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Process measurement & control

News and Updates

2025 MBE & QIF Summit Update

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The 2025 MBE & QIF Summit event is returning to MxD (Manufacturing x Digital) headquarters in Chicago, IL, April 15 - 17, 2025. The 2025 event will bring the

Events

Projects and Programs

Industrial Artificial Intelligence Management and Metrology (IAIMM)

Ongoing
IAIMM has identified IAI systems for decision making, planning, and control in manufacturing as a prime candidate for better Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) centered on both use and evaluation. The specific use case of multi-stage manufacturing presents a broad scope of application to

Smart Manufacturing Operations Planning and Control Program

Completed
The Smart Manufacturing Operations Planning and Control Program will enhance U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by facilitating the adoption of smart manufacturing systems (fully-integrated, collaborative manufacturing systems that respond in real time to meet changing demands and

Crystallographic Databases

Ongoing
Impact and Customers Materials with new or improved properties are continually being developed to meet demands for increased functionality of components and devices at decreased costs. Examples of multi-million dollar industries driven by materials advances are solid-state lighting (GaN-based

Polymer Additive Manufacturing and Rheology

Ongoing
We are measuring the fundamental processes and material parameters that are critical to understanding and furthering polymers-based AM. These efforts will aid the AM ecosystem through better online monitoring capabilities and developing strategies for materials optimization. In situ measurements of

Publications

Correlating Titanium Powder Manufacturing Methods and Resultant Particle Morphologies to Microstructural Properties, Particle Flight and Impact Velocity, and Bonding and Deposition Characteristics in Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing

Author(s)
Pranav Anumandla, Carlos Faggi, Sinan Muftu, Edward Garboczi, Newell Moser, Rachel Cook, Nicholas Derimow, Ozan Ozdemir
Unlike high temperature thermal spray processes and metal additive manufacturing methods that require extensive heat treatment, native particle microstructural

A Systems-Based Framework for Product Circularity Assessment

Author(s)
Gisele Bortolaz Guedes, Junwon Ko, Fazleena Badurdeen, I.S. Jawahir, Katherine Morris, Vincenzo Ferrero, Ardeshir Mashhadi, Ryan Bradley
One of the key aspects of Circular Economy (CE), particularly when focusing on the product level, lies in its emphasis on designing products to facilitate the

Software

SimPROCESD

SimPROCESD (or Simulated-Production Resource for Operations & Conditions Evaluations to Support Decision-making) is a discrete-event simulation package written