ABSTRACT: The Mixology of Automotive Design
Automotive design is at a crossroad.  As consumers become more immersed in personal technology, design leaders are reimagining the makeup of their talent pool.  Today, automotive companies are not only seeking out classically-trained transportation designers; but also looking toward non-traditional creative talent in order to evolve and stay relevant.

BIO

Ralph V. Gilles was appointed Head of Design, FCA - Global in April 2015.

Gilles has also served as the Senior Vice President - Product Design and President and CEO - Motorsports, FCA - North America; President and CEO - SRT Brand and President and CEO - Dodge brand for FCA US LLC. He was named Vice President - Design in September 2008.

Since first joining the Company in 1992 as a designer, Gilles has put his extensive academic background in industrial design and business administration to use, holding various positions within the Company, including: 

• 2015 - current, Head of Design, FCA - Global
• 2011, President and CEO - Motorsports, FCA US LLC
• 2011, President and CEO - SRT Brand
• 2009, President and CEO - Dodge Brand
• 2009, Senior Vice President - Product Design, FCA - North America
• 2008, Vice President - Design, Chrysler LLC
• 2006, Vice President - Jeep®/Truck, Color and Trim Studios, and Specialty Vehicles, Chrysler LLC, DaimlerChrysler
• 2005, Director - Truck Exterior/Interior Design Studio
• 2001, Director - Design Office, Large Car Studio, Family Vehicles
• 1999, Senior Manager - Design Office, Studio 3
• 1998, Manager - Design Office, Jeep Interiors, Chrysler Corporation
• 1992, Designer - Design Office

Gilles is extremely active inside and outside the Company. He serves as the executive sponsor of the Chrysler African American Network (CAAN) in addition to playing a supporting role with The Chrysler Global Diversity Council. He also serves on the board of the Michigan Design Council. At his alma mater, The College for Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit, Gilles is a member of the CCS Board of Trustees and the CCS Capital Committee.

An avid car enthusiast who enjoys spending time at the track, go-karting and watching Formula One auto racing, Gilles has participated in the Mille Miglia, Targa Newfoundland Rally, the Car and Driver One Lap of America and the SRT Viper Cup Series. In addition, he has frequently served as a judge at various Concours d’Elegance events across the country including Pebble Beach, the Inn at St. John and Cranbrook, as well as the EyesOn Design car show.

Gilles has earned numerous academic and industry awards, including: The Michigan State University Eli Broad Graduate School of Management Young Alumni Achievement Award, The Automotive Hall of Fame Young Leadership & Excellence Award, NV Magazine Innovation Award, Black Engineer of the Year President’s Award and N’Digo Foundation N’Design Award.

Gilles holds a Master of Business Administration from Michigan State University (2002) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit (1992).

Gilles was born in New York City.

ABSTRACT: EMERGE

Julia Koerner will share an insight into digital design processes and advanced technologies within a series of projects across various design disciplines, including fashion, product, and architecture. She will speak about emergent technologies in design and how these allow cross disciplinary work on a diversity of scales. Especially additive manufacturing allows her for realisation of organic design concepts on a one to one scale within Haute Couture fashion collaborations in Europe. At UCLA A.UD Julia Koerner works with students on the architectural design of composites set on the idea of incorporating novel FRP construction techniques in architecture by advancing the use of vacuum infusion process and by replacing the formwork with robotically actuated processes. Julia will showcase the most recent academic research developed within her Technology Seminar "Animated Casting" where her students have won this years ACMA Composite Challenge Award at the AIA Convention in Philadelphia.

BIO
Julia Körner is an award-winning designer working at the convergence of architecture, product and fashion design - specialised in additive manufacturing and robotic technology. Her work stands out, recognised today at the top level of these disciplines, where it has been featured in the National Geographic Magazine, at the Venice Biennale, Paris Haute Couture and institutions such as the FRAC Centre in Orleans, the Art Institute of Chicago, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and the Metropolitain Museum of Art in New York to name a few. The constantly intriguing aspect of Julia’s work is the embodiment of a beautiful organic aesthetic.

Born in Salzburg, Austria; Julia received master degrees in Architecture from the University of Applied Arts, Vienna (with distinction) and the Architectural Association, London. She is currently based between Los Angeles and Salzburg and has previously practiced in London and New York.

