Design For Real World Engineering: Integrating Uncertainty Into Product Assessment - Greg Grigoriadis - Metisec
In this CDFAM symposium talk, mechanical engineer Greg Grigoriadis of Metisec introduces a probabilistic design toolkit that embeds statistical uncertainty into product assessment, moving beyond deterministic, worst‑case testing. He demonstrates how the toolkit—using design‑of‑experiments, Monte‑Carlo simulations, and finite‑element analysis—reveals hidden failure modes and enables more aggressive weight reduction, achieving up to a 65% volume cut in an additively‑manufactured titanium sensor bracket. The case study shows that traditional methods missed critical drop orientations, while the probabilistic approach guided a redesign that balances stiffness and flexibility, dramatically improving performance across multiple loading scenarios. Grigoriadis emphasizes that richer, probability‑based data gives engineers clearer insight into real‑world product reliability and optimization opportunities.
SEAT | Digitizing Body-in-White Development with MAS Synera
In this CDFAM symposium talk, SEAT engineers describe how they partnered with MAS Synera to digitize Body‑in‑White development using an AI‑agentic platform. The platform connects CAD, simulation, PLM and other engineering tools via a low‑code language, enabling multi‑agent workflows that can...
Unlocking Large-Scale Structural Synthesis: High-Performance GPU Topology Optimization For Architectural And Civil Engineering Applications
In this CDFAM symposium talk, PhD candidate Raul Llamas presents his GPU‑accelerated, large‑scale structural topology optimization framework, built in Julia and capable of handling tens of millions of finite‑element cells in just a few hours on a consumer‑grade GPU. He...
Functional AI For 3D Design Automation — From Path Finding To Generative Modeling For Building Construction
In this talk, Richard, a professor at Simon Fraser University and VP of AI at the startup Augmenta, explores the frontier of functional AI for 3D design automation in construction. He reviews his academic work on geometry decomposition, Fermat-spiral path‑filling,...
Artificial Intuition: Building an AI Mind for Electromagnetic Design and Engineering - ARENA Physica
In this CDFAM Computational Design Symposium talk, Mike from Arena Physica outlines the company’s mission to create electromagnetic (EM) superintelligence through three pillars: the Atlas agentic platform, the Heaviside foundation model for fast forward EM simulation, and the Marconi diffusion‑based...
Hands-On: Heat Exchanger Design & Analysis in nTop + ELISAVA — Barcelona, April 7
nTop is hosting a three‑hour, hands‑on heat‑exchanger design workshop on April 7 at ELISAVA in Barcelona, limited to 20 participants and led by thermal simulation engineer Max Gaedtke. Attendees will explore modeling workflows, simulation‑ready design techniques, and best practices directly within the...
Crease, Fold, Transform. - Alfonso Parra Rubio - MIT
In this talk, Alfonso Parra Rubio examines how folding—mirroring natural processes—serves as a versatile engineering tool that reshapes materials without altering their intrinsic properties. He showcases examples ranging from millimeter‑scale cellular lattices to meter‑scale corrugated structures and robotic actuators, culminating...
Super-Modular Chiral Origami Metamaterials
In this talk, Tuo Zhao from Princeton presents his latest work on super-modular chiral origami metamaterials, which combine auxetic planar tessellations with Kresling‑style origami columns to achieve decoupled, large‑strain actuation. The assembly can twist up to 90°, contract in‑plane by...
Greener by Every Fold. Strength in Every Curve.
In this CDFAM symposium talk, Julia Hannu of STILFOLD presents the company’s origami‑inspired manufacturing process that folds metal sheets using both straight and curved creases to create structural parts. She explains how the digital design tools and algorithms they’ve built...
Conformal Lattice Design Made Easy: A CAD-Integrated Approach - Tetmet
In this symposium talk, Rachel Azulay of TETMET presents a CAD‑integrated workflow for creating conformal lattice structures at large scale. She explains how traditional lattice tools fall short for high‑performance, manufacturable designs and demonstrates how embedding lattice generation directly into...
Computational Design for Assembly: Automating Design Workflows for 3D Concrete Printed Staircases
The episode explores Scawo3D’s Selective Paste Intrusion (SPI) 3D concrete printing method for freeform reinforced concrete staircases and the computational workflow that makes it scalable. Presenters Philip Schneider and Timo Harboe Zollner explain how traditional formwork is labor‑intensive and how...