InFab

Our lab investigates new manufacturing and materials processing approaches with the end goal of significantly improving the performance of energy materials and other complex engineered systems.  Our multi-disciplinary approach integrates the fields of additive manufacturing, materials science, design, computation, and artificial intelligence.  Currently, we are focused on developing innovative manufacturing solutions for lithium-ion batteries, new digital fabrication platforms, and machine-learning approaches for materials analysis.  Our longer-term goal is to develop new manufacturing processes and automated analysis methods that will enable the digital control of functional and structural materials to support adaptive manufacturing on-demand.  Freeform digital fabrication creates a new 3D design space where materials can be varied at each point in a structure, allowing for optimization of material properties to meet the demanding  requirements of complex engineered systems for energy, electronics, and defense-based applications.