Julia is founder of JK Design GmbH, specialising in digital design for 3D-Printing. Her recent collaborations involved 3D-Printed fashion pieces developed with Haute Couture Houses for Paris Fashion weeks. In 2015, Julia launched an entirely 3D-Printed ready-to-wear collection entitled ‘sporophyte’.

Julia is faculty at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design Department since 2012; She has held previous academic appointments at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Lund University in Sweden and the Architectural Association Visiting School in France and Jordan.

ABSTRACT: 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing State of the Industry

Countless corporations, government agencies, researchers, and others are investing in additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D printing in ways that have not been seen in the past. Many are trying to understand where it is headed and how they fit in. Some of the largest companies and brands in the world, such as Adobe, Airbus, Boeing, GE, Lockheed Martin, NASA, and UPS, have made a commitment to AM. HP, for example, has introduced an entirely new 3D printing technology that is 10 times faster than competitive machines. Product development and manufacturing organizations that ignore AM could be at a distinct disadvantage if their competitors embrace it successfully.

BIO

Terry Wohlers is the founder, principal consultant, and president of Wohlers Associates, Inc., an independent consulting firm that was launched 29 years ago. Wohlers and his team have provided consulting assistance to more than 240 organizations in 24 countries, as well as to 150+ companies in the investment community. He has authored 400 books, articles, and technical papers and has given more than 125 keynote presentations on five continents. Wohlers has twice served as a featured speaker at events held at the U.S. White House. He has appeared on many television and radio news programs, including NPR, CBS Radio News, Bloomberg TV, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox Business, Australia’s Sky News, and China’s CCTV. For the past 20 years, Wohlers has been a principal author of the Wohlers Report, an annual worldwide publication focused on additive manufacturing and 3D printing. It has served as the undisputed industry-leading report on the subject for two decades.

ABSTRACT: Challenge Turned Passion 
In 2013 the Industrial Design team at Altair accepted a challenge to improve the running experience for bi-lateral below-the-knee amputee, and world class Paralympic athlete, Blake Leeper. This challenge became a passion for Altair as they continue to explore ways to improve the lives of prosthetics users. Kevin Shinn will take the audience on a journey as he shares insights and stories on how a human-centered approach backed with incredible technology is helping to elevate experiences and enrich lives. He will give real world examples, share lessons learned and explore best practices that are sure to inform and inspire.

BIO
Kevin Shinn is the Vice President of Industrial Design at Altair Thinklabs. The Thinklabs studio is a global creative company that helps businesses succeed through human-centered design. Kevin joined the company in 2013 to lead the division. He has a proven track record of successfully integrating design into corporate strategy as a key competitive advantage. Prior to his current position, Kevin led design at Dow Corning Corporation and was the Head of Industrial Design for Rubbermaid Home Products. He has an extensive background in consumer, toy and automotive products. Kevin is currently the IDSA Chair of the Membership Committee.

ABSTRACT: STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION: FROM A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER TO INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF REBAR
Structural optimization has been attracting increasing interest in the building industry to identify optimal geometric layouts. Designs based on optimal material distribution of the structural system are not only efficient, lightweight and minimize embedded carbon, but also often drive innovative architectural form and expression. Once the geometric layout of the structural system is defined during the conceptual phase of design, only minor adjustments are usually performed in later design stages, making the conception of the layout of upmost importance. The conceptual design phase, the shortest of all design phases, starts with a blank sheet of paper for each new building project requiring designers to quickly generate and test ideas. Optimization tools help conceive these ideas, often producing innovative building designs. Structural optimization is not limited to the overall geometric layout of the structural system. Optimization efforts continue at the component level, such as the layout of individual truss members, to the micro level, such as the layout of steel reinforcement within a concrete slab or wall. This presentation will provide an overview of the optimization techniques and tools currently used by structural engineers in building design to conceive optimal and innovative design. Particular attention will be given to specific practical applications for a variety of projects under construction.


BIO
Eric works to develop the entire structural design of individual projects, including the selection of building systems, development of structural concepts from schematic design through design development and construction documentation, as well as construction administration.  To establish the technical accuracy and viability of the project, Eric works in collaboration with the architectural design team to incorporate innovative structural engineering design concepts to drive new solutions in building design and construction.

Eric’s project experience includes the design of office, residential, and multi-use mid-rise and high-rise structures in addition to complex multi-building developments.  Eric’s most notable projects include the new United States Embassy in Beijing, the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, and the New Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles.  Eric has successfully incorporated innovative and technologically advanced structural applications into the design of these projects including overall building form-finding solutions, optimized structural systems, and advanced layout of individual structural components.

