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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Prof.<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>Mostafa<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Yourdkhani</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Associate<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Professor<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>School<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Manufacturing<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Systems<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>Networks<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>(MSN)<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span><b>Arizona<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>State<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">University</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;mso-ligatures:none">Fiber-reinforced polymer composites can utilize continuous or discontinuous reinforcements. However, in either case, traditional manufacturing requires costly tooling and is typically both energy
and labor intensive. Automation systems have been applied to perform material laydown; however, the composites created tend to show the same limitations, in fiber position, orientation and path, as conventional hand lamination. To address the costly tooling
and the energy- and labor-intensive aspects, techniques have been under development to combine aspects of 3D printing and continuous fiber positioning.<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt">
</span>This<span style="letter-spacing:3.2pt"> </span>presentation<span style="letter-spacing:3.15pt">
</span>describes<span style="letter-spacing:3.2pt"> </span>new<span style="letter-spacing:3.1pt">
</span>digital<span style="letter-spacing:3.15pt"> </span>approaches<span style="letter-spacing:3.2pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">rapid,
</span>energy-efficient, and cost-effective manufacturing of fiber-reinforced polymer composites, using both continuous and<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>discontinuous<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>fiber<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>reinforcements.<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>challenges<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>associated<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>traditional<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>manufacturing<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>composites are<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>addressed<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>developing<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>integrating<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>novel<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
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</span>their<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>underlying<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>processing- structure-property relationships. Specifically, thermally responsive resin systems with tunable functional composition and reaction kinetics are developed to enable on-demand, rapid curing of composites with minimal energy input. These new
manufacturing capabilities unlock the potential for designing lightweight and multifunctional structures previously deemed unfeasible through traditional approaches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:105%;mso-ligatures:none">Dr. Mostafa Yourdkhani is an Associate Professor in the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks (MSN) at Arizona State University (ASU). His main research interests include advanced
and sustainable manufacturing of polymer composites, digital manufacturing of structural composites, processing science of composites, multifunctional materials, self-healing materials, and bio-inspired material design. Dr. Yourdkhani has received<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>several<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>awards<span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>recognitions<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">
</span>research,<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>including<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>CAREER<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">
</span>award <span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">from </span>the National Science Foundation (NSF), Early Investigator Award from ACS Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE), and Young Scientist Award from International Contest for Innovation (iCANX).
His interdisciplinary research has been supported by NSF, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DoD)- Navy, National Research Council Canada (NRC), and Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) in collaboration with
industry partners and national laboratories.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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