Worldwide, 3D Printing has become the epicenter of research activities in both academia and industry. The market disruption caused by 3D Printing has huge stakes and the research problems are vast. Issues like quality, defects, making it usable right at the first time are several key challenges the industry is grappling with. Despite the extensive research and development going on throughout the world, India remains lagging behind and that hugely compromises the ethos of Make In India. This course shall prove key to create a conducive environment of 3D Printing related research.

In this course, first the potential of 3D printing in the aerospace, automotive, biomedical and other industries along with an overview of the current research scenario will be provided. After acquainting the participants with the opportunities and research potential, the course will take them to the depth of the multiscale modeling and simulation and its application in investigation of 3D Printing of Metals and Polymers. The effects of length scales on the modeling and corresponding computational needs will be discussed. Knowledge of various modeling methods and tools, both open-source and commercial software, shall be passed on to the participants. Demonstration of the simulation and experiments will also be provided.