characteristics on Material Quality in Additive Manufacturing, Berg- und Hüttenmännische  Monatshefte (2017), doi:10.1007/s00501-017-0592-9
• W. Ottow, H.-W. Mindt and M. Megahed, Numerical Investigations of the Coating Process during Powder Bed Additive Manufacturing, TMS 2017 – 146th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Feb. 26- Mar. 2, 2017, San Diego, USA
• W. Ottow, M. Megahed, A. Field, L.N. Carter, M. Attallah, M. Gorley and D. Hancock, Process Window Optimization for Powder Bed Manufactured Molybdenum, TMS 2017 – 146th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Feb. 26- Mar. 2, 2017, San Diego
• J. Zielinski, H.-W. Mindt, M. Megahed, Influence of Powder Bed Characteristics on Material Quality in Additive Manufacturing, Metal Additive Manufacturing Conference, Nov. 24-28, 2016, Linz, Austria
• H.-W. Mindt, O. Desmaison, M. Megahed, A. Peralta and J. Neumann, Modeling of Powder Bed Manufacturing Defects, MS&T16, Oct. 23-27, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
• A.D. Peralta, M. Enright, M. Megahed, J. Gong, M. Roybal and J. Craig, Towards Rapid Qualification of Powder-Bed Laser Additively Manufactured Parts, Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, 2016, 5:8. DOI 10.1186/s40192-016-0052-5
• H.-W. Mindt, M. Megahed, N.P. Lavery, M.A. Holmes and S.G.R. Brown, Powder Bed Layer Characteristics – The Overseen First-Order Process Input, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 47A, No. 4, 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s11661-016-3470-2
• M. Megahed, H.-W. Mindt, N. N’Dri, H.-Z. Duan and O. Desmaison, Metal Additive Manufacturing Process and Residual Stress Modelling, Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, 2016, 5:4. DOI: 10.1186/s40192-016-0047-2
• H.-W. Mindt, M. Megahed, Verification of Numerically Calculated Cooling Rates of Powder Process Additive Manufacturing, TMS 2016 145th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Feb. 14-18, 2016, Nashville, Tennessee. Proceedings ISBN 978-1-119-22583-6, pp. 205-212, 2016. DOI: 10.1002/9781119274896.ch26
• H.-W. Mindt, Brian Shula, M. Megahed, A. D. Peralta, J. Neumann, Powder Bed Models – Numerical Assessment of As-Built Quality, AIAA 2016-1657, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2016, 4-8 January, 2016, San Diego, CA, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2016-1657
• N. N’Dri, H.-W. Mindt, B. Shula and M. Megahed, Powder Bed Process Modelling & Validation, 1st Metallic Materials and Processes: Industrial Challenges, Nov. 25-27, 2015, Deauville, France.
• H.-W. Mindt, M. Megahed, A.D. Peralta and J. Neumann, DMLM Models – Numerical Assessment of Porosity, 22nd Intl. Symposium on Air Breathing Engines – ISABE, Oct. 25-30, 2015, Phoenix, USA
• N. N’Dri, H.-W. Mindt, B. Shula, M. Megahed, A. Peralta, P. Kantzos and J. Neumann, DMLS Process Modelling & Validation, TMS 2015 144th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, March 15-19, 2015, Orlando, FL. Proceedings ISBN 978-1-119-08241-5, pp. 389-396, 2015
• Brian Shula and M. Megahed, Modelling DMLS Processes, Defense Manufacturing Conference, DMC, Dec. 1-4, 2014, San Antonio, Texas, USA
• N. N’Dri, H.-W. Mindt, H. Duan, Y. Vincent, O. Köser, M. Megahed, Blanka Szost, Sofiane Terzi & David John Jarvis, Ludovic Kounde & Thierry Engel, Modelling & Validation of Blown Powder Additive Manufacturing Processes, Metal Additive Manufacturing Conference, 20-21 Nov. 2014, Vienna, Austria
• M. Vogel, M. Khan, J. Ibara-Medina, A. Pinkerton, N. N’Dri and M. Megahed, A Coupled Approach to Weld Pool, Phase and Residual Stress Modelling of Laser Direct Metal Deposition (LDMD) Processes, 2nd World Congress on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering, July 7-11, Salt Lake City, USA, Proceedings ISBN 978-1-11876-689-7, pp. 231-236, 2013. 10.1002/9781118767061.ch37
• M. Megahed, M. Vogel, M. Khan, J. Ibarra-Medina, A. J. Pinkerton and N. N’Dri, A Verified Model of Transient and Residual Stresses in Laser Direct Metal Deposition. 31st International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-optics (ICALEO), Anaheim, California, USA, January 2012

Additive Manufacturing Updates

• August 2017: ESI keynote speaker at Workshop on Metal Powder Dynamics for Additive Manufacturing: Visit the website for presentations, photos, and meeting results.

• June 2017: ESI presents modelling achievements during AMAZE FP7 final meeting

• May 2017: ESI presents “Influence of Computations Grid and Deposit Volume on Residual Stress and Distortion Prediction Accuracy for Additive Manufacturing Modelling"  at ICME-2017

• March 2017: ESI presents <“Process Window Optimization for Powder Bed Manufactured Molybdenum”> at TMS2017 
• March 2017: ESI presents results of <“Numerical investigations of the coating process during powder bed additive manufacturing” > at TMS 2017
• January 2017 Read about ESI participation in the Openhybrid EU project.  For more information visit the Openhybrid website.
• June 2016: ESI part of the SOFIA Project, a research program for metal additive manufacturing. Read our press release

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