Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace, Government & Defense Applications - Dulles, VA

Additive manufacturing is a transformative technology in the aerospace and defense industries – a true game changer. Lighter, cheaper and faster products are possible, and additive is rapidly changing the acquisition lifecycle. Maryland and Northern Virginia are home to many companies with significant capabilities in aerospace and defense additive manufacturing. Some of these businesses include Orbital ATK, The Aerospace Corporation, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and many smaller companies.

Please join TriMech and Stratasys on Tuesday, May 22 for an Aerospace, Government and Defense specific additive manufacturing seminar. You will have the opportunity to meet our team, network with other business professionals and learn more about the latest additive technologies and applications serving the aerospace and defense sectors. Some of the topics that will be covered include:

• New applications of 3D printing in aerospace & defense sectors
• Design considerations for additive manufacturing
• Future requirements of government agencies in aerospace & defense additive manufacturing
• New materials and databases
• Trends and forecasts in additive manufacturing hardware, equipment and technology
• Intellectual property and working in classified environments

Seminar Agenda

9:30am – 9:45am: Introduction – Steve Simonetti, TriMech

9:45 am – 10:30 am: Additive Trends in Government and Defense – Mark Menninger, Stratasys

10:30 am – 10:45am: Break

10:45 am – 12:00pm: Additive Applications in Aerospace – Mark Fullen, Stratasys

12:00 pm – 1:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm – 2:00pm: Design Considerations for Additive Manufacturing – Tommy DuPuy, TriMech

2:00pm: Closing remarks – Steve Simonetti, TriMech

Event Speaker Bio’s

Mark Fullen, Stratasys Aerospace Segment Lead

Mark Fullen is a trained Electrical Engineer from the University of Minnesota. Mark holds patents in Metal Additive Manufacturing and Friction Stir Welding. Mark has worked for 20 years in the Aerospace sector meeting business case objectives. Mark's experience includes:

• Large Custom Test Systems for Aerospace and Automotive
• Multifunction Automation Production systems to improve productivity for Aerospace
• Integrating systems and processes to combine additive and subtractive technologies to produce final parts and assemblies.
• Working directly with Stratasys aerospace customers to bring complete production quality solutions leveraging Additive Manufacturing techniques.

Tommy DuPuy, TriMech 3D Printing Application Engineer

Tommy has 10+ years of experience with Additive Manufacturing, SOLIDWORKS, Composer and KeyShot. He is experienced in many additive manufacturing applications, structural design, short-run manufacturing and is named on three patents.

Mark Menninger, Stratasys Government Segment Leader

Mark has worked in the Additive Manufacturing arena for the last 13 years as a consultant with both Stratasys and 3D Systems. In his current role as Stratasys Government Segment Leader, he is responsible for presenting and consulting to the highest levels of government including Congress, The White House, all government agencies and all branches of the United States Military to position the best additive manufacturing solutions. Mark has 22 years experience in capital equipment sales and service. As the Stratasys Government Segment Leader, he has a great deal of insight and experience into government purchasing obstacles and available contract vehicles in government procurement.