ABSTRACT: FOSTERING INNOVATION

The creative practices require wide and well rounded expertise, critical thinking and contemporary tools. The players, unlike previous generations, embrace a broad range of techniques including learning through tutorials on the internet and the use of social networking for partnerships and funding that are generating unexpected outcomes and rewarding professional opportunities. In order to prepare the future generation of creatives, it is necessary to develop groundbreaking methodologies to constantly promote a desire for learning and foster a culture of innovation. Iavicoli shares case studies of integrated learning where traditional procedures and professional experiences are blended to develop techniques in preparation to effectively respond to the changing user’s expectations and desires.

BIO

Founder and Creative Director for design consultancy Iavicoli-Rossi, Vincenzo Iavicoli has spent his career developing products, art works and interior projects for a worldwide clientele.

Throughout his career, he has worked in academia to develop teaching practices that advance industrial design education internationally. He currently serves as Department Chair at the College for Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit. Prior to CCS, Iavicoli taught at Tsukuba University and Tama Art University in Japan, Istituto Superiore Industrie Artistiche (ISIA) and Polimoda in Italy, and Art Center College of Design in Switzerland and California. He also served as Corporate Liaison Director, responsible for negotiating industry sponsorship of studio classes and managing the projects.

Vincenzo holds a Master of Science in Industrial Design from Art Center College of Design (1998) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design from ISIA, Florence, Italy (1984). He has conducted workshops, seminars and lectures in the United States, Europe and Asia. In 2012, he received the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) Educational Award.

BIO

Brett Tanzer, Partner Group Program Manager, is a 23 year veteran currently leading the Business Strategy, Planning, and Program Management for the High Performance and Accelerated Cloud computing products at Microsoft.    Brett s experience at has been in large scale enterprise and developer services with a focus on productivity, security, identity, and commerce.  He has led Program Management for Microsoft Access Web Services, Microsoft Live ID, Forefront Application Security,  Microsoft Exchange Online Protection, Microsoft Office Engineering,  the Microsoft Weather Service, and the Windows Defender Antimalware services at throughout his career.

ABSTRACT: Computational Thinking in Design

The contemporary digitalization of the design process in the disciplines of engineering and architecture, coupled with the development of the digital fabrication technique, has resulted in an increased interest in the design integration of material, form and structure. This design process is informed by the material performance, and benefits from the availability of computational methods by merging the numerical analysis with various optimization technique. Integrated with the digital production technique such as Additive Manufacturing (AM) it enables the design freedom and endless possibility of fabrication for building components in mass customization, weight reduction, product integration and more, with highly complex shape and various functional requirements.

BIO

Shibo Ren is a senior structural engineer and designer at Arup Amsterdam. He received his Master degree with distinction on structural engineering from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and received another Master degree on architecture from Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.

He has been gaining diverse professional experience on complex and multidisciplinary projects in the Netherlands and UK since 2007. His practices and interest focus on the development of integral design at the intersection of structural engineering and complex geometry, employing computational design strategies and digital fabrication for designing, thinking and analysing. His work covers algorithmic design, parametric modelling, topology optimisation, advanced structural analysis and design from the early stages of design to fabrication at various building scales.

 ABSTRACT: THE BIG PICTURE

The lecture will describe Atelier Manferdini’ creative workflow for the production of photorealistic imagery and abstract procedural geometrical patterns, as they find a place between fine art and architecture. This body of work tries to claim a territory where these two attitudes (literal figuration and geometrical abstraction) find a common ground, while the presentation will describe the behind the scenes of the various creative process and technical intersections.

BIO
Elena Manferdini, principal and owner of Atelier Manferdini, has over fifteen years of professional experience in architecture, art, design, and education. She graduated from the University of Civil Engineering (Bologna, Italy) and later received her Master of Architecture and Urban Design from the University of California Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA).

In 2004 she founded Atelier Manferdini in Venice, CA. The office has completed projects in the US, Europe and Asia. Currently Atelier Manferdini is constructing the interior lobby and outdoor open space artworks for the Zev Yaroslavsky San Fernando Valley Family Support Center of LA County. She recently completed the entryway for the Hubert Humphrey Hospital in Down Town Los Angeles. She designed and built two commercial stores on Abbott Kinney (Venice CA), an art gallery in Hollywood, an art pavilion for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. In 2012 she remodeled a 3 floors cruise boat in Kyoto (Japan). In addition to art and architectural project, Elena Manferdini has worked on several museum installations and object designs; through the years she has collaborated with internationally renowned companies such as: swarovski, Sephora, Driade, MTV, Fiat, Nike, Alessi, Ottaviani, Moroso, Valentino, Arktura, Lerival and BMW.

