Events

Jose Duarte to deliver keynote address at the i3Dc 2020 conference (www.fe.up.pt/i3dc) on 3D printing: challenges and opportunities in construction an online event hosted by Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal on December 10-11, 2020. Titled “From Earth to Mars and back: additive manufacturing of buildings in concrete,” the talk will describe how innovative design and construction technologies developed to overcome fast urbanization and population growth on Earth were used to design a habitat to support the human exploration of Mars, and how lessons learnt from this effort may impact the way buildings are designed and make on Earth.

Shadi Nazarian to present at the CIAC 2019 Conference on Automation Innovation in Construction at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal on November 7-8, 2019. Titled “Additive Manufacturing of Architectural Structures: An Interplay between Materials, Systems, and Design,” the talk will describe the work of Penn State team in the NASA 3D Printed Mars Habitat Challenge.