Abstract：

There is a growing interest in  developing resource-efficient manufacturing processes. This is due to  the growing demand, continuous reduction in natural resources and  rapid changes in customer needs. Traditional manufacturing processes  such as machining and forging have failed to address those challenges.  Introducing high temperature materials such as nickel-based  superalloys add more difficulties in terms of shaping these materials.  Netshape technologies has been introduced as a possible solution to  address these challenges. This presentation will provide insights into  the advanced manufacturing routes for netshape manufacturing. In  particular, the presentation will explore the recent development in  additive manufacturing, hot isostatic pressing and incremental sheet  forming. The presentation will also provide insights into the  utilisation of numerical modelling such as finite element analysis and  computation fluid dynamics to advance these processing technologies.  The application of these netshape manufacturing approaches in  aerospace, defence and medical industries will be also covered.

Bio：

Khamis Essa is Professor of Digital  Manufacturing and the Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Group at  the School of Engineering, the University of Birmingham. His research  is focused on advanced manufacturing technologies for instance metal  and ceramic Additive Manufacturing (AM), Hot Isostatic Pressing  (HIPing) and Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF). He has been developing  novel manufacturing routes and applications for aerospace, defence,  automotive and biomedical industries. The scientific emphasis of his  research is on material and process interaction. He has been also  developing holistic modelling for comprehensive understanding of  process and material behaviours. His research portfolio has a research  income in excess of £14M. His research has been supporting major  companies across the world including Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, Safran,  Ford, European Space Agency and Caterpillar. He has been also  supporting Small to Medium enterprises through major ERDF funding  programmes such as CASIM2 and SmartFub. Prof Essa has over 130 journal  and conference publications in addition to three patents and two book  chapters. Prof Essa is Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the  Institute of Mechanical Engineers. He also sets on the editorial board  of three international journals.