Elena Manferdini was awarded the 2013 COLA Fellowship given by City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs to support the production of original artwork. In 2013 she received a Graham Award for architecture, the 2013 ACADIA Innovative Research Award of Excellence. In 2011 she was one of the recipients of the prestigious annual grants from the United States Artists (USA) in the category of architecture and design. Finally her Blossom design for Alessi received the Good Design Award in 2011.

Elena Manferdini’s work has appeared internationally in books, professional journals and reviews. She has been featured in several publications: Domus, New York Times, Elle, Vogue, ID, Icon, Form, Contemporary, Metropolis, and Architectural Design are selected examples. In 2013 a monograph on the firm’s work "Elena Manferdini" was published by Equalbooks.

She frequently lectures, and her work has been exhibited internationally in both architecture and art museums. Selected examples are the Art Institute of Chicago, LACMA and MOCA in Los Angeles, MAXXI in Rome, MAK center in Vienna. In 2006 Ms. Manferdini was invited to design the West Coast Pavilion representing the USA at the Beijing Biennale in the Chinese Millennium Museum. In 2008 and 2010, she curated the West Coast USA session of the Beijing Biennale exhibition. She has lectured widely, including at MIT, Princeton, GSD, UCLA, USC, UIC, UCB, Seika University, Tsinghua University and Bauhaus.

Since 2003 Elena has been part of the design faculty at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), where she is now the Graduate Programs Chair. Throughout the years Elena has been acknowledged with prestigious appointments such as the Howard Friedman Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of California Berkeley (UCB) and various Visiting Professor Positions at Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania and Seika University. In 2013 she was selected as recipient for the Educator of the Year presidential award given by the AIA Los Angeles.

ABSTRACT: Legacy Effects - The adoption of 3D Printing leading to Direct Additive Manufacturing
Legacy Effects is a special effects shop that creates practical effects for hundreds of movies and commercials annually – from creature design to prosthetic make-up to animatronics and specialty suits. Their team is responsible for the designs in iconic feature productions like Iron Man, Life of Pi, Thor and Avatar. In 2007 3D printing really started to emerge in the special effects workflow. Today, 3D printing offers an elegant solution that enables fluidity and direct additive manufacturing under tight deadlines, while encouraging both artistry and precise engineering.

BIO

Jason Lopes is the lead systems engineer with Legacy Effects, a special effects company working on some of the biggest Hollywood blockbusters of all time. Legacy Effects is based out of San Fernando, California. Some of Jason’s credits include Avatar, Terminator Salvation, Alice in Wonderland, Ironman 1, 2 & 3, Avengers 1 & 2, Real Steel, Robocop and Pacific Rim and numerous television and theatrical productions. Jason is a strong advocate of 3D printing — it has proved to be an invaluable tool in his 3D tool kit, along with 3D scanning, 3D design and 3D modeling. He has been using many 3D printing technologies for a number of years to produce stunning special effects.

ABSTRACT: Biomimicry: Lightweighting Inspired by Nature

Cheetahs, falcons, hummingbirds, and dragonflies long ago took the sustainability challenge and won.  Nature’s champions sip energy, shave material use, eschew toxins, and their ultralight materials perform, adapt, and self-repair in ways that inspire envy and emulation.  Janine Benyus is the author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature and founder of Biomimicry 3.8, a biological intelligence firm that brings nature’s best ideas to engineering and design tables worldwide.  At Converge, she’ll explore the nexus of lightweighting and climate solutions, and reveal a new generation of biomimetic algorithms to build on Optistruct’s bone-inspired success.

BIO

Janine Benyus is the Co-­‐founder of Biomimicry 3.8. She is a biologist, innovation consultant, and author of six books, including Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. Since the book’s 1997 release,  Janine  has  evolved  the  practice  of  biomimicry,  consulting  with  businesses  and conducting seminars about what can be learned from the genius of nature.

