Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Deakin University

Joined January 2017
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Ali Zolfagharian retweeted
A manufacturing surge is underway in the U.S. military, turning billions into #3Dprinted devices. Beehive got a $29.7M SOSSEC consortium contract to make Frenzy 8 & Frenzy 6 engines. Beehive says it can make engines faster & cheaper with #AM than conventional manufacturing. @pilz
Beehive Gets $29.7 Million Contract dlvr.it/TS16vS
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Let’s bring AI2AM: AI-Augmented Additive Manufacturing aumanufacturing.com.au/lets-…

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Let’s bring AI2AM (AI-Augmented Additive Manufacturing): lnkd.in/g9jywptk
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Big news! Our new #4DPrinting journal, pioneering research in dynamic, time-responsive materials - is now open for submissions! Key topics include #Bioprinting, #SoftRobotics, #AI-driven design etc! Click here to find out more & how to submit bit.ly/4d4xKES
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Ali Zolfagharian retweeted
We are excited to announce that #4DPrinting, our new premier journal advancing research on dynamic, time-responsive materials is open for submissions. Explore key topics such as #Bioprinting, #SoftRobotics, #AI-driven design and more here: bit.ly/4d1PyRh
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Ali Zolfagharian retweeted
📣 Great news for 4D printing! The first dedicated journal is out! Congrats @giuliascalet to be part of the editorial board! 👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks @AZolfan and Mahdi Bodaghi for this initiative! emeraldgrouppublishing.com/j… @unipv #research #emeraldpublishing @EmeraldGlobal
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I am thrilled to receive the Australian Research Council A420k #DECRA #fellowship on 4D Printed Materials for Soft Robotics. #4dprinting #grants #arc #softrobotics #smartmaterials #3dprinting #additivemanufacturing #deakinuniversity @Deakin
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The coated glass beads with UV curable resins improve the interface with the #polymer matrix, allowing for the creation of 3D-printed #composites with complex geometries and enhanced properties. iopscience.iop.org/article/1… @IOPPublishing
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Vitrimer chemistry for 4D printing formulation. Especially for #mechanical and #robotics experts with little background in #polymers and chemistry, this article provides off-the-shelf #materials information. sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @ELSchemistry
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Additive Manufacturing of Composite Foam Metamaterial Springs for Vibration Isolation lnkd.in/gsfevYGU This research, published #openaccess in Advanced Engineering Materials, introduces a novel approach for reducing the vibrations experienced by passengers in vehicles (1)
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using #metamaterials embedded in #polyurethanefoam to improve the existing #vibration isolation capacity of #car #seats . An exploration of quasi-zero #stiffness (QZS) metamaterials has been conducted to develop metamaterial #springs that exhibit a region of (2)
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high-static and low-dynamic stiffness (HSLDS) to achieve vibration isolation. Metamaterials were developed using low-cost open-source #additivemanufacturing methods, #fdm , and #thermoplastic polyurethane filament. Small-scale models of a car seat were developed by embedding (3)
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Let us talk about #vibration #isolation , which is quite pleasing when you are sitting on your car seat on a bumpy road, regardless of whether you have an electric #tesla or now a conventionally combustion car! In the following video, you can see a #foam cube cut from a car (1)
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seat on the left and the associated vibration transferred to the top, where the passenger seats are, compared to our latest-developed #composites foam on the right. Both are tested on the same input vibration profile, but it seems you could enjoy working on your tablet more (2)
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while riding in your #selfdrivingcars with a more advanced car seat. You would like to know what the new #design is and how it works? Please stay tuned, and it will be updated soon here. (3)
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Ali Zolfagharian retweeted
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Register for the second international 4DMDA 2023 Conference, organized by the 4D Printing Society. This conference will be hosted in hybrid mode (in-person at @GeorgiaTech Technology Square Research Building, Atlanta, USA, and online format). Learn more: wevlv.co/449YVe1
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4D Printing Society's second international 4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing 2023 (4DMDA 2023) Conference. This conference will be hosted in hybrid mode (in-person at Georgia Tech’s Technology Square Research Building, Atlanta, USA, and onlin…lnkd.in/ey76VcaQ

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4D Printing for Vascular Tissue Engineering: Progress and Challenges lnkd.in/gs9u7N77 Vasculature-related diseases such as #cardiovasculardisease (CVD) and related conditions are responsible for the mortality of millions of people every year. The #…lnkd.in/g-_p6GSN
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