"Instructors provided excellent explanation of framework for phase field and finite elements. Very empowering course."
—TMS2015 Course Attendee

SCOPE

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to use CES Selector and CES EduPack, powerful and widely-used computer software that offers comprehensive materials property data and unique graphical tools to support materials decision-making. The underlying database contains information on thousands of metal alloys, polymers, composites and ceramics.

Find out how you could apply this software to support the early stages of design, as well as in eco-design, redesign of products, research, and teaching. Learn about tools for material comparison, selection, substitution, and optimizing product performance, as well as for highlighting and mitigating risks associated with material criticality, regulation, and geo-economic factors. A database development toolkit, CES Constructor, can be used to add your own data. The course will also cover the Eco Audit Tool to assess life-cycle properties and costs, and Hybrid Synthesizer for estimating the properties of structural hybrids.

Attendees must bring their own PC for course participation. A time-limited license will be distributed before the workshop for attendees’ own Windows computers. TMS will e-mail instructions about software distribution and installation up to one week in advance of the course.

WHO ATTENDS?

• Educators of materials science, engineering, and design can learn how to engage students with visual and interactive tools and resources
• Researchers who want to access comprehensive materials data and use that data to analyze materials space and compare materials
• Industrial material specialists and professionals interested in powerful decision-making and materials selection tools
• Those who want to learn more about the described topics and to get direct experience of how to use them in materials-related applications.

TOPICAL OUTLINE

1. Overview of data structure and content—30 Minutes
2. Visualization tools for decision-making—30 Minutes
3. Materials selection methodology—45 Minutes
4. Specialized tools and case studies: cost reduction, light-weighting, eco design, and adding your own data—45 Minutes

* Software distribution will be handled in advance of the workshop. However, time is set aside on the agenda for troubleshooting or installation for onsite registrants.

INSTRUCTORS

Jorge Sobral , has a background in biomedical engineering with a M.Sc. in biomaterials and biomechanics and a Ph.D. in materials science from the University of Cambridge. His technical background is multidisciplinary, and he has been part of several successful research projects, particularly in the field of bone tissue engineering and medical devices. Currently he manages the account management team at Granta Design and works with research-oriented universities in the United States, Brazil, and Portugal. He has also been involved in the Materials Genome Initiative in the United States.

Luca Masi, is an aerospace engineer working at Granta Design as a development manager. He has previously collaborated with the French Space Agency on software development for bio-inspired space trajectory optimization and on computational techniques for engineering decision-making at the Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory, University of Strathclyde (UK). He is author of chapters for AIAA and IEEE books on these subjects. He also has R&D experience in spacecraft propulsion systems. Masi holds an M.Sc. in space engineering and a B.Sc. in aerospace engineering from the University of Pisa (Italy), and is completing a Ph.D. in computational techniques for aerospace engineering applications.

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