She  has  personally  introduced  millions  to  the  meme  of  biomimicry  through  two  TED  talks,  hundreds  of  conference  keynote  presentations,  and  a  dozen  documentaries  such  as Biomimicry, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Tree Media, 11th Hour, Harmony, and The Nature of  Things  with  David  Suzuki,  which  aired  in  71  countries.  Most  recently,  Janine  has  been  a featured speaker at Sustainable Brands 2016 and at Bloomberg BusinessWeek Design 2016.  

 
However, Janine’s favorite role is biologist at the design table, where she introduces innovators to 3.8 billion years worth of brilliant, time-­‐tested solutions through her work at Biomimicry 3.8.

 
In 1998, Janine co-­‐founded the Biomimicry Guild with Dr. Dayna Baumeister. That consultancy morphed  into  Biomimicry  3.8,  a  B-­‐Corp  social  enterprise  providing  biomimicry  consulting  services  to  clients  like  Boeing,  Colgate-­‐Palmolive,  Nike,  General  Electric,  Herman  Miller,  HOK architects, IDEO, Natura, Procter and Gamble, Levi’s, Kohler, and General Mills. As a result of working  with  Janine’s  team,  the  world’s  largest  commercial  carpet  manufacturer,  Interface,  Inc., introduced a carpet line inspired by random pattern formation in nature. In record time, Entropy™/I2 rose to become Interface’s top-­‐selling product, representing 40% of its carpet tile sales.

In  2006,  Janine  co-­‐founded  The  Biomimicry  Institute,  a  non-­‐profit  institute  to  embed  biomimicry in formal education and informal spaces such as museums and nature centers. Over 4,000  educators  are  now  part  of  the  Biomimicry  Education  Network,  introducing  biology’s lessons  to  students  who  will  one  day  design,  engineer,  and  manage  our  world.  In  2008,  the  institute launched AskNature.org, an award-­‐winning bio-­‐inspiration site for inventors.

 
Among various other roles, Janine serves on the U.S. Green Building Council Board of Directors, the  advisory  board  for  the  Ray  C.  Anderson  Foundation,  the  advisory  board  for  Project  Drawdown  and  is  an  affiliate  faculty  member  at  The  Biomimicry  Center  at  Arizona  State University.

Janine has received numerous awards including an Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Award in 2015, The Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development 2013, The Heinz Award  2011,  Time  Magazine’s  Hero  for  the  Planet  Award  2008,  United  Nations  Environment Programme’s  Champion  of  the  Earth  for  Science  and  Technology  2009,  the  Rachel  Carson  Environmental Ethics Award, the Lud Browman Award for Science Writing in Society, and the Barrows and Heinz Distinguished Lectureships. In 2010, BusinessWeek named Janine one of the World’s Most Influential Designers. In 2012, she received the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-­‐Hewitt National Design Mind Award, given in recognition of a visionary who has had a profound impact on design theory, practice, or public awareness. 

 
Her  work  in  biomimicry  has  been  featured  in  Fortune,  Forbes,  Newsweek,  Esquire,  The  Economist, Time Magazine, Wired, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, Nature, the BBC and more. 

 
An educator at heart, Janine believes that the more people learn from nature’s mentors, the more they’ll want to protect them. This is why she writes, speaks, and revels in describing the wild teachers in our midst.

 ABSTRACT: Omni-channel user journeys 

Customers, clients or users don’t see differences between channels, the mediums of their interaction. When buying, using, or experiencing a service they desire seamless and consistent experiences during their entire journey.  Designers could combine data, customer research insights, branding and client strategy, but they deeply need to understand people, motivations and irrationalities, not working for them, but with them. The lecture will describe how the MFA Integrated Design students are learning how to become “facilitators” while designing better experiences.

ABSTRACT: The Robot Bike: the development of a company, a partnership and a product, that is redefining the high performance mountain bike market through the application and exploitation of metal additive manufacturing.

The Robot Bike Co was set up with a simple objective: to make the best mountain bikes in the world. The team felt that a fundamental characteristic of this bike had to be the fit between rider and machine. This custom fit has been made possible through a design and construction that uses titanium additive manufacturing to create bespoke bike frames.

Another critical element of designing the best mountain bikes in the world is optimising the weight and strength. Additive manufacturing offers unique manufacturing opportunities through its ability to create almost unlimited part geometry. Robot Bike Co's partnership and collaboration with Altair allowed us to realise this manufacturing opportunity through the use of their topology optimisation software. The result is one of the most radical and challenging bikes of the last decade and an ongoing product development partnership between Robot Bike Co and Altair.

