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Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence 6/6/2023 1

Additive Manufacturing Industrialization Through 

Collaborative Research & Standardization

Mahdi Jamshid, PhD

ASTM International
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Problem Statement

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Consensus-based Standards

Qualification & Certification

High Quality/Pedigree Data

Adoption of (AM) Technology

(Slow)

(Limited Access to) (Insufficient)

(Expensive)

Even more 

challenging for SMEs

will be briefly covered in this talk
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ASTM AM CoE

• ASTM formed Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) in 2018

Mission Vision

The Center bridges standards 

development with R&D to better 

enable efficient development of:

• Standards

• Education and training

• Certification and proficiency testing 

programs

The Center facilitates collaboration 

and coordination among 

government, academia, and 

industry to:

• Advance AM standardization

• Expand ASTM International’s and our 

partners’ capabilities.

ASTM Committee F42 is dedicated to AM and has technical subcommittees focused on the development of consensus-based standards. This is 

happening in partnership with ISO TC261.

ASTM AM CoE is a collaborative partnership among ASTM and organization representing government, industry, and academia that conducts 

strategic R&D to advance standards across all aspects of AM in addition to create E&WD and Certification Programs.
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Research To Standards (R2S) Initiative

14 Drafts in Development

10 Drafts in Ballot

12 New Standards

7 Rounds of Project Call

36 R&D Projects

32 Technical Experts

27 Organizations

Please feel free to contact AM CoE, if you’re 

interested in any of the active projects.
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Example Published Standards
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What to Focus on?

What are the gaps and needs, with the highest impact and return on investment 

Gaps
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▪ Various tools and approaches have been 

developed to gain insights on Research and 

standardization needs.

▪ Findings have been publicly disseminated 

through the development of strategic guides 

and roadmaps.

Coming Soon

Guidance on Priorities and Requirements

Targeted 

Surveys

Expert 

Interview

Technical 

Workshop

Brainstorming

Sessions 

Strategic Guides & Roadmaps

Literature 

Review

Inform R&D and Standardization

Led to the formation of Subcommittee F42.08 
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How About Larger Gaps?

Some gaps and needs may require a much larger funding and multi-organizational collaboration to be addressed. 

Gaps
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AM CoE CMDS - Mission Statement

➢The AM CoE Industry Consortia, in coordination with members and with input from regulatory 

agencies, will accelerate adoption of AM technologies through standardization by:

Best Practices & 

Requirements

Data Terminology, Pedigree, 

Specimen Geometry, Manuf. & 

Test Plan, Pedigree &

Combinability Evaluation

Generate highpedigree Data

Through consortia-funded 

R&D projects, to drive processbased material specification 

and material allowable

Data Management 

Strategy

Secure, Member-only Access, 

Following standard principles 

(e.g., CDD, CDEF, FAIR*) for 

data management

Standard 

development

Transferring lessons learned 

and consortium approved 

materials data to 

standardization committees

Represented by various stakeholders including SMEs
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AM CoE CMDS – Data Workstream

STANDARDIZATION

• Standardize, Optimize and Automate Data Workflows

• Data Management, Security, Sharing

• Model Development, Learning
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Other Programs (relevant to SMEs)

➢E&WD

➢AMQ

➢Advisory Services
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Thank you.