Advanced Manufacturing

Main research lines

Industry 4.0

•  Virtual testing of structural composites. Analysis of the effect of manufacturing defects on structural performance.
• Virtual processing of structural composites including hot-forming and out-of-autoclave (injection, infusion, compression moulding). Surrogate and reduced order models for manufacturing based on multiphysics simulations.
• AI techniques applied to manufacturing. Digital twins for manufacturing processes. Smart detection of defects by sensors including the active control of manufacturing systems.
• Structural health monitoring (SHM) with carbon nanotube yarns integrated sensors. Automated damage detection models based on AI.
• AI-guided materials design and chemical process.
• Electric current-assisted curing for bondings and repairs.
• Multifunctional composites for structural and energy storage applications.

Bulk nanostructured materials

• Gas-phase assembly of continuous fabrics and fibres of carbon nanotubes and inorganic nanowires (Si, SiC).
• Integration of these nanostructured fabrics into electrochemical devices and composite materials.

Liquid and solid-state processing

• Rapid alloy prototyping and manufacturing of bulk alloy libraries for the fast assessment of properties.
• Optimisation of casting processes.
• Development of novel thermo-mechanical processes and powder metallurgy routes via mechanical alloying and gas atomization in non-oxidation conditions.
• Consolidation by field-assisted sintering and conventional press and sintering.

3D printing

• Metallic materials, including powder design, fabrication and characterization.
• Composites, polymers, recycled fibers and hybrids.
• PLA composite materials reinforced with Mg, Zn or CaPs nanoparticles and continuous metallic wires.
• Development of functional thermoplastic filaments (flame retardant, thermal conductive, biodegradable, reinforced, electrically conductive, etc) for 3D printing.
• Data-driven design of 3D printed metamaterials.
• Custom-made implants using new biocompatible alloys.
• Stereolithography, including resin synthesis and characterization.
• Extrusion-based 3D printing of biomaterials and bioprinting.
• Predictive simulation.
• In-situ monitoring.

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