BIO

Rob is a product designer/mechanical design engineer with Robot Bike Co, a company which is redefining the design and construction of high performance mountain bikes. Through the use of cutting edge titanium additive manufacturing technology Robot Bike Co is able to produce mountain bikes that are not only optimised for weight and strength, but most importantly give the ultimate custom fit to the individual rider.

Rob’s design career has made the most of the flexibility of being a product designer, including such varied roles as a designer of vacuum cleaners, anthrax detectors, contemporary beehives and luxury aircraft interiors. Rob strongly believes in a hands on approach to design, whether this be the construction of prototypes or the selfless product testing of new mountain bike concepts.

Throughout Rob’s life he has also maintained a passion for all things outdoor, especially where speed are concerned, whether this be on snow, water or dirt!

This role at Robot Bike Co is therefore the natural coupling of both Rob’s professional and personal passions.

ABSTRACT: High Performance Computing Enabled Design – The Path Forward for Tomorrows Innovations…

Session Overview:

The past, present and future of what HPC delivers to the design community with a forward looking path to the future enabled by high performance computing.  Obtain a cloud/datacenter central perspective on the era of many connected devices fueling design change and the opportunity.   HPC is the enabler of ‘this change’ underpinning the new design paradigm

Goal/relevance to dev. audience:

Hear how new Mfg techniques, enabled by advancements of Altair’s and Intel’s combined platform, are addressing the explosion of IoT and the growing need for Simulation.  Multi-physics design demands high performance computing as this is the enabler for driving design transformation as we look at the designs of tomorrow. 

Target Audience:

Audience of designer community from clothing, IoT to automotive

BIO

David Lombard is Intel’s Chief Architect focusing on advanced HPC technology at Intel Corporation. David joined Intel Corporation in 2003 to work on HPC system software development where he has been involved in all aspects of HPC system design.  He’s currently  responsible for Intel’s’ HPC Orchestrator product and focuses on the next generations of HPC system development.

David began working in HPC on a  Cray-1 vector processor in 1985 while at Grumman. During the 1990's, he lead MSC Nastran porting operations at MSC Software and then became Director of R&D for their newly formed HPC Systems Division in 2001, where he was at the forefront of the revolution that replaced high-end Cray systems with Intel-based COTS clusters.

ABSTRACT: Beyond Anthropocentric Design

By focusing primarily, or even solely, on people as recipients of design and innovation services, we have adopted a myopic and limited perspective of the impact of our work as designers. The things we design with such diligent research and utmost care for people do not impact only people. The consequences of design activity (human-centered or otherwise) reach far beyond humans. We are, after all, one of several million species who live on this planet. Why then, should our design be so anthropocentric? Can we not design products and services keeping in mind not only people, but also other species and entire ecosystems? If we imagine design to be life-centered rather than human-centered, we might have a new framework by which to practice responsible innovation.

BIO
Prasad Boradkar is Professor in Industrial Design at Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe. He is the Director of InnovationSpace, a transdisciplinary laboratory at ASU where faculty and students from design, business, sustainability and engineering partner with corporations to develop product concepts that hold societal benefit and minimize impacts on the environment. He also serves as the Co-Director of the Biomimicry Center at ASU, an organization dedicated to the exploration of biologically inspired solutions to problems of sustainability. Prasad is the author of Designing Things: A Critical Introduction to the Culture of Objects (Berg 2010), and is currently working on a book on Indian design.

ABSTRACT: Designing for Additive Manufacturing in the Space Industry

A general overview of some of the activity conducted at JPL in the field of additive manufacturing and design engineering to enable new design processes, research new implementation approaches for complex system while exploring the field of complex design for space in the beginning of the 21st century.

BIO

·       Master of Science in Space Studies and Human Spaceflight (MSc ISU, 2011)

·       Master and Bs. in Architecture, Construction and Structural Engineering (Polytechnic University of Valencia – UPV, Spain, 2008) and Industrial Engineering Studies (UPV)

·       PhD Candidate – University of Strasbourg (France) – Engineering and Architecture multifunctional design

·       System Engineer and Space Architect at 355 – Architecture and Formulation Group, Payload & Small Spacecraft Mechanical Engineering

·       Freelance Design activity both in Europe and USA (Architecture, Furniture, Graphic design) - (Since 1999)

