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Shape Deposition Lab
Head: Lee Weiss
Contact: Lee Weiss (lew@cs.cmu.edu)

Mailing address:
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Location:
HH C114
(412) 268 3788

For more information, see this lab's homepage.

This page last updated - January 1999.

Shape Deposition Manufacturing (SDM) is a solid freeform fabrication process which systemically combines material deposition with material removal processes. Our mission is to:

1. enable the rapid manufacture of high-quality, complex designs which could not be practically fabricated with conventional manufacturing processes
2. take advantage of the vast, existing CNC milling machine infrastructure throughout the world by creating SFF processes which can be implemented by simply adding deposition apparatus to a CNC machine.

Name - Title <Email Address>
• [Home] Jack L. Beuth - Associate Professor, MechE <beuth@andrew.cmu.edu>
• Prashant Kumta - Associate Professor, MSE <kumta+@cmu.edu>
• Lawrence Schultz - Senior Research Engineer <schultz+@cs.cmu.edu>

• INKJET DEPOSITION SYSTEM WITH COMPUTER VISION-BASED CALIBRATION FOR TARGETING ACCURACY
  L. Weiss, L. Schultz, and E. Miller
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-06-15, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, March, 2006. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [484 KB] copyrighted

• Layered Manufacturing: Current Status and Future Trends
  D. Dutta, F.B. Prinz, D. Rosen, and L. Weiss
  Trans. ASME JCISE, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2001, pp. 60 - 71.

• Solid Freeform Fabrication: A New Manufacturing Paradigm
  R.H. Crawford, J.J. Beaman, C. Cavello, J.D. Jackson, L. Weiss, and C.H. Séquin
  IEEE Spectrum, Vol. 36, No. 2, 1999, pp. 34 - 43.

• Automated Fabrication of Complex Molded Parts Using Mold SDM
  A.G. Cooper, S. Kang, J.W. Kietzman, F.B. Prinz, J.L. Lombardi, and L. Weiss
  Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, August, 1998. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [205 KB] copyrighted

• Automated Fabrication of Complex Molded Parts Using Mold SDM
  A.G. Cooper, S. Kang, J.W. Kietzman, F.B. Prinz, J.L. Lombardi, and L. Weiss
  Materials and Design, Vol. 20, No. 2/3, June, 1998, pp. 83 - 89.

• Fabrication of microstructures using aluminum anodization techniques
  A. Nadeem, M. Mescher, K. Rebello, L. Weiss, C.C. Wu, M.D. Feldman, and M.L. Reed
  Proceedings of The Eleventh Annual International Workshop on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, January, 1998, pp. 274 - 277. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [635 KB] copyrighted

• Novel Applications and Implementations of Shape Deposition Manufacturing
  L. Weiss and F.B. Prinz
  Naval Research Reviews, Vol. 1, 1998.

• Shape Deposition Manufacturing with Microcasting: Processing, Thermal and Mechanical Issues
  C.H. Amon, J.L. Beuth, R. Merz, F.B. Prinz, and L. Weiss
  Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 120, No. 3, 1998, pp. 656 - 502. [Abstract]

• Designing and Prototyping Interactive Fluid Dynamics Exhibits for the Carnegie Science Center: An Undergraduate Team Project Experience
  S. Finger and C. Amon
  ASEE / IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Vol. 1, November, 1997, pp. 366 - 370. [Abstract]
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• Shape Deposition Manufacturing With Microcasting
  C. Amon, S. Finger, R. Merz, F.B. Prinz, K. Schmalz, and L. Weiss
  Journal of the Japan Welding Society, Vol. 66, No. 4, June, 1997, pp. 64-69.