Session: 16-04-03: AM Bench Plenaries III

Paper Number: 174349

Computational Materials for Qualification and Certification Steering Group and Community Vision Roadmap 

The Computational Materials for Qualification and Certification (CM4QC) Steering Group is a recently assembled team from U.S. industry, government, and academia that is exploring ways of maturing Computational Materials (CM) framework capabilities to enable their use in the context of qualification and certification (Q&C) of metallic process intensive materials (PIM) for aeronautics applications, including metal additive manufacturing (AM).  CM4QC will inform the industry and the certifying agencies on how to enhance current Q&C practices through the insertion of CM capabilities in aeronautical metallic PIM components/applications.  Additionally, CM4QC will identify technical and regulatory considerations that should enable a broader use and acceptance of CM methods within a Q&C framework.  In this presentation, we will provide an overview of the CM4QC steering group and its community vision roadmap including identification of regulatory gaps, enablers, and requirements; identification of key CM and enabling technologies, assessment of current maturity levels and required future development.

 

The Computational Materials for Qualification and Certification (CM4QC) Steering Group is a recently assembled team from U.S. industry, government, and academia that is exploring ways of maturing Computational Materials (CM) framework capabilities to enable their use in the context of qualification and certification (Q&C) of metallic process intensive materials (PIM) for aeronautics applications, including metal additive manufacturing (AM).  CM4QC will inform the industry and the certifying agencies on how to enhance current Q&C practices through the insertion of CM capabilities in aeronautical metallic PIM components/applications.  Additionally, CM4QC will identify technical and regulatory considerations that should enable a broader use and acceptance of CM methods within a Q&C framework.  In this presentation, we will provide an overview of the CM4QC steering group and its community vision roadmap including identification of regulatory gaps, enablers, and requirements; identification of key CM and enabling technologies, assessment of current maturity levels and required future development.

 

The Computational Materials for Qualification and Certification (CM4QC) Steering Group is a recently assembled team from U.S. industry, government, and academia that is exploring ways of maturing Computational Materials (CM) framework capabilities to enable their use in the context of qualification and certification (Q&C) of metallic process intensive materials (PIM) for aeronautics applications, including metal additive manufacturing (AM).  CM4QC will inform the industry and the certifying agencies on how to enhance current Q&C practices through the insertion of CM capabilities in aeronautical metallic PIM components/applications.  Additionally, CM4QC will identify technical and regulatory considerations that should enable a broader use and acceptance of CM methods within a Q&C framework.  In this presentation, we will provide an overview of the CM4QC steering group and its community vision roadmap including identification of regulatory gaps, enablers, and requirements; identification of key CM and enabling technologies, assessment of current maturity levels and required future development.

Presenting Author: Edward Glaessgen NASA Langley Research Center

Presenting Author Biography: Dr. Ed Glaessgen is NASA’s Senior Technologist (ST) for Computational Materials, resident at the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) in Hampton, VA. Ed is founding co-chair of the national Computational Materials for Qualification and Certification (CM4QC) Steering Group focused on developing and maturing computational materials capabilities to support Q&C of metallic additive manufacturing. Synergistically, he also leads the NASA’s efforts that are realizing the CM4QC vision. Prior to becoming a ST in 2015, Ed was the Chief Engineer for Structures and Materials in NASA Langley’s Research Directorate where he was responsible for ensuring technical excellence, exercising technical authority and leading strategic planning within the structures and materials capability area. He is the author or co-author of approximately 200 technical publications and presentations and three U.S. patents. Ed has been advisor to several Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) programs, is past Chairman of NASA’s Technology Area for Modeling, Simulation, Information Technology and Processing (TA 11), and is a member of both the NASA Structures Technical Discipline Team (TDT) and the NASA Materials TDT.

Authors:

Edward Glaessgen NASA Langley Research Center
Michael Gorelik Federal Aviation Administration