·       Among his current duties:

o   Co-Founder, leadership and studio principal architect of JPL ESD Atelier, a design and rapid prototyping studio for advanced concepts

o   Technologist at JPL with pending patents in advance 3D and 4D printing design

o   Collaborator at NASA Space Technology Program Office, he leads several technology infusion projects with external companies such as Disney, Autodesk, Frank Gehry Studio, Audi and others.

o   Former Mechanical lead for TeamXc (2014)

o   Mechanical Systems Engineer at 385 (2013-2014)

o   JPL Innovation Foundry A-Team Core member as a configuration and design engineering expert and senior study lead

o   Systems Engineer at 312 (2011-2013)

o   Past and present Design lead for several early concept activities for 7X, 4X, 3X, Foundry

o   He was part of the NASA Habitation, Deep Space Habitat (DSH) and Advance Exploration Systems projects (2011-2013)

·       AIAA Space Architecture Technical Committee – SATC (since 2009)

·       Chair of AIAA Space Construction Subcommittee (2011-2015)

·       Founder and CEO of XAR Sidereal Initiative (2008-2012)

·       Others:

o   Multiple JPL, NASA and AES Awards (Voyager, etc.)

o   Multiple international technical publications since 2009

o   JPL JVSRP Fellow (2011-12), Pomona Cal Poly University Lecturer (2011-2012),

o   Space Architecture and Sustainability Seminar, director at UCV (Spain, 2011/2012)

o   Caja Madrid International Postgraduate Scholarship Fellow (twice 2010-12)

o   Preselected candidate, Fulbright Commission Scholarship (2010-2012).

o   Inhabiting Cosmos International Exhibition Series, curator and director (IVAM Museum of Modern Art, 2012)

o   Freelance Design activity (Architecture, Furniture, Graphic design) (Since 1999)

o   Aliter International Symposium Series in Space Architecture, founder (since 2010).

o   European Space Agency (ESA) Full Scholarship Award - ISU (2010 and 2011) // ESA YGT – Advance Concepts Group - Interviewed Candidate (2010)

o   NASA Ames Summer Intern (1999)

ABSTRACT: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF MANUFACTURING EOS’ ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS HELP TO RESHAPE THE WAY OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS FOR A CONNECTED WORLD

Laser sintering offers various advantages compared to traditional manufacturing processes, freedom of design to generate complex and lightweight parts, integrated functionality without assembly to lower the cost, customization and rapid feasibility feedback to have a faster time to market These advantages are used by large and midsize customers today in serial production as a major differentiator. The manufacturing industry is now about to ramp up this technology into mass production. Learn in this presentation how EOS with its experience of more than 25 years for robust and high quality LS* & DMLS* technology will help you to shatter manufacturing boundaries, leverage AM technology in your business and how to get ready for serial production with AM. * Laser Sintering; *Direct Metal Laser Sintering

BIO

Güngör Kara is a skilled expert in the field of industrial 3D Printing, innovation and operational excellence. In his role as Director of Global Application and Consulting he heads the global activities of the application and consulting department at EOS, the worldwide technology and quality leader for powderbased, industrial 3D Printing. His team has deep insights into current technological developments of the Additive Manufacturing technology in multi-national enterprises and innovative start-ups. Before joining EOS, he has studied mechanical engineering in Berlin and has an MBA degree from the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management - in Vallendar and the Northwestern University in Chicago. Mr. Kara adds more than 16 years of professional experience as an executive consultant – mostly at A.T. Kearney – in the field of operational excellence, innovation and business development.

ABSTRACT: OPTIMIZED FLIGHT CRITICAL HARDWARE

Morf3D shares its vision for how it is addressing issues related to direct manufacturing using additive manufacturing technology and the path toward certification. As a recent entrant into the burgeoning world of additive manufacturing, Morf3D has built a unique eco-system of partners with expertise in design for additive, topology optimization, aerospace, and additive manufacturing. Enjoy a brief overview of how this young company has built something out of nothing and is now optimizing the future of flight hardware!

BIO

Ivan is a passionate believer in Creatio Ex Nihilo— creation out of nothing, “and that’s good, because Additive Manufacturing is giving us capability as close to this philosophical idea as we’ve ever seen. The things we can create will have no boundaries.” Madera is a seasoned management consulting executive with a background in Fortune 500 Information Technology and business transformation. He has delivered multiple multi-million dollar efforts for multi-billion dollar global organizations. He has a keen ability to convey complex ideas in beautifully simple ways. He excels at laying out the plan and then coordinating the vision and team to get there efficiently and successfully.